Hailey Welch, better known as the viral ‘Hawk Tuah Girl,’ finally broke her silence about the whirlwind changes following her famous street interview that made her an internet star. She sat down with host Brianna Lapaglia for the July 1 episode of the Plan Bri Uncut podcast and shared her two cents about her newfound fame.
While the video took Welch’s popularity to new heights, she admitted that it was not something she wanted to be known for. She stated:
“I don’t really like that to be my image. Like, Hawk Tuah Girl? I just don’t see that being… I don’t want to be known as that.”
For the unversed, the 21-year-old rose to fame after describing a s*xual act as “hawk tuah” in a man-on-the-street interview, and it became a widely used meme ever since.
Welch and Lapaglia went on to talk about the aftermath of Welch’s video, including the flood of fake accounts on social media claiming to be her. She elaborated:
“They started spelling my name wrong and started making accounts of me. They got pictures from my friend’s social media accounts and stuff like that… It’s kind of creepy seeing your face on another account that doesn’t belong to you.
Hailey Welch admitted that she’s not on social media, a choice she’d made long before the viral “Hawk Tuah Girl” clip blew out.
Hawk Tuah Girl Hailey Welch dispelled rumors about her profession
In her interview with Brianna Lapaglia, Hawk Tuah Girl pointed out all the false information being shared about her on social media. She added that she is neither a teacher nor a bartender, as what was previously spread online. She said:
“I work in a spring factory. I’m not a school teacher.”
