Who was mia khalifa married to

Former adult film star Mia Khalifa took to Instagram recently to announce her separation from husband Robert Sandberg after two years of marriage.

In a note shared on social media, she said that they gave it all to make the marriage work, but 'after almost a year of therapy and efforts, we are walking away'. Khalifa stated that an isolated incident is not the cause of their separation, and that 'unresolvable and fundamental differences' have led to this.

She added that they will always love and respect each other, and there are no regrets. She stated: "We are closing this chapter with no regrets and both starting our own, separately but connected through incredible family, friends, and love for our dogs. This has been long overdue, but we're glad we took our time and gave it our all, and can walk away saying that we tried our absolute hardest.”

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Khalifa, who received many comments after this heartwarming post, later took to Twitter to request everyone to 'normalise' divorce. She tweeted: “Normalize “congratulations” instead of “I’m sorry” when someone gets divorced. We’re not all under the covers crying into a pint of ice cream ????”

Khalifa got engaged to Sandberg, who is a chef, in March 2019. The couple tied the knot later in 2019.

On Friday, the Puerto Rican singer and the adult entertainer, both 28, publicly revealed that they are a couple with posts they each shared on their respective Instagram pages.

On his profile, Cortez confirmed the romance when he posted a photograph of himself in an open-roofed car with Khalifa, as the couple exchanged a series of kisses in a subsequent video.

"LA PRESION YA NO SOY YO ES ELLA 👑✨🤍 @MIAKHALIFA," the musician wrote with his post, which translates in English to, "The pressure is not me, it is her."

On her own account, Khalifa shared a carousel of various shots, with the first photo in the group being a picture of her and Cortez walking closely beside each other.

"Te sigo ❤️‍🔥 @jhaycortez," Khalifa wrote alongside the pics, which translates to, "I follow you."

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On her Instagram Story, Khalifa also shared a video of herself dancing along to a song by her new beau, writing alongside the short clip, "The way the feminism leaves my body when a @jhaycortez verse is on."

Khalifa's new romance comes about after the adult performer split from ex-husband Robert Sandberg. Khalifa and Sandberg — who got engaged in 2019, per LADBible — announced their separation in joint Instagram statements in July.

"We can confidently say we gave it our all in making our marriage work but after almost a year of therapy and efforts, we are walking away knowing we have a friend in each other, and that we truly tried," the former couple wrote at the time.

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"We will always love and respect each other because we know that not one isolated incident caused our split, but rather, a culmination of unresolvable, fundamental differences that no one can blame the other for," they added. "We are closing this chapter with no regrets and both starting our own, separately, but connected through incredible family, friends, and love for our dogs."

"This has been long overdue, but we're glad we took our time and give it our all, and can walk away saying we tried our absolute hardest," the couple concluded.

Mia Khalifa has officially announced her divorce from Robert Sandberg, with the couple parting ways after two years of marriage. The divorce comes nearly a month after the duo celebrated their second wedding anniversary.

The former adult industry star took to Instagram to release a joint statement with Sandberg about the separation:

"We can confidently say we gave it our all in making our marriage work, but after almost a year of therapy and efforts, we are walking away knowing we have a friend for life in each other and that we truly tried."

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Mia Khalifa also indicated irreconcilable differences as the cause of the split.

"We will always love and respect each other because we know that not one isolated incident caused our split, but rather, a culmination of unresolvable, fundamental differences that no one can blame the other for."

The 28-year-old concluded her post by officially confirming the closure of her journey with her now former husband:

"We are closing this chapter with no regrets and both starting our own, separately, but connected through incredible family, friends, and love for our dogs. This has been long overdue, but we're glad we took our time and gave it our all and can walk away saying we tried our absolute hardest. "

Following several consoling comments from social media users, Mia Khalifa posted on Twitter asking her followers to "normalize" the concept of divorce:

Normalize “congratulations” instead of “I’m sorry” when someone gets divorced. We’re not all under the covers crying into a pint of ice cream ????

— Mia K. (@miakhalifa) July 24, 2021

Robert Sandberg and Mia Khalifa got engaged in 2019 and tied the knot the same year. The duo reportedly started dating around 2018.


Meet Mia Khalifa's former husband, Robert Sandberg

Robert Sandberg is a professional chef, best known for winning the 2016 Worldchefs Hans Bueschkens Young Chef Challenge. He was born to parents Monia Sandberg and Hans Sandberg on January 17th, 1993, in Sweden.

Since childhood, the 28-year-old was passionate about cooking and studied at the Falkenberg Hotel and Restaurant School in Sweden. He started his journey in the culinary industry after working as a culinary arts intern in Paris.

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Robert Sandberg has worked in several world-class restaurants like Noma in Copenhagen and Maaemo in Oslo, among others. According to Wiki Bio, he has an approximate net worth of $400,000. He also has an active Instagram account with 1 million followers.

He came under the spotlight after he started dating Mia Khalifa. The duo reportedly met in Copenhagen while Sandberg was working at Kong Hans Kaelder, a Michelin-star restaurant.

They reportedly dated for a year before Sandberg proposed to Khalifa in March 2019. The couple also launched a joint YouTube channel, Robert and Mia, which has more than 200K subscribers.

Why Mia left her husband?

"We will always love and respect each other because we know that not one isolated incident caused our split, but rather, a culmination of unresolvable, fundamental differences that no one can blame the other for."

When did Mia Khalifa get married?

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