Top Content Creator and Model Laura Reflects On Viral Rumor That Reached 15 Million People
Helping other women lose weight, she says, is her top priority.
Published Dec. 29 2025, 7:30 p.m. ET
While the internet was busy trying to prove Laura, an Alabama model and content creator was secretly the mother of global rap superstar Latto, they missed the actual reinvention happening in plain sight.
In 2023, RapCaviar fueled a rumor that sent 15 million people spiraling into a rabbit hole of side-by-side photo comparisons. However, the obsession with Laura’s face masked a big truth.
The viral "Latto’s Mom" conspiracy theory was the ultimate irony for a woman who spent years being invisible. She used to spend her mornings hauling heavy boxes as a FedEx driver, hiding behind 120 pounds of weight she worked tirelessly to shed in a bid to reclaim her life.
Now, as she prepares to launch a beauty and fragrance empire, she is stepping out of the shadow of internet rumors and building a powerhouse brand. The digital world knows Laura for her "culinary savant" ability to recreate any dish by taste alone, yet the foundation of her brand isn't just flour and sugar.
It is grit. She is a trained chef with recipes for days. She is a fitness expert who can crochet a sweater while discussing GPU cooling systems for the PC she wired herself.
Leveraging her culinary school background to dismantle her own identity, she lost the weight and earned a personal training degree to ensure she would never be the "bullied chubby kid" again.
Helping other women lose weight, she says, is her top priority.
"Most women aren't carrying 'fat'. They’re carrying protected layers of stress,” Laura says. “My goal is to help them ease that burden and find themselves again through wellness.”