Columbia student reveals secret life as a male gigolo

Duke may have a porn star — but Columbia has its very own male escort.

A strapping Columbia University student stepped forward to reveal a secret life as a male gigolo — who offers wealthy New York women the “boyfriend experience.”

In a steamy tell-all, penned in the Columbia Lion, the Ivy Leaguer dished about “dates” that often include dinners and sex in hotel rooms for $300 an hour.

His clients range from a kinky lady who paid him to pop balloons in the bedroom — to a mom who simply wanted his company at a Justin Bieber concert, which she attended with her daughters.

“I’m a Prince Charming … I remind middle-aged women of that popular guy they liked in high school,” the student dished in the campus paper, anonymously.

“The trick is to talk them into leaving the lights on [during sex] and then spend the whole time telling them how great they look, even if it isn’t true. That’s how you get big tips and regulars,” he wrote.

Belle Knox came forward as the Duke University porn star in March.WireImage

After he rakes in the cash, he sends it home to his big Catholic family in Colombia, he explained.

One woman paid him $15,000 to sunbathe with her in Tuscany; others wanted to play with sex toys or go on double dates.

Most of his clients are neglected wives, divorced moms and shy gals, he wrote.

The gentleman of the night isn’t particularly proud of the “gig” — but it has its perks, he dished.

“I come from the kind of lower-middle-class, traditionally Catholic family that has ten million kids. As well as it pays, I’m not exactly looking for my baby siblings to dream of growing up and making it big as an escort,” he admitted.

“But f–k it, if I can get paid $15,000 to spend a December week lounging on a beach in Tuscany instead of freezing my ass off in New York, I’m going to do it,” he wrote.

The most common request from clients is a four-hour date with sex for $1,200, plus the cost of dinner and a hotel room, he said.

He declined through the paper’s editor, Sean Augustine-Obi, to speak to The Post.

“He has stated before, though, that his situation is in no way unique, even at Columbia,” Augustine-Obi said via e-mail.

Augustine-Obi added, “Plenty of college-aged students look for alternative sources of income, especially with the economic downturn and rising student loan debt. There have even been sites such as Seeking Arrangement that aim to connect these students with wealthier ‘sugar daddies’ and ‘mommies.’”

Prior to his first-person essay, the campus paper offers a disclaimer: “We verified the author’s background, and though he wishes to remain anonymous, he is in fact a male escort who attends class at Columbia like any of us.”