Haliey Welch, better known online as the Hawk Tuah girl, finally let the internet meet her boyfriend.
The 22-year-old internet star introduced boyfriend Kelby Blackwell — who she has lovingly referred to as “Pookie” — on the Talk Tuah podcast on Tuesday.
Before she officially showed his face, Welch dropped a teaser in which she could be seen asking Blackwell what he initially thought of her ‘Hawk Tuah’ video, which launched her into viral fame.
“I didn’t really know what to say,” he said about seeing the video of Haliey Welch for the first time. “I just know that I woke up one morning to a Snapchat from you that said, ‘You’re gonna see something this morning that you probably don’t want to see, just disregard it,’ and then I opened up my TikTok, and there it was.”
“I first thought, ‘She’s drunk as s—,” he continued. “I know you personally and you’re used to being a very stay-to-yourself quiet girl and just to see that video was like, ‘What the f—?’ “He then went on to share that after the video came out, Welch was crying when they were on the phone together and he “didn’t want to add to the hurt and ask her to keep pushing forward.”
