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Miquita Oliver reveals her first kiss at primary school was with ISIS 'Beatle' Jihadi George

TV presenter Miquita Oliver has revealed her first childhood kiss was with ISIS ‘Beatle’ Jihadi George.

The 40-year-old former Popworld star - whose mother is celebrity chef Andi Oliver - confided that the person she first locked lips with was with the later-to-be high profile terrorist when they were both at school.

She and the so-called ISIS Beatle, whose real name is Alexanda Kotey, were pupils at Fox Primary School in Kensington and Chelsea.

Oliver opened up about the shocking past encounter on her Miss Me podcast, which she co-hosts with best friend Lily Allen, 39.

This would likely not have been new information to Allen however, as she also went to the same school.

Miquta Oliver opened up about the past encounter to best friend Lily Allen (pictured) (PA Archive)

“Do you remember who my first kiss is?” Oliver began. “It's Alexy - mixed race Alexy from Fox. And do you remember what happened to Alexy? He became Jihadi George!”

Laughing, Allen replied: “She does pick 'em. It is kind of crazy that your first kiss ended up there. That's pretty mental.”

Kotey became a member of the Islamic State terror cell who were dubbed “ the Beatles” by their hostages because of their British accents. US authorities say the group beheaded 27 hostages.

They grew up in west London and volunteered to fight for the IS group in Syria, where they ended up guarding Western hostages.

The cell garnered international attention after releasing videos of the murders of US journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff and British aid workers Kayla Mueller and Peter Kassig.

The horrifying footage showed their victims in orange jumpsuits before they were beheaded.

Kotey - born in Britain of Ghanaian and Greek Cypriot background - was eventually captured in Syria by Kurdish forces.

He was sentenced to life imprisonment in the US in 2022, having pleaded guilty to eight criminal charges including lethal hostage-taking and conspiracy to support terrorists.

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