Who is the YouTuber that created the Overly Attached Girlfriend meme?

The YouTuber who created the Overly Attached Girlfriend meme is Laina Morris.

Morris created the character in a YouTube video published on June 6, 2012. It was her entry in a fan contest connected to Justin Bieber’s song “Boyfriend,” which challenged fans to create a female counterpart. In the parody, Morris stared directly into the camera with a fixed smile while singing lyrics about obsessive devotion and monitoring a boyfriend online.

A still image from the video became an image macro portraying an intensely jealous, clingy, or stalker-like girlfriend. Reddit users and other social-media communities helped spread it rapidly, separating the meme character from Morris’s actual personality. The name “Overly Attached Girlfriend” describes the fictional persona; Laina Morris is the real creator and performer.

Morris became a prominent internet celebrity and appeared in television segments, podcasts, advertisements, and collaborations with other meme personalities. She announced her departure from YouTube in 2019, citing depression, anxiety, stress, and mental-health concerns, though she later returned for a 2022 anniversary video.