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Viral fame — or viral shame?
Laina Morris, the former YouTuber and woman behind the viral “Overly Attached Girlfriend” meme, recently revealed how her viral fame impacted her dating life.
On the “Assumptions” podcast, Morris admitted to host Tommy Bowe that “it’s been a challenge.”
The 33-year-old shared that being the face of a toxic girlfriend “was a problem” once when a date was shocked after she showed him the meme and responded, “That … is you?”
After that, her date became “very awkward” and rudely began texting people to share the news and Google her online while they sat together.
Eventually, the meetup “ended early” with the person telling her, “I can’t believe I just went on a date with the ‘Overly Attached Girlfriend.’”
Fortunately, Morris only had one bad experience to share after over a decade of viral fame.
Morris became a meme in 2012 when she entered a contest created by Justin Bieber and submitted a video of her version of his hit single “Boyfriend.”
In the video, she stares into the camera with wide eyes barely blinking throughout most of the video — a crazed expression that helped the video go viral — and sings her song from the perspective of a stalker.
Someone eventually took a screenshot of the intense Morris, and people began adding funny captions an overly attached girlfriend might say, such as “Can we leave the light on tonight? I want to be able to watch you sleep” and “Found your porn magazine. Cut out all the faces and put mine instead.”
Her internet fame helped her to acquire deals with major brands including Kia and book spots on major shows like “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.”
However, being a viral sensation has been strange.
“It’s definitely weird … but it’s fun. I like it a lot,” Morris told Business Insider in 2013. “It’s weird when I go on Pinterest or Reddit for myself, just browsing, and there I am.”
Morris’ meme isn’t the only time someone’s viral fame has complicated their relationship status.
Last year, an OnlyFans model was criticized after posting a video dancing next to her much older boyfriend’s hospital bed, joking, “I got on the will, should I pull the plug?”
