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Porn star turned social media influencer Mia Khalifa found herself in some hot water after a series of tweets over the weekend.
Khalifa went on a tweetstorm sharing pro-Hamas tweets after the extremist group’s surprise attacks on Israel. She continued to tweet through the weekend with her thoughts as tensions escalated and war was declared.
Those tweets have since cost her a job with Playboy.
Playboy announced that it has fired Khalifa over the tweets, and has since scrubbed any mention of her from its Centerfold platform.
Playboy fires Mia Khalifa after porn star expressed support for Hamas https://t.co/rNJpVMSND6 pic.twitter.com/sSECS36Rkg
— New York Post (@nypost) October 10, 2023
“We are writing today to let you know of our decision to terminate Playboy’s relationship with Mia Khalifa, including deleting Mia’s Playboy channel on our creator platform,” the company wrote in an email to subscribers.
“Mia has made disgusting and reprehensible comments celebrating Hamas’ attacks on Israel and the murder of innocent men, women, and children.
“At Playboy, we encourage free expression and constructive political debate, but we have a zero-tolerance policy for hate speech.”
Khalifa’s centerfold page now returns a “Not Found” graphic.
Thought they were freedom fighters… pic.twitter.com/5PvloWgb0i
— Packwood (@cohibasarenice) October 9, 2023
Among the tweets that caused the backlash are tweets calling Hamas “freedom fighters” and a photo of Hamas militants which Khalifa captioned “Renaissance painting.”
I thought you said “This is a renaissance painting” referring to terrorists opening fire on Israeli police. Don’t back peddle now. pic.twitter.com/9ly7njBRdb
— Norcal Smart A$$ (@NorCalSmartAss) October 10, 2023
Khalifa, who is banned from her home country of Lebanon, has continued to express support for Palestine amid the ongoing backlash.
Her tweets also cost her a job with the company Red Light Holland.
Despite that, she doesn’t seem to care. At least there will always be OnlyFans.
