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"Hawk Tuah" phenomenon turned one this month: Here is what factory worker turned influencer, Haliet Welch, is up to
"Hawk Tuah" phenomenon turned one this month: Here is what factory worker turned influencer, Haliet Welch, is up to

Time of India

time13-06-2025

  • Entertainment
  • Time of India

"Hawk Tuah" phenomenon turned one this month: Here is what factory worker turned influencer, Haliet Welch, is up to

Credit: Instagram/@hay_welch You blink once, and a year flies by. That's exactly how it feels when you realize that the 'Hawk Tuah' phenomenon—one of the internet's wildest viral moments—first exploded exactly a year ago. What began as a spontaneous comment on a Nashville sidewalk has since transformed Haliey Welch, a factory worker from Tennessee, into an unexpected internet celebrity with a podcast, brand deals, and even a cryptocurrency controversy to her name. A night out turns into internet history It was a regular summer night in Nashville's Broadway district when Haliey Welch and her best friend Chelsea Bradford crossed paths with YouTubers Tim Dickerson and DeArius Marlow, known for their vox-pop series Tim & Dee TV. What started as playful banter took a dramatic turn when Haliey responded to a question with an exaggerated, Southern-laced phrase—what the internet now knows as the iconic 'Hawk Tuah' moment. The phrase 'hawk tuah and spit on that thang,' was meant as an exaggerated, comedic response to a playful street interview question. In Southern slang, 'hawk tuah' mimics the sound of someone clearing their throat to spit—something often said jokingly to show boldness or toughness. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Göttingen: GEERS sucht 700 Testhörer für Hörgeräte ohne Zuzahlung GEERS Undo Haliey used it in a cheeky, over-the-top way to answer what makes her 'wifey material,' blending shock humor with regional drawl. The video, uploaded on June 11, 2023, racked up over 4 million views in its original form. But reposts—many stripped of the original watermark—flooded platforms like TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook, turning the phrase into an unstoppable meme. Instant fame and a sudden shift in life At the time, Haliey was living with her grandmother and working a minimum-wage factory job. She didn't even have social media. According to Rolling Stone, her family was the first to notice her sudden fame, after seeing the viral clip circulating on Facebook. As merchandise featuring the phrase "Hawk Tuah" started selling fast—one company reportedly sold over 2,000 hats and made £50,000 in weeks—Haliey realized others were cashing in on her moment. Fearing she'd be fired from her job for missing too much work, she decided to take charge of her image. Credit: Instagram/@hay_welch She hired a lawyer and an agent through a family friend's recommendation and signed with The Penthouse agency, known for managing internet influencers and creatives. From there, things escalated fast. Haliey appeared alongside country singer Zach Bryan at one of his concerts and threw the first pitch at a New York Mets game. She became a fixture on various podcasts before launching one of her own, Talk Tuah, co-hosted with Chelsea Bradford. At its peak, the podcast hit No. 5 on the global Spotify charts. Fame, fallout, and the crypto crash In December 2023, the viral phrase birthed a memecoin: $HAWK. Haliey was positioned as the face of the coin, which initially soared to a $490 million market cap. But within hours, the coin's value plummeted by over 95%, devastating many amateur investors. As Metro UK reported, Haliey faced intense backlash and scrutiny, particularly after hosting a crypto Q&A on X (formerly Twitter) where she dismissed tough questions with a now-infamous line: 'Anyhoo, I'm going to bed.' She then retreated from the public eye for several months. Although she was later cleared of any wrongdoing, the experience took a toll on her mental health. Credit: Instagram/@hay_welch What's next for the 'Hawk Tuah' girl? In April 2025, Haliey reappeared, relaunching Talk Tuah and expressing hopes of one day interviewing Britney Spears. She also has a documentary in the works chronicling her rapid rise from obscurity to internet fame and will make a cameo in Chad Powers , an upcoming Hulu series starring Glen Powell. From a viral street interview to podcast host, celebrity guest, and crypto spokesperson, Haliey Welch's journey has been nothing short of a rollercoaster. One year later, the girl once known only as 'Hawk Tuah Girl' is still learning how to navigate fame in a world where internet moments can change lives overnight—and not always for the better.

