Mia Khalifa dead rumors – How star was forced to quit porn after death threats from ISIS for wearing hijab in sex scene
FORMER porn star Mia Khalifa this week was forced to laugh off online speculation that she had died after her Facebook page mysteriously turned into a memorial.
But, the rumors are not the first time she hit the headlines as she dramatically quit the porn industry when she received ISIS death threats after filming a sex scene wearing a hijab.
Mia shared a meme of the body collector scene from the 1975 movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
The meme quotes one character being taken for burial: "I'm not dead yet! I feel fine!"
The personality, now 28, was embroiled in controversy - months after starting out in the porn industry in 2014.
Ex Pornhub icon Khalifa became the most viewed performer on the website just two months after her debut in the adult entertainment industry.
She left the industry after just three months in 2015 because of threats from the terrorist caliphate.
Khalifa, who was 21 at the time, revealed she was told to wear a hijab by the producers of the film and she “didn’t realize she could say no”.
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Within weeks of its release, she was bombarded with messages of abuse online from members of the Islamic State.
ISIS shared a manipulated image of her, showing her about to be beheaded by an executioner, with a message warning she's going to Hell.
The terror group also hacked her Instagram and posted jihadi propaganda on her feed before the social media giant shut down her account.
The address and a photo of her apartment were also widely shared online.
Revisiting that time of her life in the Call Her Daddy interview, Khalifa explained she was "disassociating" at the time she received the threats and was in the habit of just "pretending things like that didn't happen."
Host Alexandra Cooper asked the influencer how she "got through" the death threats.
'I WENT QUIET'
Khalifa responded that she started to pretend things never happened, adding that she "went quiet and never spoke about porn".
After undergoing therapy, the star said she realized she couldn't keep "scooching things under the rug" and admitted she needed to address what happened to her "head-on".
She added: “It’s that catch-22 of not wanting to bring it up but needing to bring it up because it’s the elephant in the room everywhere you go.”
Cooper asked the ex-performer what the months that followed were like for her as a young woman. Khalifa described the period as the "worst time" of her life.
The influencer said the adult clip- which went on to be viewed millions of times - made her almost no money.
She said she was living in a "cockroach-infested" apartment at the time, describing it as "disgusting ... so, so bad."
Khalifa quit social media for more than a year after the online abuse she suffered in the hijab video's wake.
'CRIPPLING' DEATH THREATS
She also begged girls not to go into the adult entertainment industry, branding it “toxic” and admitted that the death threats she received were “crippling”.
Years later, Khalifa was back in the limelight as deaths rumors swirled online after her Facebook account - with more than four million followers - was changed to a memorial page.
The profile states: "We hope that people who love Mia Khalifa will find comfort in visiting their profile to remember and celebrate their life."
Her profile photo was removed, and above her name is the word "Remembering."
And, all of her posts disappeared and were replaced with a section that allowed her “friends and family to remember and honor them”.
It is currently unclear if her account has been hacked and it's not the first time that death rumors of the star have circulated online.
Khalifa laughed off a death hoax that went viral on Twitter back in 2020.
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The tweet read: "Very Shocking....... Mia khalifa commits suicide. RIP #miakhalifaِ".
She replied jokily: "Please don’t think I’m not keeping track of each of my friends that haven’t sent condolence flowers yet."
