British MP's wife a secret prostitute

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A UK politician has been left red-faced after the secret life of his wife was exposed.

Tory MP Mike Weatherley, 53, was at a loss to explain how he did not know his wife, Carla Weatherley, was a prostitute.

The Sunday Mirror claims that as Mr Weatherley was campaigning to join parliament earlier this year, his wife was working at a south London brothel .

According to the Daily Mail, Mrs Weatherley previously worked in three brothels in Brazil and now charges £70 ($150) an hour for sex.

In a video recording, Mrs Weatherley said she enjoyed the job.

In the same video, recorded by a Sunday Mirror undercover reporter, she performed a striptease in pink and black polka dot underwear.

"I like it here, nice clients, nice people, nice place and good money," she said.

The couple met in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, while Mr Weatherley was on a business trip.

The Sunday Mirror reported the MP became smitten with the 39-year-old, buying her an apartment in the exclusive Copacabana beach area.

They married in Brighton in 2003 but she reportedly returned home to Brazil in 2007.

She then returned to the UK in 2009 to help Mr Weatherley campaign.

The Daily Mail reported that the MP wept when approached at his home in Brighton yesterday but claims the pair are now separated.

"I am still very shocked by the news and am trying to come to terms with it," he told the Mail.

"I do have proof that we have been separated since February which I can show if needed."

"I will speak to Carla but today I just need to be with my family."

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