A year ago Hawk Tuah girl went viral – Metro catches up with Haliey Welch to find out what happened next
A year ago Hawk Tuah girl went viral – Metro catches up with Haliey Welch to find out what happened next

Metro

time11-06-2025

  • Entertainment
  • Metro

A year ago Hawk Tuah girl went viral – Metro catches up with Haliey Welch to find out what happened next

As they roamed the vibrant Broadway thoroughfare in Nashville, Tennessee, it was only ever meant to be a fun night out for Haliey Welch and Chelsea Bradford. But then the best friends encountered a pair of YouTubers and, in an instant, Haliey became immortalised as ' Hawk Tuah Girl '. Within weeks, her throwaway comment spiralled way beyond a meme; 'hawk tuah' was emblazoned on merch, became the foundations of a podcast, and even the name of a (regrettable) cryptocurrency. Today, her infamous phrase has helped Haliey earn around $500,000 (though when asked if this is true, her response is sketchy). Not bad for a 21-year-old just looking to get drunk one summer evening. 'When I saw how big it had become, I was a nervous wreck,' she tells Metro over Zoom, in her prominent Southern drawl. 'It felt like a train had done hit me. Before all this, I always kept to myself.' Tim Dickerson and DeArius Marlow, from popular YouTube series Tim & Dee TV, are the people who 'discovered' Haliey. The pair were college roommates turned content creators, who made relatively tame, vox-pop style videos of people on nights out. After stopping the girls, Haliey asked the pair to 'spice up' the questions. When asked what makes her 'wifey material', she responded with the now legendary: ' You gotta hawk tuah and spit on that thang ' – the onomatopoeic cry of lubricating a penis before oral sex. 'I've said it before, but in a different context,' she laughs. 'Me and my cousins have always said it – if someone makes us mad, we'd say we were going to 'hawk tuah, spit on that bitch' as an insult. 'I guess I kind of phrased it up a little and used it in a different way. But I wasn't being serious when I said it, and I didn't think anything twice about it after I already done the interview.' Tim and DeArius, who were no slouches when it came to content creation, knew such a response would go viral – they just didn't expect how viral. While the original video has 4.1 million views, Haliey's moment was uploaded hundreds and hundreds of times (without the watermark, leaving the YouTubers effectively forgotten. While they haven't shown her any ill will, the pair have claimed in interviews that they should have had more credit). For Hawk Tuah Girl, it was a particularly surreal moment. At the time, she was living with her grandmother and working a minimum wage job in a factory nearby. It was her family who spotted just how famous she was online, after seeing her video plastered all over Facebook – Haliey, at the time, did not have any social media. 'I knew I had to tell my granny before anyone else did. I sat her down and had to explain what hawk tuah was,' she recalls. 'She just giggled about it. Next thing I know, she starts showing up wearing a hawk tuah hat everywhere.' The sudden obsessive popularity led to fast-acting merchandisers creating gear emblazoned with the phrase – and making serious cash from it. Within weeks, one brand had sold over 2,000 'Hawk Tuah' hats, earning around £50,000, according to Rolling Stone magazine. Seeing people profiting off her popularity was like a 'smack in the face' says Haliey – and believing she was about to get fired from her factory job for missing too much work, she decided to make a go of a life of memeing. Going viral Hawk tuah is in no way the first meme that has beguiled the internet – those well-versed in the web's lingua franca will remember memes such as 'damn, Daniel' and 'peanut butter jelly time', but hawk tuah has remained sticky even a year after it was first uttered. 'The typical lifecycle of a viral internet moment is short – usually peaking within a few days or weeks as people react, remix, and share the content, then fading as attention shifts to the next big thing,' explains Megan Boyle, Head of PR at TAL Agency. 'Hawk tuah stuck around as it was the perfect combination of shock value, humour, and authenticity. It was easily remixable, with TikTok duets, reaction videos or captions, which kept it circulating. 'Welch herself leaned into the moment – something many viral stars don't do, but helps keep the brand alive.' 