Haliey Welch

{{Short description|American internet personality (born 2003/04)}} {{pp-extended|small=yes}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Use American English|date=December 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Haliey Welch | image = Haliey Welch at DreamHack Atlanta 2024.jpg | caption = Welch in 2024 | birth_name = Haliey Aliene Welch | birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date|21|2025|10|24}} | birth_place = United States | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = Hawk Tuah Girl | occupation = Internet personality | years_active = 2024–present | known_for = Viral interview and catchphrase | module = {{Infobox social media personality | child = yes | instagram_handle = Hay_welch | instagram_display_name = | instagram_years_active = | instagram_genre = | instagram_followers = 2.2 million (January 11, 2026) | tiktok_handle = Hay_welch | tiktok_display_name = | tiktok_years_active = | tiktok_genre = | tiktok_followers = 1.8 million (January 11, 2026) | youtube_handle = @TalkTuahPod | youtube_display_name = Talk Tuah Podcast with Haliey Welch | youtube_years_active = 2024–present | youtube_genre = Talk, interview, social commentary | youtube_subscribers = 197,000 | youtube_views = 13 million | stats_update = January 11, 2026 }} }}

'''Haliey Aliene Welch'''<ref>{{Cite Instagram|postid=DK2vZMnvOV0|user=hay_welch|title=Pretty much 😌|date=June 13, 2025|first=Haliey Aliene|last=Welch|access-date=2025-06-22}}</ref> ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|h|eɪ|l|i|audio=LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Haliey Welch.wav}} {{respell|HAY|lee}}; born 2003 or 2004), commonly referred to as the '''Hawk Tuah Girl''', is an American Internet personality. She became an internet meme after being interviewed in a viral 2024 TikTok video in which she used a catchphrase, ''hawk tuah'', an onomatopoeia for spitting on a penis as a form of oral sex, specifically fellatio. She is also known for her podcast ''Talk Tuah'' and a cryptocurrency coin which faced criticism following release.<ref name="McMahon-2024">{{cite web |last1=McMahon |first1=Liv |title=Online star Hawk Tuah girl faces crypto coin criticism |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c89xvjkzzyvo |website=BBC |access-date=December 11, 2024 |date=December 5, 2024 |archive-date=December 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241211004654/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c89xvjkzzyvo |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Early and personal life == Welch is from Belfast, Tennessee, and worked in a bedspring factory prior to internet fame. As of 2024, she lives in Nashville, Tennessee<ref name=":0">{{cite web |last=Hurt |first=Melonee |date=July 3, 2024 |title=Haliey Welch aka the 'Hawk Tuah' girl learns firsthand what it means to go viral |url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/2024/07/03/hailey-welch-hawk-tuah-girl-interview/74270066007/ |access-date=December 14, 2024 |website=The Tennessean}}</ref> with her paternal grandmother, who raised her.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Frick |first=Evelyn |date=August 13, 2024 |title=Is Hawk Tuah Girl Haliey Welch Jewish? |url=https://www.heyalma.com/is-hawk-tuah-girl-haliey-welch-jewish/ |access-date=2025-04-18 |website=Hey Alma |language=en-US}}</ref>

On ''Howie Mandel Does Stuff'', a podcast hosted by Jewish-Canadian comedian Howie Mandel, Welch performed a five-minute DNA saliva test live which revealed she allegedly had 97.7% Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry.<ref name=":1" /> The test's efficacy was questioned by the Jewish website ''Jewlicious''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hawk Tuah Girl Haliey Welch is Not Jewish. Probably. – Jewlicious |url=https://jewlicious.com/2024/08/hawk-tuah-girl-haliey-welch-is-not-jewish-probably/ |access-date=2025-04-18 |website=jewlicious.com |language=en-US |archive-date=May 15, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250515052412/https://jewlicious.com/2024/08/hawk-tuah-girl-haliey-welch-is-not-jewish-probably/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Welch herself claims no knowledge of her family's heritage.<ref name=":1" />

