Was Rudolph Valentino a Male Prostitute?
Taxi dance clubs, such as the one in which Rudolph Valentino worked, had a system in place for picking intimate partners. Clients who got good vibes and liked their dance partner would negotiate a price with him or her, then pay the club an “exit fee” to leave with the dancer. To be sure, some taxi dance clubs were legitimate and innocent. However, most were straight up escort services. In Valentino’s case, he was once arrested in a brothel before he became famous.
In short, it is unlikely that Valentino’s taxi dance club was the innocent kind. To put it in perspective, imagine the damage to Brad Pitt’s public image if it emerged that he had been a gigolo or male prostitute who had worked for an escort service. The paparazzi stampede would probably have caused an earthquake. The resultant media and social media firestorm would probably have broken the internet, as the insatiable demand for salacious details produced a never ending stream of stories.