'I met up with a family friend, who recommended a lawyer to me. That led to me getting an agent and having representation,' she explains. As a star on the rise, she recruited The Penthouse agency – whose clientele includes 'a dynamic range of artists and influencers' – and began to court the world of celebrity, as she capatalised on her fame. Not only did she party alongside country singer Zach Bryan at his concert in Nashville, she was also invited to make the first pitch at a baseball game with the New York Mets, while appearing on a series of internet-versed podcasts. Haliey's next move was to launch a podcast of her own, Talk Tuah, alongside best friend Chelsea Bradford, who was by her side when she first went viral. When it peaked at a respectable number five on the global Spotify podcast chats, Haliey looked set to be on a pretty unstoppable run. But then came the introduction of the Hawk Tuah memecoin $HAWK in December. As a spokesperson (and therefore, the de facto face), she was inextricably tied to the currency, and while it hit the $490m market cap shortly after it launched, the coin suddenly lost more than 95% of its value within hours. Some fans blamed Haliey, particularly those who invested a significant amount of money into the memecoin. 'It was the most horrific experience I've ever been through. I had no earthly idea what it was,' she admits. 'It was a gut-wrenching feeling, like you just feel sorry for everybody that supported you through it, and they lost their money putting it in because they trusted you to guide them with something good, and you didn't. You failed.' Haliey, perhaps infamously, did a crypto Q&A on X soon after, and when she asked difficult questions by investors, she responded: 'Anyhoo, I'm going to bed' – only for her to effectively go into hiding for several months. 'It's something I had to sit there and deal with for three and four months,' she explains. 'I thought about it every day when I woke up. And of course, my social media was flooded with it too, but [cryptocurrency] is something I will not ever touch again.' Although Haliey was cleared by authorities of any wrongdoing with the coin, it didn't stop her mental health from free-falling at this time. 'I was overwhelmed. I had moved in with my boyfriend and I just looked after my dog. I tried to keep off social media,' she says. 'There were talks of therapy, but I'm not one to talk about my problems with people, so I decided not to do that. I just tried to cope the best I could.' Even now, after being exposed to international levels of fame, Haliey insists she continues to struggle with being recognised. 'I still find it uncomfortable. I can't even go to the grocery store, as people will say stuff to me,' Haliey admits. 'I come home and barricade myself in the house for a few days. That's really the only time I get away from it.' Thankfully, she has support from her close-knit group of friends that have helped her adapt to her strange and uncanny new life. 'A few people I haven't talked to in years that I went to school with, tried to talk to me and be my friend, which I didn't let slide,' she adds. 'But really, the only major difference is that I don't need to worry about buying groceries.' After some brief time away from the spotlight, Haliey relaunched her podcast this April and now hopes to have fellow Southern country girl Britney Spears on the show one day. Her future career may be on the big screen, too – not only has she got an upcoming documentary about her instant rise to fame, she also makes a brief cameo in Glen Powell's upcoming Hulu series, 'Chad Powers'. 'I had so much fun doing it, it was just such a whirlwind. I am trying to be known as more than the Hawk Tuah Girl – but I know it's part of me now. I've accepted it, but I want to be known as Haliey Welch,' she says. Even so, Haliey won't be heading to LA to chase the glittering lights of Hollywood, as she's still, at heart, a Tennessee girl. 'I like being out in the country, nobody around me except deer. I just love being out here – I could be out in the yard with my ducks or my dogs or my bunny. I have all sorts of creatures that can keep me entertained,' she adds with a smile. While the future may be uncertain, there is one thing that Haliey is sure of. 'The most important thing is that I stay true to myself,' she says defiantly. 'I won't change for nobody.' 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A year ago Hawk Tuah girl went viral - but what happened to Haliey Welch next?
A year ago Hawk Tuah girl went viral - but what happened to Haliey Welch next?