In 2024, Welch claimed in a conversation with Whitney Cummings that her mother, with whom she is no longer in contact,<ref name=":1" /> was a crack user and she herself was born a crack baby.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McGhie |first=Tom |date=August 5, 2024 |title=Hawk Tuah girl Haley Welch makes sad admission about mother |url=https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/hawk-tuah-girl-haley-welch-33400859 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251225224601/https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/hawk-tuah-girl-haley-welch-33400859 |archive-date=December 25, 2025 |access-date=2025-04-18 |website=Irish Star |language=en}}</ref>

== ''Hawk tuah'' == {{Main|Hawk tuah}} {{External media | video1 = [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7tydu_erZo&t=592s Interview with Haliey Welch], by [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU9Dxji-LC0jtoknqbwoHFQ ''Tim & Dee TV''], published June 24, 2024. }} On June 11, 2024, a ''vox pop'' YouTube channel, ''Tim & Dee TV'' owned by Tim Dickerson and DeArius Marlow, released a video featuring an interview with Welch in the Broadway district of Nashville, Tennessee, United States.<ref name="Bernstein-2024">{{Cite news |last=Bernstein |first=Joseph |date=July 3, 2024 |title=The Guys Behind 'Hawk Tuah Girl' Would Like a Little Credit |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/03/style/hawk-tuah-girl-video.html |access-date=July 26, 2024 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=July 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240726001240/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/03/style/hawk-tuah-girl-video.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Welch and another woman approached Dickerson and Marlow and asked to be interviewed.<ref name="Bernstein-2024" /><ref name="Bernstein-2024a">{{cite magazine | last=Bernstein | first=Jonathan | title=The Men Who Filmed 'Hawk Tuah' Think They Should Be Famous, Too | magazine=Rolling Stone | date=July 4, 2024 | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/hawk-tuah-men-who-filmed-video-tim-dee-tv-1235053762/ | access-date=December 7, 2024 | archive-date=December 8, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241208014725/https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/hawk-tuah-men-who-filmed-video-tim-dee-tv-1235053762/ | url-status=live }}</ref> The interview began with what Dickerson and Marlow considered tamer questions, such as, "What makes you {{wikt-lang|en|wifey}} material?"<ref name="Bernstein-2024" /><ref name="Bernstein-2024a" /> Eventually, Dickerson and Marlow stated, Welch encouraged Marlow to "spice up the questions".<ref name="Bernstein-2024" /><ref name="Bernstein-2024a" /> Marlow responded by asking, "What's one move in bed that makes a man go crazy every time?" Welch's reply, in a strong Southern accent was, "You gotta give 'em that 'hawk tuah'{{efn|{{IPAc-en|ˌ|h|ɔː|k|_|ˈ|t|uː|ə|audio=LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-hawk tuah.wav}} {{respell|HAWK|_|TOO|ə}}}} and spit on that {{wikt-lang|en|thang}}," referring to spitting on someone's penis as a form of fellatio, for lubricatory purposes.<ref>{{cite web | last=Abad-Santos | first=Alex | title=Hawk Tuah Girl, explained by straight dudes | website=Vox | date=June 28, 2024 | url=https://www.vox.com/internet-culture/357813/hawk-tuah-girl-meme-tiktok-explained | access-date=December 12, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Murphy |first=Chris |date=July 3, 2024 |title=The Hawk Tuah Girl: Everything You Need (and Absolutely Don't Need) to Know |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/story/the-hawk-tuah-girl-everything-you-need-and-absolutely-dont-need-to-know |access-date=July 5, 2024 |magazine=Vanity Fair |archive-date=July 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240705023301/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/story/the-hawk-tuah-girl-everything-you-need-and-absolutely-dont-need-to-know |url-status=live}}</ref>

