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Lana Rhoades (Amara Maple) and Mia Khalifa (Sarah Joe Chamoun) built their fame in adult film, then spent years publicly trashing the same industry while continuing to monetize the attention it gave them.

Rhoades shot roughly 250 scenes over about a year starting in 2016. She has since called the work traumatic, said she was pressured into scenes she didn’t want, described specific acts as disgusting, and argued the industry should be made illegal. She has also said she would delete all her old videos if she could and that she regrets the stigma. At the same time, her name stayed near the top of search rankings long after she left, and she has continued building a public profile as a podcaster and influencer off that notoriety. She has a son born in 2022 whose father she has described as an NBA player who wants to stay anonymous. She has publicly stated she does not take child support because she does not need it and does not want to be spiteful.

Khalifa’s porn career lasted roughly three months and a handful of scenes in 2014. She has repeatedly said she made about $12,000 total from it and received no residuals even as the content generated massive ongoing views and kept her ranked highly for years. She has criticized the industry’s pay structure and control. She later moved to OnlyFans, social media, and other ventures that rest on the same name recognition. Widely repeated estimates of multi-million monthly OnlyFans earnings have been called “insane” by her; exact current figures are not public, but the platform and her audience remain a clear income source while she continues public commentary.

Both women have framed their post-porn statements as warnings or personal truth-telling. Critics in the industry and online have called the pivot hypocritical: the attention, searches, and platform that made them known are the same ones they now distance themselves from while still collecting the downstream benefits. Rhoades has urged others not to enter traditional porn and pointed toward independent platforms instead. Khalifa has spoken about exploitation and control of content. Whether those statements are selective or sincere is open to debate; the pattern of criticizing the source of the fame while remaining dependent on its residual value is documented in their own interviews and public records.