Metro

time11-06-2025

  • Entertainment
  • Metro

A year ago Hawk Tuah girl went viral - but what happened to Haliey Welch next?

It's been reported that Haliey Welch has made $500,000 – not bad for a 21-year-old just looking to get drunk one summer evening (Picture: Tim & Dee TV/YouTube) As they roamed the vibrant Broadway thoroughfare in Nashville, Tennessee, it was only ever meant to be a fun night out for Haliey Welch and Chelsea Bradford. But then the best friends encountered a pair of YouTubers and, in an instant, Haliey became immortalised as 'Hawk Tuah Girl'. Within weeks, her throwaway comment spiralled way beyond a meme; 'hawk tuah' was emblazoned on merch, became the foundations of a podcast, and even the name of a (regrettable) cryptocurrency. Today, her infamous phrase has helped Haliey earn around $500,000 (though when asked if this is true, her response is sketchy). Not bad for a 21-year-old just looking to get drunk one summer evening. 'When I saw how big it had become, I was a nervous wreck,' she tells Metro over Zoom, in her prominent Southern drawl. 'It felt like a train had done hit me. Before all this, I always kept to myself.' Tim Dickerson and DeArius Marlow, from popular YouTube series Tim & Dee TV, are the people who 'discovered' Haliey. The pair were college roommates turned content creators, who made relatively tame, vox-pop style videos of people on nights out. After stopping the girls, Haliey asked the pair to 'spice up' the questions. When asked what makes her 'wifey material', she responded with the now legendary: 'You gotta hawk tuah and spit on that thang' – the onomatopoeic cry of lubricating a penis before oral sex. Hailey was asked what makes her 'wifey material' (Picture: Tim & Dee TV/YouTube) 'I've said it before, but in a different context,' she laughs. 'Me and my cousins have always said it – if someone makes us mad, we'd say we were going to 'hawk tuah, spit on that bitch' as an insult. 'I guess I kind of phrased it up a little and used it in a different way. But I wasn't being serious when I said it, and I didn't think anything twice about it after I already done the interview.' Tim and DeArius, who were no slouches when it came to content creation, knew such a response would go viral – they just didn't expect how viral. While the original video has 4.1 million views, Haliey's moment was uploaded hundreds and hundreds of times (without the watermark, leaving the YouTubers effectively forgotten. While they haven't shown her any ill will, the pair have claimed in interviews that they should have had more credit). When she went viral, Haliey didn't have social media (Picture: Krystle Lina) For Hawk Tuah Girl, it was a particularly surreal moment. At the time, she was living with her grandmother and working a minimum wage job in a factory nearby. It was her family who spotted just how famous she was online, after seeing her video plastered all over Facebook – Haliey, at the time, did not have any social media. 'I knew I had to tell my granny before anyone else did. I sat her down and had to explain what hawk tuah was,' she recalls. 'She just giggled about it. Next thing I know, she starts showing up wearing a hawk tuah hat everywhere.' The sudden obsessive popularity led to fast-acting merchandisers creating gear emblazoned with the phrase – and making serious cash from it. Within weeks, one brand had sold over 2,000 'Hawk Tuah' hats, earning around £50,000, according to Rolling Stone magazine. Seeing people profiting off her popularity was like a 'smack in the face' says Haliey – and believing she was about to get fired from her factory job for missing too much work, she decided to make a go of a life of memeing. Last August, Haliey was invited to throw the first pitch during the game between the Oakland Athletics and the New York Mets (Picture: Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images) Going viral Hawk tuah is in no way the first meme that has beguiled the internet – those well-versed in the web's lingua franca will remember memes such as 'damn, Daniel' and 'peanut butter jelly time', but hawk tuah has remained sticky even a year after it was first uttered. 'The typical lifecycle of a viral internet moment is short – usually peaking within a few days or weeks as people react, remix, and share the content, then fading as attention shifts to the next big thing,' explains Megan Boyle, Head of PR at TAL Agency. 'Hawk tuah stuck around as it was the perfect combination of shock value, humour, and authenticity. It was easily remixable, with TikTok duets, reaction videos or captions, which kept it circulating. 'Welch herself leaned into the moment – something many viral stars don't do, but helps keep the brand alive.' 