The next day, Marlow uploaded the clip to TikTok and almost immediately other accounts across social media began reposting the video after scrubbing off the "Tim and Dee TV" watermark.<ref name="Bernstein-2024" /> Dickerson and Marlow estimated that they filed at least fifty copyright claims in the days after they first published the clip.<ref name="Bernstein-2024" /> The original video had gone viral, receiving millions of views across TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube, spawning remixes and remakes of the original audio, and gaining Welch the nickname ''Hawk Tuah Girl''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lee |first=Cosine |date=June 28, 2024 |title=Who's the 'hawk tuah' girl Howard Stern calls 'every father's worst nightmare'? |url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3268290/who-hawk-tuah-girl-whos-taken-over-internet-viral-clip-has-spawned-merch-mention-howard-stern-and |access-date=July 3, 2024 |website=South China Morning Post |archive-date=July 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240706033007/https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3268290/who-hawk-tuah-girl-whos-taken-over-internet-viral-clip-has-spawned-merch-mention-howard-stern-and |url-status=live}}</ref> The video and the phrase turned into a meme.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ellwood |first1=Mark |title='Hawk Tuah Girl' found a familiar path to viral fame. What happens now? |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/of-interest/2024/07/08/hawk-tuah-girl-viral-fame/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=September 9, 2024 |date=July 11, 2024 |archive-date=July 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716185938/https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/of-interest/2024/07/08/hawk-tuah-girl-viral-fame/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Popularity=== Initially, Welch was mortified that her clip had gone so viral. "The first week of it, I was so embarrassed," Welch said. "I wouldn't come out of my house. I went to work, but that's about it. Other than that, I didn't go anywhere. But I went from being embarrassed to living in the moment." She had seen vendors selling unofficial regalia of her viral moment and decided to capitalize on the moment herself. She said "If everyone else is making money off of it, I might as well, too."<ref name=":0" /> Ultimately, Welch created an Instagram account and soon gained a sizable social media following and media attention.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Colyar |first1=Brock |title=Hawk Tuah Takes Long Island |url=https://www.thecut.com/article/haliey-welch-a-k-a-hawk-tuah-parties-in-long-island.html |work=The Cut |access-date=September 9, 2024 |date=July 18, 2024 |archive-date=September 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240909211356/https://www.thecut.com/article/haliey-welch-a-k-a-hawk-tuah-parties-in-long-island.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Dickerson and Marlow indicated they were happy for Welch but were upset for not receiving credit for Welch's fame.<ref name="Bernstein-2024" />

