Mia Khalifa's Heart Breaking Reality Of Being Controlled By The Adult Industry

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

FlightStory

Society & Culture, Business, Education

4.6 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2023

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

In this new episode Steven sits down with the Lebanese-American media personality, Sarah Joe Chamoun. Sarah entered the adult entertainment industry in 2014 under the stage name ‘Mia Khalifa’. Despite only being an actress in adult films for 3 months and only earning $12,000, she quickly became one of the most searched-for-performers in the industry and gained huge attention. Since leaving the industry in 2015, Sarah has worked as a sports presenter, OnlyFans model and in 2020, she guest appeared as herself in the Hulu show ‘Ramy’. In this conversation Sarah and Steven discuss topics, such as: Sarah’s battle against insecurity and search to find self-confidence The reasons she entertained the adult entertainment industry Her attempts to move away from her past and how it still impacts her The predatory tactics of the adult entertainment industry What she has gained from her therapy journey You can follow Sarah’s Demi and fine-body jewellery brand, Sheytan, launching June 2023, here: https://bit.ly/3OjEVAr Follow: Instagram: https://bit.ly/438alxX Twitter: https://bit.ly/42MroWs Follow me: https://beacons.ai/diaryofaceo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I couldn't scream loud enough. There's nothing I could do to make it go away or to make them stop. I didn't.
0:08.4	Are you talking about this? Um, can we take a break?
0:13.2	Mia Califa.
0:14.2	Mia Califa.
0:15.2	Mia Califa.
0:15.8	Mia Califa.
0:16.7	I'm Sarah, Sarah Joe.
0:19.8	Sarah Joe, the former adult film star.
0:22.4	Now business owner and social media activists,
0:24.8	with over 50 million followers.
0:27.7	Where should this story start?
0:29.6	I lived through a lot of conflict in Lebanon. And then I moved to America and I was
0:35.3	bullied for being Middle Eastern it was around the time of 9-11 that was pretty difficult
0:38.9	made a lot of choices that I can't take back your husband husband, when you're 18 years old, is encouraging you towards the adult entertainment industry.
0:47.0	What do they stand to gain from that?
0:49.0	Fetishization.
0:51.0	I fucked up because I signed a contract that says in perpetuity on it.
0:55.0	Do you know how dangerous and predatory that is?
0:59.0	When was your anxiety at its highest?
1:01.0	The company going after me publicly,
1:05.0	the major production companies
1:06.8	stray on vulnerable young women.
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