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:
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