'I met up with a family friend, who recommended a lawyer to me. That led to me getting an agent and having representation,' she explains. As a star on the rise, she recruited The Penthouse agency – whose clientele includes 'a dynamic range of artists and influencers' – and began to court the world of celebrity, as she capatalised on her fame. Not only did she party alongside country singer Zach Bryan at his concert in Nashville, she was also invited to make the first pitch at a baseball game with the New York Mets, while appearing on a series of internet-versed podcasts. Haliey's next move was to launch a podcast of her own, Talk Tuah, alongside best friend Chelsea Bradford, who was by her side when she first went viral. When it peaked at a respectable number five on the global Spotify podcast chats, Haliey looked set to be on a pretty unstoppable run. Haliey turned her hand to podcasting (Picture: Instagram/hay_welch) But then came the introduction of the Hawk Tuah memecoin $HAWK in December. As a spokesperson (and therefore, the de facto face), she was inextricably tied to the currency, and while it hit the $490m market cap shortly after it launched, the coin suddenly lost more than 95% of its value within hours. Some fans blamed Haliey, particularly those who invested a significant amount of money into the memecoin. 'It was the most horrific experience I've ever been through. I had no earthly idea what it was,' she admits. 'It was a gut-wrenching feeling, like you just feel sorry for everybody that supported you through it, and they lost their money putting it in because they trusted you to guide them with something good, and you didn't. You failed.' While the Hawk Tuah memecoin hit the $490m market cap shortly after it launched, it lost more than 95% of its value within hours (Picture: OverHere) Haliey, perhaps infamously, did a crypto Q&A on X soon after, and when she asked difficult questions by investors, she responded: 'Anyhoo, I'm going to bed' – only for her to effectively go into hiding for several months. 'It's something I had to sit there and deal with for three and four months,' she explains. 'I thought about it every day when I woke up. And of course, my social media was flooded with it too, but [cryptocurrency] is something I will not ever touch again.' Although Haliey was cleared by authorities of any wrongdoing with the coin, it didn't stop her mental health from free-falling at this time. Haliey is still good friends with Chelsea Bradford(Photo by) 'I was overwhelmed. I had moved in with my boyfriend and I just looked after my dog. I tried to keep off social media,' she says. 'There were talks of therapy, but I'm not one to talk about my problems with people, so I decided not to do that. I just tried to cope the best I could.' Even now, after being exposed to international levels of fame, Haliey insists she continues to struggle with being recognised. 'I still find it uncomfortable. I can't even go to the grocery store, as people will say stuff to me,' Haliey admits. 'I come home and barricade myself in the house for a few days. That's really the only time I get away from it.' Thankfully, she has support from her close-knit group of friends that have helped her adapt to her strange and uncanny new life. Haliey makes a brief cameo in Glen Powell's upcoming Hulu series, 'Chad Powers' (Picture: Krystle Lina) 'A few people I haven't talked to in years that I went to school with, tried to talk to me and be my friend, which I didn't let slide,' she adds. 'But really, the only major difference is that I don't need to worry about buying groceries.' After some brief time away from the spotlight, Haliey relaunched her podcast this April and now hopes to have fellow Southern country girl Britney Spears on the show one day. Her future career may be on the big screen, too – not only has she got an upcoming documentary about her instant rise to fame, she also makes a brief cameo in Glen Powell's upcoming Hulu series, 'Chad Powers'. Haliey has no plans to head to Hollywood (Picture: Instagram/hay_welch) 'I had so much fun doing it, it was just such a whirlwind. I am trying to be known as more than the Hawk Tuah Girl – but I know it's part of me now. I've accepted it, but I want to be known as Haliey Welch,' she says. Even so, Haliey won't be heading to LA to chase the glittering lights of Hollywood, as she's still, at heart, a Tennessee girl. 'I like being out in the country, nobody around me except deer. I just love being out here – I could be out in the yard with my ducks or my dogs or my bunny. I have all sorts of creatures that can keep me entertained,' she adds with a smile. While the future may be uncertain, there is one thing that Haliey is sure of. 'The most important thing is that I stay true to myself,' she says defiantly. 'I won't change for nobody.' Arrow MORE: How four children survived a plane crash that killed every adult on board Arrow MORE: Devastated and broken, I headed to the Himalayas to heal my heartbreak

