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Topics: Mia Khalifa, Football, Sport, Manchester City
Jess Battison
Topics: Mia Khalifa, Football, Sport, Manchester City
Mia Khalifa has broken her silence on the rumours she’s dating a former Premier League footballer. The 31-year-old released a strong statement as reports linked her to Julian Alvarez.
The Argentine forward left Manchester City in the summer to join Atletico Madrid in a deal initially worth €75 million (roughly £62.5m), potentially rising to €95 million (about £79.1m).
And it’s pretty well-known that the footballer is in a relationship with his childhood sweetheart and PE-teacher-turned-social-media-influencer, Maria Emilia Ferrero.
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But despite this, there’s been a number of weird headlines circulating the media in Argentina and Italy recently that the 24-year-old is dating Khalifa.
So, as the rumours built up, the former adult film star took to X to shut down the rumours. Unsurprisingly, they are totally false.
The OnlyFans star wrote: “To clear things up: I'm not dating anybody, and if I was, it certainly wouldn't be someone not old enough to remember where they were on 9/11."
Khalifa has been married twice before, first to her high school boyfriend and second to Swedish professional chef Robert Sandberg.
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The Lebanese-American media personality was previously in a relationship with Puerto Rican rapper and singer Jhayco but is currently said to be single.
She’s known to be quite the footie fan, and in 2019, she shared her three favourite footballers ever with AFTV.
“I’ve got to say Becks because I’m a girl,” she said first. “Zinedine Zidane because that [his World Cup final headbutt] was the most exciting thing I’ve seen happen in a football match.”
And then her final pick was a little more left-field as she made comparisons to the NBA.
“And Aaron Mooy. He’s like the Kawhi Leonard of football,” she said. “He doesn’t look like hm but he acts like him.
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“He’s kind of camera-shy, he’s a little goofy but you never see it.”
Well, no matter who her favourite footballers are, it seems she’s definitely not dating Alvarez.
Despite leaving the industry behind, Khalifa remains one of the most searched names on PornHub to this day.
She turned her attention instead to influencing and used her mega following to earn millions through OnlyFans.
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It’s said she’s taken in up to $6.2m (£4.6m) a month on the platform.
Explaining how it differs to creating pornography and more typical adult content, she said OF allows her to be 'true to myself and be comfortable with being on it'.
"I don’t do nudity past what I’ve done in a fashion magazine, which is like a see-through shirt or something. So I feel secure, and the audience that I’ve cultivated on that platform knows what they’re in for," Khalifa told The New York Times.