13 Celebs Who Found Love On The Stripper Pole

You can find a lot of things—a job, money, a hit single—in a strip club. Despite what T-Pain said, a perspective mate is usually not one of those things.

These 13 celebs who found love on the pole bucked that trend and either were in long term relationships or outright married people with stripper backgrounds.

Hit the jump and see who got hit by Cupid’s arrow in the shake joint.

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Mos Def

Don’t let all that righteous and conscious talk fool you. Mos Def wifed up an exotic dancer by the name of Alana Wyatt, and she subsequently dropped dime by writing a tell all book that bricked.

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Tyga

Before he was an alleged tranny lover and alleged pedo, Tyga was rescuing Blac Chyna from the depths of the shake joint.

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Gregg Leakes

The real question is whether Gregg was caping before or after NeNe stopped twerking for singles.

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Marilyn Manson

Do the research, and you’ll see Marilyn Manson keeps a bad piece on his arm. From Evan Rachel Wood, Rose McGowan, and of course Dita Von Tease, he stays on point. The latter still does “burlesque shows,” which is a fancy word for stripping.

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Wiz Khalifa

Long before she was his ex-wife, Amber Rose was on the pole (pun intended).

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Chris Brown

Breezy was the first dudes to try and rescue Draya before they both moved on to other options.

Drake

Any lingering doubts about Aubrey’s affinity for exotic dancers ended with the release of “Energy,” when he said, “I got strippers in my life but they virgins to me.” That explains Malia Michel.

Stevie J

Like many a member of Love & Hip-Hop, Stevie J found his future life companion popping her cakes on a brass pole. That can apply to both Eve and Joseline Hernandez.

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Kelly Ripa

Women get their Magic Mike on in real life, and Kelly Ripa locking down stripper-turned-actor Mark Consuelos is a prime example.

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Jenna Dewan-Tatum

The Magic Mike series is based on a true story, and Channing Tatum was really out in the streets popping his cheeks for paper before he got famous and married Jenna Dewan.

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Hugh Hefner

We know for sure that Hef found Kendra in a strip club, and it’s safe to assume other strippers have made the journey into the pages of Playboy as well.

Taylor Kinney

It may have been a long time ago, but Lady Gaga used to make it clap before she became a pop icon and got engaged to actor Tayor Kinney.

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Orlando Scandrick

Draya came this close to getting the bread that comes with being the wife of a pro athlete. We may never know why she and Orlando Scandrick canceled their nuptials, but the journey from pole twerker to domestic goddess continues.