Hawk Tuah Girl Opens Up About FBI Investigation Over Crypto Scandal (Exclusive)
Hawk Tuah Girl Opens Up About FBI Investigation Over Crypto Scandal (Exclusive)

Yahoo

time20-05-2025

  • Entertainment
  • Yahoo

Hawk Tuah Girl Opens Up About FBI Investigation Over Crypto Scandal (Exclusive)

Haliey Welch, known as 'Hawk Tuah Girl' after last summer's viral video, is sharing new details about the aftermath of her recent cryptocurrency scandal, as seen in footage exclusive to The Hollywood Reporter. In the new episode of her podcast Talk Tuah, Welch chats with longtime friend Chelsea Bradford about the crypto crash in December of her meme coin $HAWK, which led investors to file a lawsuit in New York against its creators. Welch became an overnight social media sensation last summer after her on-the-street interview with Tim & Dee TV in which she described a supposedly foolproof way to excite a man in the bedroom. More from The Hollywood Reporter Hawk Tuah Girl Addresses Crypto Scandal: "It Really Hurt My Feelings" Why Top Auteurs Like Sean Baker Worship Charles Burnett's "Killer of Sheep" Joe Rogan Scolded by Own Guest for Pushing Conspiracy Theories Welch shares that the FBI knocked on her grandmother's door in the aftermath of the controversy. 'They wanted to see my phone, so I was like, 'OK, well, that's not a problem,'' Welch says in the podcast episode. She adds about what she went through in the process: 'Interrogating me, asking me questions and everything else related to crypto. They went through my phone, so they cleared me. I was good to go.' She continues, 'And then the SEC picked it up. They didn't want to talk with me, but they wanted my phone. So I sent my phone off to them for two or three days, and then I guess they cloned my phone, copied it, something. But they went through my phone, I was cleared from them, and I wasn't named on the lawsuit, either.' During the conversation, Welch acknowledges that it 'makes me throw up' that her fans trusted her to have lent her likeness to a meme coin about which she didn't have full knowledge. She adds that this experience has taught her important lessons regarding who to trust. She also discusses the amount of money that was allegedly lost by the coin's investors. According to Welch, the amount of lost money was initially claimed to be $1.2 million but was actually closer to $180,000. 'I don't have anything to hide,' Welch notes. She adds, 'I wish we knew then what we know now.' Best of The Hollywood Reporter How the Warner Brothers Got Their Film Business Started Meet the World Builders: Hollywood's Top Physical Production Executives of 2023 Men in Blazers, Hollywood's Favorite Soccer Podcast, Aims for a Global Empire

What Happened To 'Hawk Tuah' Girl? The Viral Meme That Disappeared
What Happened To 'Hawk Tuah' Girl? The Viral Meme That Disappeared

