Laina Morris, aka the Overly Attached Girlfriend, shares the honest truth with PEOPLE about what it's like to become a meme — the doors it opened and the struggles behind the camera.

Laina Morris candidly opened up about finding fame with the 'Overly Attached Girlfriend' meme – and the viral fame can be both a blessing and a curse. Here's why ...

Unsurprisingly, this wasn’t the only time someone else tried to use the meme to karma-farm. Overly Attached Girlfriend spawned a number of spin-offs.

Laina Morris went viral in 2012 when a screenshot of her face from a Justin Bieber parody video was turned into a meme. Dubbed the "Overly Attached Girlfriend," Morris built an online following ...

Her video went viral, and the image of her wide-eyed expression became a popular meme known as the 'Overly Attached Girlfriend'. While it helped Laina grow her YouTube following even more, there ...

Laina Morris speaks candidly with PEOPLE about the doors that opened after her face became a meme — and why she walked away from it all in 2019 ...