Lady Gaga recently admitted that she worked as a stripper when she was 18, presumably coining it in from whichever leering New Yorkers fancied getting an eyeful of her figure before it all goes a bit Donatella Versace. But which other celebs used to disrobe for dollar bills? Find out here...
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The famously well-appointed Kerry Katona decided to make the most of her assets by leaving school at 16 to become a lap dancer. But the former Atomic Kitten star recently had breast reduction surgery, and now the biggest pair of t*ts in her life are Mark Croft and Max Clifford.
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American rapper Eve is also no stranger to making looty from her booty, as some eye-watering photos apparently depicting her playing hide the feather duster with a fellow "artiste" at a sex club recently found their way onto the internet. And this is why Google should be banned. My eyes!
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Grandmas everywhere clutched their pearls when it was revealed that the oleaginous X Factor contestant, Chico Slimani, once carved a career from waggling his flaccid member at hooting brides-to-be at hen parties in and around Crawley. Bet Sharon Osbourne wished she was there.
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Courtney Love wasn't quite the teenage whore about which she once sang, but the first lady of rock was a stripper in Portland back when she still looked like Mary from Terrahawks. Nowadays she looks more like Zelda from Terrahawks, and has resolutely kept her clothes on in recent years.
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She was hailed as this generation's Marilyn Monroe, but we don't remember the world-renowned Some Like It Hot actress snaring billionaires while working in strip clubs, and accepting their proposals of marriage via nipple tassle semaphore. Look where that got poor Anna Nicole Smith.
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You'll fail to raise an eyebrow when we reveal that several Big Brother stars worked as strippers before spending a summer in Davina's portakabin. Craig Phillips, Susie Verrico (pictured) and Amma Antwi-Agyei all did the rounds, with Susie reported to have fished out her bosoms for £20 a pop.
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Milk star Javier Bardem also used to be a stripper – albeit only for one day. "I danced one night in a place", he admits. "It was for 10 minutes. I needed money." But what on earth would your mother say, Javier? Well, it turns out that she was in the audience. A universe of wrong.
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Kick yourself for not attending the University of Missouri when Brad Pitt was in attendance, as he spent his time there as part of a raunchy troupe named the Dancing Bares. The Full Frontal star performed mucky routines for girls celebrating their birthdays, but only for those aged 18 and over.
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Did boring burlesque star Dita von Teese wake up one morning and suddenly decide to spend her days mincing around in an Oxfam basque while grinding up against a stuffed leopard and biting the insides of her cheeks? No – she got the idea while working as a common or garden pub stripper.
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