News18

time07-05-2025

  • Entertainment
  • News18

What Happened To 'Hawk Tuah' Girl? The Viral Meme That Disappeared

Last Updated: Hailey Welch shot to fame in June last year when she appeared in on-the-street interview with creators Tim & Dee TV in Nashville, Tennessee. Hailey Welch became one of the most recognisable internet names in 2024. Known widely as the 'Hawk Tuah Girl," the 22-year-old rose to fame after a short street interview went viral. But what followed was a series of ups and downs like her sudden internet popularity, a failed launch of her cryptocurrency and her disappearance from public life. Let's take a look at how Welch became the viral 'Hawk Tuah Girl" and what went wrong with her crypto project. In a recent interview with Vanity Fair, Welch also spoke about the regrets she has and what lies ahead as she plans to rebuild her public image and explore new opportunities. How Hailey Welch Became The 'Hawk Tuah Girl"? advetisement Hailey Welch shot to fame in June 2024 when she appeared in on-the-street interview with creators Tim & Dee TV in Nashville, Tennessee. When asked what's a move that drives a man crazy, she jokingly replied with her now-famous 'hawk-tuah" sound. The clip gained attention across social media platforms like TikTok, Instagram and YouTube. Her phrase became a popular meme and many began calling her the 'Hawk Tuah Girl." Following her internet success, Welch launched merchandise, appeared in Halloween costume collaborations and even started her own podcast called Talk Tuah in September 2024. She became a regular face across social media in the second half of the year. The Crypto Launch And Sudden Crash With her growing popularity, Welch entered the world of cryptocurrency. On December 4, she launched her own meme coin called $HAWK. After the launch, the token quickly reached a market cap of around $490 million within hours. But the price dropped by more than 90 percent shortly after launch. It went below $30 million. According to CoinMarketCap, $HAWK may have been affected by a 'rug pull," a situation where snipers buy the asset where it is cheaper and instantly sell it where it's more expensive. Following the sudden fall, a lawsuit was filed in New York against the creators of the token, including its platform overHere, founder Clinton So, influencer Alex Larson Schultz and the Tuah The Moon Foundation which reportedly managed the coin's finances. The lawsuit claimed that the creators of unlawfully promoting and selling cryptocurrency that was allegedly never properly registered. Speaking to Vanity Fair, Welch shared how the situation affected her, saying, 'I hate that that's even a thing. Half of those people that done it were, like, my fans. They trusted me… It really hurt my feelings when it turned out the way it did. I wish it hadn't have happened." Advertisement After the events in December, Welch took a break from public life. She stopped releasing episodes of her podcast Talk Tuah and stayed off social media until late March. Back in December, she had posted a message saying she was 'committed to assisting the legal team representing the individuals impacted, as well as to help uncover the truth, hold the responsible parties accountable, and resolve this matter." In the new interview, Welch said, 'I see things a lot differently than I used to. My eyes are open a lot wider." She also had a message for other viral stars: 'Definitely be careful what you tie your name into and who you trust." New Acting Projects And Future Plans Welch has now returned to social media and wants to move forward with new projects. She shared that she is planning to rework her podcast Talk Tuah. 'I'm hoping my podcast gets rebranded in the way I'm seeing it in my head — the vision I've got. Just making it more girlier and more authentic to me," SHE SAID. top videos View All She is also stepping into acting. Welch will reportedly appear in the upcoming Hulu comedy series Chad Powers, which stars Glen Powell. 'It was definitely something I would do again. I don't know if I could do a whole movie by myself… But bits and pieces, just popping in here and there — I think that would be so much fun," Welch said about her acting experience. The Hollywood Reporter mentioned that she had earlier turned down a few roles in horror films. Get Latest Updates on Movies, Breaking News On India, World, Live Cricket Scores, And Stock Market Updates. Also Download the News18 App to stay updated! Location : New Delhi, India, India First Published: May 07, 2025, 12:30 IST News explainers What Happened To 'Hawk Tuah' Girl? The Viral Meme That Disappeared

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