Playboy has severed ties with porn star and content creator Mia Khalifa after comments sparked online outrage supporting the terror attacks by Hamas that left hundreds of Israelis dead.
She wrote several tweets to make light of the atrocious conflict, joking about a ‘Zionist apartheid regime toppled by guerilla fighters in fake Gucci shirts’.
Khalifa’s page now shows a ‘Not Found’ graphic on the site, as the adult magazine released a statement confirming that she is no longer creating content for their CENTERFOLD platform, which she joined in February 2022.
“We are writing today to let you know of our decision to end Playboy’s relationship with Mia Khalifa, including the removal of Mia’s Playboy channel on our creator platform,” they wrote in an email to users.
“Mia made disgusting and reprehensible comments celebrating Hamas’ attacks on Israel and the killing of innocent men, women and children,” they added.
Playboy cut ties with porn star Mia Khalifa after comments sparked online outrage supporting the terror attacks by Hamas that left hundreds of Israelis dead
‘At Playboy we encourage free expression and constructive political debate, but we have a zero tolerance policy for hate speech. We expect Mia to understand that her words and actions have consequences,” the statement reads.
The 30-year-old repeatedly supported the group’s bombings and kidnappings to her five million followers on X, encouraging the aggressors to film horizontally so she could better watch the carnage.
The Lebanese-American posted: ‘Can someone please tell the freedom fighters in Palestine to turn their phones around and film horizontally.’
Khalifa also shared an image of the terrorists riding on the back of a pick-up truck and called it a ‘Renaissance painting’.
She tried to do damage control earlier on Monday, tweeting: ‘I just want to make it clear that this statement in no way incites the spread of violence, I specifically said freedom fighters because that’s what the Palestinian citizens are fighting…fighting for freedom every day.’
CENTERFOLD — intended by Playboy as a way to allow models to sell content to fans and interact directly with fans — highlighted Khalifa’s opinion when she joined the platform.
“Mia’s fearless, direct, thought-provoking and loving approach to life and her career makes her an important addition to our Centerfold community,” PLBY Group CEO Ben Kohn said at the time.
Khalifa sparked massive backlash online after vocally supporting the terror attack by Hamas that left hundreds of Israelis dead over the weekend
Khalifa’s page now shows a ‘Not Found’ graphic on the site, as the adult magazine released a statement confirming that she is no longer creating content
‘Freedom of expression is the cornerstone of our Playboy legacy, and Centerfold is all about empowering creators like Mia to express themselves in a safe, accepting environment.’
Over the weekend, Hamas militants crossed into Israel from the Gaza Strip, seized settlements and captured and killed civilians celebrating a Jewish holiday.
A music festival attended was one of the first sites to be attacked by the terror group, with 260 revelers killed there.
Survivors described how the gunmen went ‘tree by tree’ to execute victims and posted clips of the ordeal on social media, showing them forced to hide under bushes and write silent farewell messages to their loved ones take as they watched victims being killed one by one.
Many lay still in sheer terror for more than five hours before hearing the sound of armed rescuers speaking in Hebrew.
The Palestinian terror group stormed the Supernova festival taking place near Kibbutz Re’im, near the Gaza Strip, as part of its surprise attack launched on Saturday.
This morning, harrowing dashcam footage of the incident showed gunmen executing civilians as they lay in the sand before rifling through their pockets and emptying bags from their cars.
But the former porn star was unmoved by the criticism, continuing to defend Hamas’ actions as justified.
Khalifa was born in Beirut and moved to the stage as a child in 2001 during the South Lebanon conflict with Israel.
She reposted a message saying ‘the United States of America is also a terrorist state’ and went after Kylie Jenner for sharing and deleting a message in support of Israel.
“If true journalism existed, the next person to talk to Kylie Jenner would ask her opinion on geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and not break eye contact until she can string together one coherent sentence because she wants to take a stand against her 400 million followers so badly,” Khalifa wrote.
Khalifa apparently lost a business deal after her posts, with a company called Red Light Holland informing her she was ‘effectively fired’ due to her ‘disgusting’ posts, but she doubled down.
“I would say supporting Palestine has lost me business opportunities, but I’m more angry with myself for not checking whether I was doing business with Zionists or not.” My bad,’ she said.
She went on to defend her request for the terrorists to film horizontally: ‘I just want to make sure there is 4k footage of my people tearing down the walls of the open air prison where they were forced out of their homes and into, so that our good have options for the history books that write about how they freed themselves from apartheid.
“I’m from LEBANON, are you crazy to expect me to be on the side of colonialism you fucking foreigner.
Khalifa was born in Beirut and moved to the stage as a child in 2001 during the South Lebanon conflict with Israel.
She has always expressed support for what she calls Palestinians’ ‘right to end Israeli occupation’ and often condemns ‘Zionists’.
The American star, whose real name is Sarah Joe Chamoun, used to work in the porn industry, but now speaks out against it.
Khalifa no longer creates content for Playboy’s CENTERFOLD platform, which she joined in February 2022
Israeli airstrikes on the Islamic National Bank of Gaza destroy buildings and neighborhoods in the Rimal district of Gaza City
She became a controversial figure after filming skits while wearing a hijab, and revealed in 2019 that she had received death threats over her work.
Saturday’s attack on Israeli citizens is the start of what could be the deadliest conflict between Israel and Palestine in decades.
President Joe Biden finally released a written statement on Monday condemning the ‘unforgivable hatred and violence’ in the terror attack on Israel as he revealed that ‘at least’ 11 Americans were killed in the carnage.
As of Monday afternoon, more than 900 Israelis were confirmed dead – and on Sunday it was revealed more than 2,000 had been injured in the attack. This does not include those still held hostage in Gaza, whose number is unknown but believed to be in the hundreds.