Former porn star, Mia
Khalifa have revealed that death threats from Islamist group ISIS made her quit
acting porn, according the Daily Mail.
The former History
graduate, and now sports show host said graduate said last year she began to
receive death threats from ISIS and has now revealed they were the reason why
she stopped working in porn.
The Lebanese-American
moved from Beirut, Lebanon, to the US at the age of ten before moving to Miami.
She became a top-ranked performer on the adult website PornHub but her work
came in for criticism from many in the Middle East who branded her a disgrace to
the region.
“As soon as I started to
gain popularity that's when I was like "get the f*** out of this. This was
not what I was trying to do whatsoever. I just wanted to let loose and rebel a
little bit,” she said.
Many took issue with a
scene from one of her videos showing her having sex while wearing a hijab, part
of traditional female Muslim dress.
Khalifa, who comes from
a Christian family, told The Washington Post in 2015 that she was surprised
this scene in particular caused anger and was meant to be satirical.
“There are Hollywood
movies that depict Muslims in a much worse manner than any scene Bang Bros [the
company who made the video] could produce.”
