Erika LaBrie is no ordinary name. In 2007, she became Erika Eiffel after a symbolic commitment ceremony with the Eiffel Tower in Paris, which made headlines around the world.
She identifies as objectophilic, an orientation in which people feel emotional and even romantic connections with inanimate objects. Years later, a TikTok video showed her sitting on a red wooden fence, caressing it and describing it as “sweet” and “perfect” 🚧 The clip exploded with more than 11 million views, and many claimed that she had “left” the tower for the fence.
The reality is less dramatic but just as curious: Erika never had a legal divorce, because there was never an official marriage either. She herself clarified that the video was from a 2008 documentary taken out of context, and that she simply admired the geometry of the object. Her story remains open to questions: how many more objects are part of her love life? 🤔