Victoria Coren Mitchell makes rare admission about going out with 'rent boy'

Victoria Coren Mitchell has lifted the lid on some of the most surprising chapters of her dating past – including a revelation that she once “went out with a rent boy”. The Only Connect host shared the confession in her latest Telegraph column, where she reflected on her chaotic twenties, her brush with Mormon culture and the fantasy lives many modern women secretly imagine for themselves.

The broadcaster, now 52, said the confession came to mind while discussing the booming trend of Mormon “trad wives” and their polished, prairie-style domestic worlds. But before she reached that point, she reminded readers that her own romantic history looked very different. Victoria wrote: “Many years ago, I dated a Mormon. We didn’t get up to much. A few clothes might have come off , but I was