Table of Biography
Laina Morris is an American YouTube vlogger best known for creating the meme named “Overly Attached Girlfriend”. Laina Morris is also an actress and has played in many movies.
Early Life and Education
Laina Morris was born with the birth name Laina Kathleen Morris. Laina was born on June 22, 1991, in her birthplace, Denton, Texas, USA.
Her age is 32 years old and her sun sign is Cancer. She was raised with her brothed Aaron and a sister named Sarah.
Reflecting on her academic background, she attended Northwest High School, in Justin, Texas. Later, she studied journalism at the University of North Texas, Denton. Furthermore, she is an avid dog lover.
In 2015, she adopted one which she named Gilly, based on a character Kristen Wiig played in Saturday Night Live (1975).
Caption: Laina Morris’s childhood picture with her mom. Source: Instagram
Laina Morris – Social Media
She is famous on social media sites. Her ‘@laina’ Instagram account has earned over 318k followers. She is also active on Twitter under the username “laina622” with more than 182.2k followers.
Her YouTube channel has amassed over 1.25 million subscribers. Similarly, her official Facebook page has gained over 489k followers.
Relationship Status
This talented personality is in a long-term relationship with his boyfriend, Keegan. She has posted many pictures with him. The pair is always good company with each other.
Moreover, July 1, 2018, was their 6th anniversary. And she shared their picture captioning;
“Celebrating 6 years of really dumb inside jokes and a couple of really smart outside jokes. ??6️⃣”
This clearly shows how cool they are to each other. Both of them keep traveling together and are truly in love.
Similarly, Laina has not involved herself in any kind of rumors or controversies which could hamper her career.
Therefore, she has maintained applaudable professionalism to avoid anything. She has a good image and is still growing in her business.
Caption: Laina Morris clicking a selfie with her boyfriend. Source: Instagram
Professional Life
In 2012 summer, Justin Bieber, while promoting his new fragrance “Girlfriend,” asked his lady fans to submit a “Girlfriend” version of his latest single, “Boyfriend.” Her official self-titled YouTube channel ‘Laina‘ has gained more than 1.24 million subscribers to date.
The prize: Bieber’s favorite submissions would be included in the commercial for the new fragrance. The commercial was set to make its debut on June 21, 2012, during a Bieber special on NBC.
In response to the contest, Morris posted a video titled “JB Fanvideo” on YouTube on June 6, 2012.
In the video, she performs a parody rendition of Bieber’s “Boyfriend” with personalized lyrics. The video was an instant viral hit, collecting over a million views within the next two days.
On 18 June 2012, Morris uploaded on YouTube a new video titled “CRJ Fan video,” this time spoofing Carly Rae Jepsen’s song, “Call Me Maybe.”
The video also went viral on Reddit and YouTube, amassing over 1.8 million views within 24 hours. And after her overnight internet fame took off, she went by the name Laina Walker.
Although her real surname was later revealed, she decided to use only her first name for her social media profiles and YouTube account.
Similarly, as for the Bieber contest, Morris was one of the runners-up, but surely a winner in many ways.
She was featured in the list of 15 people made famous by the internet in 2012. After the viral success, Morris started posting regularly on YouTube.
She was ranked in the top 15 people made famous by the internet by Mashable in 2012.
Her YouTube channel has evolved into a more full-fledged vlogging platform. She created her ‘Laina’ YouTube channel on July 27, 2010.
On March 11, 2013, Morris appeared on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.
Caption: Laina Morris while making a YouTube video. Source: YouTube
More about her career
Laina made some of her first videos with a webcam but later started to make them with a higher-resolution video camera.
She was active on YouTube for the first few years, but took a hiatus in 2017, leaving her fans curious and wondering.
In August 2017, she announced in a video titled “Goodbye Denton” that she was leaving Denton, Texas, and moving to Arizona.
After that point, she posted only a couple of videos, until July 24, 2019, when she posted her last video, saying goodbye to her fans.
In the video titled, “Breaking Up with You…Tube,” Morris explains that her decision to stop posting videos is primarily to preserve her mental health and to focus on things that are important to her at this point.
She is also known for hardly ever blinking in her “overly attached girlfriend” videos.
Further, she sometimes pokes fun at the “overly attached girlfriend” meme, e.g. Overly Attached to Souls, Overly Attached Uncle Sam, Overly Attached Taylor Swift, and Overly Attached Christmas.
Laina is a good singer, but she showed it briefly in only a few videos. She used off-key, rap-like singing just for comedic effect.
She appeared in a commercial for Samsung, RealPlayer Cloud, and AutoTrader.com. During the Social Star Awards 2013, she competed in a staring contest against Jessica Alba and won.
Moreover, she usually performed her music parodies in one long take without any cuts while an instrumental version of the original song was played in the background.
Laina was ranked in the top 15 people made famous by the internet by Mashable in 2012.
Further, She is an actress, known for Exit Vine (2013), TableTop (2012), and The Meme Machine: What Happens When the Internet Chooses You (2016).
Body Measurements
Laina Morris has a good body figure. She has tall height but she has not shared her height. She has also not shared other body measurements like weight, chest-waist-hip, shoe size, dress size, etc.
Moreover, she has a beautiful pair of hazel eyes and blonde hair.
Laina Morris – Net Worth 2024
Laina Morris surely earns a decent amount of money. She has not revealed her exact earnings. However, from her profession, as a Youtuber, she owns a net worth of $1.5 million as of 2024.