Former Adult Star Mia Khalifa Opens Up About How Fame Affected Her Relationships

Mia Khalifa, who has been vocal about her issues with the adult industry, recently opened up about how her fame affected her relationships.

Khalifa talked about her life after her three-month stint in the porn industry in an interview with YouTuber Anthony Padilla posted Saturday. In the video titled “I spent a day with Mia Khalifa,” she revealed that almost every relationship she has had since the release of her adult videos ended up being affected by her stint as a performer in one way or another.

Khalifa recalled that her first relationship right after leaving the industry had been “dismantled for a multitude of reasons.” Another boyfriend had kept her a secret “from an entire part of his life because he was ashamed.”

The TikTok star added that the people she dated after this man were either put off by her fame or were only interested in her as an adult star.

After a couple of misses, she met now-husband Robert Sandberg, whom she said had not heard about her prior to their meeting, something that was “refreshing” for Khalifa.

The social media star joked that she had a conversation with the Swedish chef, telling him, “Well, take a seat because I’m about to fill you in and you can run if you want.” But Sandberg stayed, and they went on to take their relationship to the next level when they got engaged last year and then “got married legally in the kitchen of our first home.”

In March last year, Sandberg revealed in an Instagram post that he popped the question during their trip to Chicago.

“The ring was hidden in a bowl of dried ingredients and came out as a 'new serving.' Gross,” he posted, along with a photo of him and Khalifa.

Despite finding Sandberg, Khalifa said that her fame still has some effects on their relationship.

She revealed that they go to therapy together to “work out how he can kind of reconcile all of the hate that he gets versus still wanting to support me publicly and not make it seem like he’s ashamed of me while also still protecting his mental health and our relationship.”

Khalifa shared that she has been trying to “understand what support means for both of us” and finding ways to minimize “outside voices that are the public just trying to bring us down.”