Miquita Oliver shocks fans as she reveals her first kiss was with ISIS terrorist ‘Jihadi George’

TV presenter Miquita Oliver has stunned fans by revealing her first kiss was with Alexanda Kotey — the ISIS terrorist known as Jihadi George, a member of the notorious Beatles terror cell. Miquita, 40, made the revelation on her Miss Me podcast, recalling her time at Fox Primary School in Kensington and Chelsea, where she and Kotey were classmates.

Reflecting on their childhood, she told co-host Lily Allen: “Do you remember who my first kiss is? It’s Alexy — mixed race Alexy from Fox. And do you remember what happened to Alexy? He became Jihadi George!”. Kotey, 41, was a leading figure in the brutal ISIS group that kidnapped and murdered 27 people, including British aid worker David Haines.

The terror cell became infamous for targeting Westerners and carrying out horrific executions. Before his radicalisation, Kotey grew up in Shepherd’s Bush, West London, with a Ghanaian father and a Greek Cypriot mother. He was believed to have dealt drugs before converting to Islam in his early 20s and eventually leaving for Syria in 2012.

In Syria, Kotey became known for inflicting extreme torture on hostages, including electric shocks. He also acted as a recruiter, persuading other British citizens to join ISIS. Kotey was captured in 2018 while attempting to flee to Turkey. He was later extradited to the US, where he pleaded guilty to eight charges, including lethal hostage-taking.

Judge T.S. Ellis branded Kotey’s actions as “violent and inhumane”. In a letter that Kotey had penned before being sentenced, he claimed he took “full responsibility” for his actions. In 2022, he was sentenced to life in prison — with 15 years to be served in the US before a potential transfer to the UK.

On the podcast, Miquita quickly moved on from the revelation, saying: “It’s not my story to tell, so let’s move on!”. At the peak of its power from 2014-2017, the so-called Islamic State ruled over millions of people and claimed responsibility for or inspired attacks in dozens of cities around the world.

Its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, declared a caliphate over a quarter of Iraq and Syria in 2014, before he was killed in a raid by US special forces in Syria in 2019 as the group's rule collapsed. David Haines from Perth in Scotland was captured by militants in Syria in March 2013 while delivering aid to the war-torn country.

The father of two was beheaded in 2014 after being held by the terrorist cell dubbed “The Beatles” because of their English accents. Footage of his murder was posted online. His remains have never been discovered. British national El Shafee Elsheikh was also sentenced to life in a US jail for his involvement in the plot to kill hostages.

A third man, Mohammed Emwazi, dubbed Jihadi John, who was believed to have featured in shocking videos of IS beheadings of a number of captives, was killed in a drone strike in 2015. David's daughter Bethany marked 10 years since his tragic death in October.

Friends and family gathered in Perth for the service, which Bethany said was organised to celebrate the life of her father and to remember all other hostages. Speaking at the service, Bethany said: “It’s hard to believe it is 10 years since my world was shattered and I had to accept that I was never going to see my dad again.

“It has been a long and hard 10 years with many ups and downs. The pain has never gone away and probably never will but I learned to cope with it and channel my energies into positive things.”. She continued: “He would not want to be remembered as the man in the orange jumpsuit, he would want to be remembered as the man who loved his family, who was generous, who wanted to help in any way he could and who loved life.”.