Dark Confessions of a Former Prostitute - Betty Guadagno Shares the Raw Truth About Her Past
Anything Goes with James English
Anything Goes with James English
4.5 • 3.2K Ratings
🗓️ 8 April 2026
⏱️ 113 minutes
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Summary
Anything Goes with James English Ep 543.
Dark Confessions of a Former Prostitute - Betty Guadagno Shares the Raw Truth About Her Past.
She went from selling herself for $300… to $20. This is what addiction really does.
In this powerful and unfiltered episode, we sit down with Betty Guadagno, who shares the raw truth about her past—battling drug addiction and surviving through prostitution.
At her lowest point, Betty went from charging hundreds of dollars to accepting as little as $20, just to get by. But behind those numbers is a deeper story of pain, survival, and the harsh reality of addiction.
This is not just a story about hitting rock bottom
It’s about what it takes to come back from it.
Betty opens up about:
• How addiction took control of her life
• The reality of life on the streets
• The emotional toll behind her choices
• The moment everything changed
• How she rebuilt her life and found a new path
This episode is raw, honest, and deeply human. If you’ve ever struggled or know someone who has, this story will stay with you.
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| 0:00.0 | You can now follow me in all my social media platforms to find out who my latest guest will be |
| 0:11.8 | and don't forget to click the subscribe button and the notifications bell so you're notified |
| 0:17.6 | for when my next podcast goes live. |
| 0:36.7 | And boom, we're on. And today's guest, we've got Betty Guadano. |
| 0:38.6 | How are you, Betty? |
| 0:40.7 | I'm so grateful to be here, grateful to connect. |
| 0:42.0 | Yeah, and grateful to have you on. |
| 0:43.7 | Very fascinating story. |
| 0:51.7 | Drug addict, homeless, sex worker, near-death experiences, spiritual awakenings, speaking to God. |
| 0:53.7 | Like, sort of a mad... But you're looking great, you're speaking great mad but you're looking great you're speaking great |
| 0:55.6 | and you're doing great things so first of all amazing and well done but before we get into all the |
| 1:01.5 | madness I always like to go back to the start of my guests to get more of a bit of understanding |
| 1:06.2 | about you betty where you grew up how it all began yeah so origin story is, I grew up in a family of addicts. |
| 1:13.6 | So I'm the daughter of addicts, my parents are the children of addicts, their parents are the children of addicts, |
| 1:19.6 | grew up in a lot of poverty. |
| 1:22.6 | I grew up on the, I was born in Brooklyn, and we moved across the country at some point, like in my early teens. |
| 1:30.9 | My dad was, like, avoiding the law. |
| 1:32.9 | He was, like, escaping a warrant. |
| 1:34.5 | So we thought we've moved across the country. |
| 1:36.2 | That would be far enough away. |
| 1:37.9 | And I watched my parents. |
| 1:39.8 | Their drug addiction was just so bad. |
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