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Mia Khalifa Who Mocked U.S. Soldiers Calls Morgan Wallen “For Racists” After Drake Joins Him Onstage

Mia Khalifa smiles in a bikini while Morgan Wallen looks serious, echoing online clash over Drake joining his tour stage.
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  • Arden is a Senior Country Music Journalist for Country Thang Daily, specializing in classic hits and contemporary chart-toppers.
  • Prior to joining Country Thang Daily, Arden wrote for Billboard and People magazine, covering country music legends and emerging artists.
  • Arden holds a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from the University of Tennessee, with a minor in Music Studies.

Nothing sets the internet on fire like a country music megastar walking out with a rap legend and a former baseball hero. And Morgan Wallen, never one to move quietly, just did exactly that in Houston. For night two of his I’m The Problem tour, Wallen rolled onto the stage with none other than Drake and Roger Clemens. Cue the crowd going absolutely ballistic and social media melting down like a Frito pie on the hood of a pickup in July.

But while fans were still posting shaky iPhone videos and hollering “USA” in the comments, one voice in the peanut gallery decided to throw a full-blown tantrum: Mia Khalifa.

Yes, that Mia Khalifa. The same one who used to light up adult websites and now mostly lights up social media with rants that make even the most forgiving folks roll their eyes. She hopped on X (formerly Twitter) and posted, “mrgan wllen is for racists. hope that helps.” If you needed a reminder that the internet is still the Wild West, there you go.

Look, nobody’s pretending Morgan Wallen is a saint. His 2021 incident involving a racial slur was ugly, public, and well-covered. But he got dragged through the fire for it. Pulled off the radio, dropped from award shows, and damn near blackballed by half the industry. He didn’t hide. He took the hits and kept grinding. You don’t have to forget, but to pretend he hasn’t put in the work to come back from it is willfully blind.

What makes Khalifa’s sudden moral high ground laughable is her own record. This is someone who recently mocked U.S. troops in a video, wishing they’d come home with PTSD, then made fun of the VA’s ability to treat them. That wasn’t a joke. That was bile. She’s built a brand on being as inflammatory as possible, and this was just another notch in that belt.

Dragging Morgan Wallen because he shared a stage with Drake and had the nerve to still be successful? That’s not activism. It’s attention-seeking. It’s outrage cosplay. She’s not trying to have a real conversation about race, country music, culture, or even forgiveness. It was a one-sentence drive-by insult designed to pick a fight, go viral, and then disappear into the algorithm’s haze.

And sure, she got what she wanted. The tweet went off. Thousands of likes. Thousands of replies. But here’s what else happened. Morgan Wallen didn’t flinch. He didn’t respond. He didn’t give it a sliver of oxygen. He just kept doing what he does best. Packing stadiums. Singing songs people know every damn word to. Putting out albums that sit at number one like it’s a permanent address.

Wallen is still the biggest name in country music. Love him or hate him, he’s bulletproof in a way very few artists ever become. And whenever someone lobs a lazy insult at him like it’s a knockout punch, he just walks through it like a warm breeze.

Mia Khalifa tried to steal the spotlight. She thought throwing a haymaker online would land. But all she did was hand Morgan a bigger audience, a bigger mic, and a bigger moment. And the crowd never stopped singing.

Because here’s the thing. If you’re gonna throw punches at the reigning heavyweight in country stadiums, you better have more than a tweet. Otherwise, you’re just background noise.

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