Former pornstar Mia Khalifa, who is still one of the world’s most-watched adult actors, recently revealed that she quit the adult industry after threats from ISIS.
Former pornstar Mia Khalifa, who is still one of the world’s most-watched adult actors, recently revealed that she quit the adult industry after threats from ISIS.
In an interview with former cyclist Lance Armstrong on his podcast the New Forward, she narrated how "it all started to spiral out of control when the death threats from ISIS started coming in. She said, "That's when I stepped away."
When asked what prompted her to join the industry, Khalifa said, "Looking back on it, I don’t know what I was thinking... I was 21 and dumb. As soon as I started to gain popularity, that’s when I was like, ‘Get the f--k out of this.’ This was not what I was trying to do whatsoever."
She added: "I just wanted to let loose and rebel a little bit. It didn’t validate me."
Khalifa also explained that it was difficult for her to shed her former image. “If you put my name in [a computer] and Google it and open up 10 articles… every one of those articles starts ‘disgraced ...’”
She added: “I just wanted to let loose and rebel a little bit. It didn’t validate me. Nothing like that ever does. That’s not what you should be doing to try and build your self-esteem.”
Lance Armstrong replied that he also understood Mia went through. He said: “There are plenty of kids that have taken pictures with me and their parents have posted it, then other parents have said ‘I can’t believe you let your kid take a picture with Lance Armstrong’. So I get it.”
Currently, Khalifa works as a journalist hosting a sports show.
She was born in Beirut, Lebanon and moved to the United States of America when she was 10. In 2014, she became the number 1 porn star in the world according to Pornhub.com, and this despite being in the industry for a very short period of time. Her ranking kicked off quite a controversy and she was vehemently attacked on Twitter for her career. Her attackers even sent her some death threats including a photo-shopped image of her along with ISIS Jihadi John.
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