Mia Khalifa Claims She Only Made $12,000 Doing Porn

toaster_strudel Published 08/12/2019 in wtf

Mia Khalifa said in a recent interview that she only made $12,000 working in porn.

Today on Twitter, popular former porn star Mia Khalifa claims she only made $12,000 while working in the porn industry.

People think I’m racking in millions from porn. Completely untrue. I made a TOTAL of around $12,000 in the industry and never saw a penny again after that. Difficulty finding a normal job after quitting porn was... scary. Full interview here: https://t.co/xHK7SmhfrY pic.twitter.com/fwJlyzHznq
— Mia K. (@miakhalifa) August 12, 2019

She talks about this in a two-hour interview with Megan Abbott which was posted to YouTube last week. She starts talking about working in the porn industry at the 23-minute mark.

She also had this to say in the same thread:

I was involved in porn so briefly, but my actions spread like wildfire, and I continue to be ranked (truly baffles me) 5 years after leaving the industry. This is why people think I still perform.
— Mia K. (@miakhalifa) August 12, 2019

Watch: Mia Khalifa Goes Off on Radio Host Who Calls Her "Former Pornstar"

People on Twitter definitely had some interesting things to say about this:

if she only made 12k it’s because she only shot porn for a VERY short amount of time. the title is misleading, she still uses her stage name meaning she still profits off of her time in the industry even if she’s not doing porn.‍♀️
— lydia (@generichoe) August 12, 2019

The only reason you got any of your jobs after porn was BECAUSE you did porn. No one would know who you are if it wasn’t for you having sex on camera. Why don’t you change your name back to your legal name and see who even recognizes you?
— PornSlap (@pornslap) August 12, 2019

You have 2.7 million followers and are one of the most well known names/ brands in the industry, you must mean 12K *just* as your shooting fees.. literally no one believes you made 12K off this industry and then not another penny. You’d have to be the worlds worst businessperson.
— Ari Dee (@TheAriDee) August 12, 2019