Ava Louise became famous on the Internet in 2020 for all the wrong reasons.
In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, the university student licked the toilet seat as part of a poorly conceived viral challenge. At the same time, an old song she recorded went viral on TikTok, further catapulting Louise to influential status.
But who It’s Ava Louise, and what can we expect from her to move on? Here’s what you need to know about the rising social media star.
Ava Louise appeared in Dr. Phil in 2019.
Louise’s first contact with fame was as a guest in Dr. Phil. In February 2019, she told Dr. Phil that she would rather “die from heat than live ugly”.
During her appearance on the show, she talked about her addiction on Instagram, admitting that her main goal in life is “to become famous on Insta”. During the episode, she also said that she prefers to be friends with people who can offer her legal advantages and access behind the scenes at VIP events.
“Your philosophy of friends is how can you use them to get where you want?” Dr. Phil asked Louise.
“Yes,” she replied nonchalantly.
In a subsequent interview in September 2019, Louise stated that she played a role during her appearance on the show, but her subsequent actions told a very different story.
Louise went viral in March 2020 for licking a toilet seat.
On March 14, Louise started a new “Coronavirus Challenge” on TikTok after uploading a video of herself licking a toilet seat on an airplane. The whole thing was essentially just a social media ploy that she planned to get people to hear her song “Skinny Legend Anthem” and, of course, get more followers.
“I did the whole feat of licking the bathroom, first, because the fucking boomers and I don’t take this virus seriously,” Louise told Insider. “Second, as strategic marketing, people would think, ‘Who the hell is Ava Louise?’ and connect me to that song. “
“I don’t like my grandparents and I don’t have a relationship with them, so I don’t give a damn what happens to them,” she said. “Very impressionable older people who don’t understand meme or trolling culture clung to that.”
After Louise’s video exploded, another influencer named Larz posted his own version of the “challenge” and later claimed that he hired COVID-19 for the acrobatics. None of this was real, though: not only is Larz one of Louise’s closest friends, but she also told Insider that he just pretended to have COVID-19 to help break the story down.
Louise’s prank earned the influencer another appearance in the Dr. Phil, where she defended her actions and dismissed the coronavirus as a scam.
“I wouldn’t be surprised if you were part of the Illuminati,” she told Dr. Phil.
“We were all passed out on the beach, our immune system was low from all the parties,” she added. “And everyone was fine. I’m looking at this and I think it’s an overreaction. “
Louise’s “Skinny Legend Anthem” exploded on TikTok.
Unfortunately, Louise’s “Coronavirus Challenge” feat worked. Her music was used in videos by leading creators, including Charli D’Amelio, Addison Rae, Lil Huddy and Loren Gray, which helped her become one of the most popular songs on TikTok for a while.
“Skinny Legend Anthem” is a bad song – and even Louise can admit it. However, the lyrics are the right amount of boldness for a TikTok trend. Frankly, a song doesn’t have to be good to go viral on TikTok – it just needs to have the right star power behind it.
Louise had a complicated relationship with Impaulsive podcast co-host Mike Majlak.
At the same time that she was licking toilet seats, Louise was also at the center of a betrayal scandal involving Logan Paul’s good friend Mike Majlak and porn star Lana Rhoades.
While he was in New York for Fashion Week, Majlak apparently met with Louise and stayed with her while he was dating Rhoades. The story is too much that he said she said: While Louise said the relationship was very mutual, Majlak stated that Louise waited outside the clubs just to get his attention and needs “serious help”.
Louise recently circulated a now viral rumor that Kanye West is dating Jeffree Star with no evidence to support the claim.
More recently, Louise turned to TikTok to claim that she has inside information about a romantic relationship between Kanye West and beauty tycoon Jeffree Star.
In her video, Louise said she has been keeping the information “for months” and said West is dating “a very famous beauty guru – male beauty guru. “
“My source is legitimate [promise], ”She added in her caption.
The rumor quickly took on a life of its own, with Jeffree Star and Kanye West trending on Twitter. YouTuber Keemstar by reached out to the star to see if the rumors were true, but he didn’t confirm or deny anything and instead just said, “I’m having a great time in Wyoming, come and visit us one of these days!”
At the moment, no one – including Louise – has provided any concrete evidence of a relationship between West and Star. The closest thing to evidence anyone found was a 2011 Star tweet that replied to Kanye and thanked him for “last night”, but the beauty guru has already deleted it. West and Star also own homes in Wyoming, but that is hardly evidence of a relationship.
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