Comedian Bill Maher stunned the Hawk Tuah girl when he urged her to launch a podcast that focuses on sex.
The irreverent comic made the lewd proposal during a recent episode of his Club Random podcast.
Hailey Welch, the 23-year-old who is known across the internet as the ‘Hawk Tuah Girl,’ looked shocked as Maher made his pitch for her to host a show called ‘sex expert’.
Welch went viral earlier this summer after she used the phrase ‘hawk tuah’ to describe spitting as a component of oral sex during a spontaneous on-street interview in Nashville.
Comedian Bill Maher stunned the Hawk Tuah girl when he urged her to launch a podcast that focuses on sex, insisting that she calls it ‘sex expert’
‘You need to do a podcast. You do it right here on Club Random if you do it my way,’ Maher said.
‘Sex Expert,’ he continued.
Welch, stunned by Maher’s off-color suggestion, laughed in disbelief and looked away.
‘No, I’ll tell you why…you were given the chip of fame. Now you want to trade that in for something that uses that but takes it to the next level.’
He added: ‘You have to trade on what you’re already known for. That’s the one thing you’re known for.’
Welch nodded and stared absently at Maher, who elaborated on his vision for the podcast.
‘It couldn’t be frivolous. You’d have to take it seriously,’ he said.
The irreverent comic made the lewd proposal during a recent episode of his Club Random podcast
Welch went viral earlier this summer after she used the phrase ‘hawk tuah’ to describe spitting as a component of oral sex during a spontaneous on-street interview in Nashville
Then the liberal comic asked: ‘Could you do that?’
‘Possibly,’ Welch said without enthusiasm.
Maher said that it would be essential for Welch to discuss sex in a serious manner because there are ‘a lot of really serious issues [involving intercourse].’
‘I mean there’s one [issue] related to what made you famous,’ Maher continued.
‘Yep,’ Welch agreed.
‘What am I gonna say,’ the comedian asked, before adding: ‘you have no idea what I’m gonna say.’
At this point, the ‘Hawk Tuah Girl’ admitted that she was uneasy.
‘I don’t know where this is going. I’m kind of nervous.’
‘I don’t know where this is going. I’m kind of nervous,’ Welch admitted at one point during the interview
‘Let me tell you where this is going,’ Maher said, pointing at her.
‘You learned that thing about spitting from porn,’ the comedian said, referring to Welch’s ‘hawk tuah’ comment.
The 23-year-old was initially speechless, but then she burst into laughter, shocked by Maher’s remark.
‘The idea of spitting- first of all it’s gross. It’s not necessary. It never existed before porn,’ the podcast host continued.
The comedian’s bizarre comments drew quick backlash from X.com-users who were shocked by Maher’s ‘creepy’ behavior.
‘Absolutely disgusting,’ one person wrote.
‘Maher is a creep,’ an X.com-user opined.
Maher urged Welch to start a sex-themed podcast, but made it clear that she would have to discuss the subject matter seriously
‘This is so awkward. What a weirdo,’ another commenter added.
During the podcast, Maher also held forth on other cultural hot-button topics such as Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce.
The comedian was confident that the football star would soon dump the pop idol.
‘He’s gonna dump her…it’s like the Gatorade at the Super Bowl, you know you’re gonna get dumped,’ he said.
Later, Maher mused on Swift’s identity as an artist, as well as her potential political clout.
‘I mean, this is a country girl, right?’ he reflected.
‘She started out as a country artist. She’s a white girl from Pennsylvania, I think, grew up on a farm, right? Never had a black boyfriend.
During the rest of the podcast interview, Maher held forth on topics like Taylor Swift and the ills of pornography
‘You know, if ‘MAGA’ is full of racists, then they got to like that.’
Still, Maher saved his most critical comments for the topic of pornography.
‘Porn is not benign…It has warped the minds of the kids of your generation, especially the guys,’ he said to Welch.
‘People are f***ing sickos,’ he added.
