Personal life

Khalifa married an American man in February 2011 shortly after she turned 18.^[7] She currently resides in Miami, Florida.^[2]

Khalifa has a tattoo of the opening line of the Lebanese National Anthem, and another of the Lebanese Forces Cross. She got the latter in 2012 after a bombing in Lebanon, stating it was to "show solidarity with my father's political views". Both tattoos have come under the scrutiny of her detractors.^[12]

Khalifa has also said that her parents have stopped speaking to her because of her career choice.^[12] In a statement, her parents disassociated themselves from her actions, saying that her decision to enter the porn industry was born of her residence in a foreign country which had a different culture than theirs, and that her actions did not reflect her upbringing. They also said that they hoped that she would leave porn, saying that her image did not honor her family or her home country.^[7]

Khalifa is a fan of Florida State Seminoles football. She attempted to recruit Ohio State quarterback Braxton Miller to transfer to Florida State through social networking.^[14]

In popular culture

• On January 6, 2015, Timeflies released a song titled "Mia Khalifa" in homage to her.^[15] In response, she posted a YouTube video of herself twerking to the song.^[16]
• Almaza, a Lebanese brewery, ran an ad showing an Almaza beer bottle next to Khalifa's signature glasses, with the slogan: "Both of us are for adults only."^[17]
• The University of New South Wales has been subject to a recurrent hacking scandal whereby their Facebook has been hacked into displaying a variety of links. One popular example is that of Khalifa's Instagram account.^[18]