Mia Khalifa revealed in an interview with the podcast The Louis Theroux how her brief career in adult entertainment deeply affected her mental health and decision-making ability.
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At the age of 21, Mia gained worldwide notoriety for starring in adult films, becoming one of the most searched figures on the internet. However, she filmed only a few movies over three months before leaving the industry.
Despite the short time as an adult content actress, Khalifa dealt with shame and stigmatization for years. In an interview with The Louis Theroux Podcast, she revealed that it took years of therapy to regain her self-esteem.
“The reason I used to have such a hard time talking about it is because I was extremely overwhelmed by shame […] But that had much more to do with my mental health than with the grand scheme of things. I think nine years of therapy is a lot, and it’s not because of what I went through in the industry, it’s because of what I had to go through to get to a point in my life where I feel mentally healthy enough to make decisions.”
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Currently, Khalifa has a successful career with a profile on an adult content platform, but she continues to criticize aspects of the adult film industry. She emphasizes that young people, like she was at the time, should not be making life-changing decisions so early, and she advocates for changes in the industry so that other actors do not face the same psychological challenges she did.
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