Playboy has cut ties with porn star and content creator Mia Khalifa, after she emphatically expressed support for Hamas following its surprise attack on Israel — and urged the terrorists to film their attacks.
The adult magazine announced its decision to part ways with Khalifa — who joined its Centerfold platform in February 2022 – in an email to subscribers late Monday.
“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 “Playboy Team” wrote.
“Mia has made disgusting and reprehensible comments celebrating Hamas’ attacks on Israel and the murder of innocent men, women and children,” the email continued.
“At Playboy, we encourage free expression and constructive political debate, but we have a zero-tolerance policy for hate speech,” it concluded.
“We expect Mia to understand her words have actions and consequences.”
Users trying to access Khalifa’s page on the Centerfold platform will now be confronted with a “Not Found” graphic.
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The adult entertainer-turned-OnlyFans star drew ire after posting a series of controversial tweets praising Hamas over the weekend.
I”f you can look at the situation in Palestine and not be on the side of Palestinians, then you are on the wrong side of apartheid, and history will show that in Time,” Khalifa wrote on X on Saturday.
In a separate post on X, Khalifa called a photo of Hamas terrorists a “Renaissance painting.”
She drew additional criticism after writing, “Can someone please tell the freedom fighters in Palestine to flip their phones and film horizontal.”
She also criticized Kylie Jenner for posting a since-deleted message in support of Israel to her Instagram account, writing, “If true journalism exists, the next person to talk to Kylie Jenner will ask for her opinion on geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and not break eye contact until she can string one coherent sentence together since she wants to take a stance to her 400M followers so badly.”
She drew additional criticism after writing, “Can someone please tell the freedom fighters in Palestine to flip their phones and film horizontal.”
Since Saturday, Khalifa has reposted numerous posts to her 5 million followers X in defense of the war.
One statement, reposted to her account from influencer Kelbin, noted that the attacks are “what oppressed fighting the oppressor looks like.”
Khalifa, who was banned from her home country of Lebanon, had a meteoric — but not exactly profitable — time in the adult industry in 2014.
When she joined Centerfold in February 2022, Playboy highlighted Khalifa’s outspokenness as an asset.
“Mia’s fearless, direct, thought-provoking and fun-loving approach to life and her career make her an important addition to our Centerfold community,” PLBY Group CEO Ben Kohn said in a statement at the time.
“Freedom of expression is the cornerstone of our Playboy legacy, and our Centerfold is all about empowering creators like Mia to express themselves in a safe, accepting environment.”
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