Eleven years ago, Luiza Rabello accidentally became one of the first memes on the Brazilian internet at a time when the term “going viral” didn’t even exist. Since she was not featured in a commercial with her father, journalist Gerardo Rabello, and his family, she was successful with the phrase “Except Luiza, who is in Canada.” The unexpected attention led to her needing therapy.
This Sunday (5) Domingo Espetacular went in search of Luiza to find out how much her life has changed since the fateful commercial. “To this day I still don’t have much idea what happened,” the young woman admitted.
She is currently 29 years old and already a mother: a year and a half ago, José Pedro was born, the result of her marriage to David. Luiza lives in João Pessoa, the town where her family lived and where she returned after the success of the commercial her exchange in Canada was cut short to deal with the fallout.
“When I came back I was a little unsettled, I went to therapy for many years and I still do. I studied a little architecture because I didn’t know what to do, but I let my heritage speak louder and took the entrance exam for dentistry,” said Luiza, who followed in the footsteps of her mother Patricia Rabello.
As a medical professional, she also worked on Covid vaccination in Paraíba and said that she is still recognized as “the Luiza of Canada” but prefers to live in anonymity.
However, the heir could jeopardize his plans to remain in the shadows. “Jose Pedro, my son, is very communicative, charismatic, my fatherinlaw even said: ‘This boy will beat Luiza from Canada, he will be more famous than her,'” he said.
Record asked if the young woman had returned to the North American country since the commercial, and she said yes she traveled with her husband in 2016, before José Pedro was born. “We went, but just went for a walk,” he minimized.
“Canada is a beautiful travel destination, good climate, extremely developed place. I can highly recommend it. But I won’t live there anymore,” he concluded. Check out a recent photo of the internet star:
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Luiza appeared on Domingo Espetacular