Adult star Lauren Alexis has revealed that her grandmother still refuses to accept her success, repeatedly predicting she will end up "pregnant and broke." Despite commanding 2.1 million followers on Instagram and achieving financial independence as an influencer and model, Lauren says her grandmother has never approved of her career path, with the pair barely speaking for years.
A Family Divided by Career Choices
Lauren's grandmother has never accepted her unconventional career, repeatedly warning her that she would end up pregnant, broke and dependent on her family for financial support. "She was like, 'You're going to be 16 and pregnant. You're going to be broke. You're going to be coming to me asking me for help,'" said Lauren. "Your brother and sister are going to do so much better than you. You're never going to be like your cousins. You're not going to do this family proud.'"
Growing up, Lauren was surrounded by family members in traditional professions, particularly healthcare. Her grandmother was a psychologist, her aunt a psychiatrist, and other relatives pursued careers in nursing, the military and care work. Lauren explained that her grandmother had specific expectations for her future, including attending university, getting a degree and following a similar professional path.
Years of Strained Communication
Although Lauren initially shared an interest in medicine and biology, she eventually decided to pursue social media instead, a decision she says caused her grandmother to turn against her. "When she found out that I didn't want to do that, she just completely switched," Lauren said.
What followed was years of strained communication, with Lauren claiming her grandmother repeatedly rejected her attempts to reconnect. "Every time I would reach out, I would message her and be like, 'Hey, do you want to get a coffee?' And she'd just reply, 'Why? What do you need?'"
"In the end, I stopped contacting her because every single time I contacted her, she just threw it back in my face."
An Unexpected Reunion
Years later, Lauren unexpectedly crossed paths with her grandmother during a coffee outing organised by her mother. Despite not having seen each other for approximately four or five years, the reunion quickly turned sour when Lauren offered to pay for the bill. "I went up and I paid for the coffees. And she stood up and she was like, 'See, you're just showing off. You can't let me buy the coffee.'"
After running into her grandmother while out with her sister, Lauren claims she was immediately confronted with the same prediction that had haunted her teenage years. "I walked over to her and she was like, 'Oh.' And she kind of just looked me up and down. She goes, 'So you've not had a baby yet? Not pregnant yet?'"
"That was the first thing that came to her mind because that's obviously what she remembers saying to me before. She didn't give me a hug. She didn't really say hi properly or anything like that. And then she went on to talk about me being pregnant again."
"She was like, 'Well, if you do decide you want to have a baby, I hope you know your body won't bounce back to how it is. You're not going to look the same. You'll ruin your body.'"