She quit her job at the bed spring factory on June 27, 2024,<ref name="Hurt-2024">{{cite web |last=Hurt |first=Melonee |date=July 3, 2024 |title=Who is 'Hawk Tuah' girl: Meet Haliey Welch and her take on going viral |url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/2024/07/03/hailey-welch-hawk-tuah-girl-interview/74270066007/ |access-date=December 18, 2024 |newspaper=The Tennessean}}</ref> and partnered with a local apparel brand to begin selling Hawk Tuah merchandise, earning over $65,000 within a couple of weeks.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Murray |first=Conor |title='Hawk Tuah' Meme Explained: How Woman In Viral Interview Made A Reported $65,000 And Prompted TikTok Craze |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2024/06/28/hawk-tuah-meme-explained-how-woman-in-viral-interview-made-a-reported-65000-and-prompted-tiktok-craze/ |access-date=December 11, 2024 |website=Forbes}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Dickson |first=Ej |date=June 26, 2024 |title=Hawk Tuah Girl Has Already Sold at Least $65,000 Worth of Merch |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/hawk-tuah-girl-merch-viral-video-1235047145/ |access-date=December 11, 2024 |magazine=Rolling Stone |archive-date=December 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241211185132/https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/hawk-tuah-girl-merch-viral-video-1235047145/ |url-status=live }}</ref> On June 29, Welch joined Zach Bryan on stage during his concert in Nashville, Tennessee, to perform Bryan's song "Revival".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Haring |first=Bruce |date=June 30, 2024 |title=Country Star Zach Bryan Brings Down The House With Hawk Tuah Girl Cameo |url=https://deadline.com/2024/06/country-star-zach-bryan-hawk-tuah-girl-cameo-1235998090/ |access-date=December 11, 2024 |work=Deadline |archive-date=December 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241213193944/https://deadline.com/2024/06/country-star-zach-bryan-hawk-tuah-girl-cameo-1235998090/ |url-status=live }}</ref> A few days later, Welch joined Shaquille O'Neal during his DJ set in Nashville.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cowen |first=Trace William |title='Hawk Tuah' Star Haliey Welch Joins Shaq for DJ Set at Jon Bon Jovi's Nashville Bar |url=https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/a/tracewilliamcowen/hawk-tuah-star-haliey-welch-shaq-nashville |access-date=December 11, 2024 |work=Complex |archive-date=December 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241213122713/https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/a/tracewilliamcowen/hawk-tuah-star-haliey-welch-shaq-nashville |url-status=live }}</ref> On July 2, Welch signed for representation with The Penthouse.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vlessing |first=Etan |date=July 2, 2024 |title="Hawk Tuah Girl" Hailey Welch Finds Representation |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/hawk-tuah-girl-hailey-welch-1235937553/ |access-date=December 11, 2024 |newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter |archive-date=December 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241211194454/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/hawk-tuah-girl-hailey-welch-1235937553/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=McCarty |first=Andrew |date=July 2, 2024 |title=The 'Hawk Tuah Girl' Has Officially Signed With Hollywood Agent |url=https://thespun.com/more/top-stories/hailey-welch-hawk-tuah-girl-agent |access-date=December 11, 2024 |work=The Spun |archive-date=July 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240706033010/https://thespun.com/more/top-stories/hailey-welch-hawk-tuah-girl-agent |url-status=live }}</ref> On August 15, she threw the ceremonial first pitch of a New York Mets game.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=August 16, 2024 |title=Hawk Tuah Girl's First Pitch at a Mets Game Got Everyone Unnecessarily Mad |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/hawk-tuah-girl-first-pitch-mets-game-people-mad-1235081665/ |access-date=September 10, 2024 |magazine=Rolling Stone |archive-date=September 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240910164020/https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/hawk-tuah-girl-first-pitch-mets-game-people-mad-1235081665/ |url-status=live}}</ref> On December 11, she was featured on a comedic segment of the late-night television show ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'' In 2025, Welch announced an upcoming documentary, ''DocTuah'', about her rise to fame.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Carey |first=Matthew |date=March 25, 2025 |title="Hawk Tuah Girl" Haliey Welch To Be Focus Of Upcoming Documentary: "The Truth Is Actually More Bizarre Than You Think" |url=https://deadline.com/2025/03/hawk-tuah-girl-haliey-welch-documentary-1236348571/ |access-date=March 26, 2025 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Career== === ''Talk Tuah'' === thumb|236x236px|The cover of Welch's podcast Welch premiered a podcast with Jake Paul's company Betr, ''Talk Tuah'', on September 3, 2024.<ref name="b074">{{cite web | last=Art | first=Pop Culture & | title=Donald Trump cancels appearance on Hawk Tuah Girl's podcast? Rumor debunked | website=The Express Tribune | date=September 17, 2024 | url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2496824/donald-trump-to-appear-on-hawk-tuah-girls-podcast-rumors-debunked | access-date=2024-09-28 | archive-date=October 2, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241002231352/https://tribune.com.pk/story/2496824/donald-trump-to-appear-on-hawk-tuah-girls-podcast-rumors-debunked | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="f141">{{cite web | last=Zwiezen | first=Zack | title=Hawk Tuah Girl Launching Podcast With Jake Paul's Sports Betting Company | website=Kotaku | date=September 4, 2024 | url=https://kotaku.com/hawk-tuah-girl-jake-paul-podcast-betr-haliey-welch-1851639848 | access-date=2024-09-28 | archive-date=September 28, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240928211723/https://kotaku.com/hawk-tuah-girl-jake-paul-podcast-betr-haliey-welch-1851639848 | url-status=live }}</ref> It has featured guests from the start; the first episode features comedian Whitney Cummings.<ref name="n246">{{cite web | last=Quah | first=Nicholas | title=So You Listened to the Talk Tuah Pod ... | website=Vulture | date=September 12, 2024 | url=https://www.vulture.com/article/hawk-tuah-girl-podcast.html | access-date=2024-09-25 | archive-date=September 25, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240925011740/https://www.vulture.com/article/hawk-tuah-girl-podcast.html | url-status=live }}</ref> From there, the show has featured a guest on almost every episode, including rapper and singer-songwriter Wiz Khalifa, business mogul Mark Cuban, and ''Dance Moms'' star JoJo Siwa.

In September 2024, a fake screenshot of an NPR article went viral on Twitter, claiming that former President Donald Trump had canceled a guest appearance on the podcast because of an assassination attempt in Florida.<ref name=b074/> In November 2024, a fake screenshot of a CNN article went viral on Instagram, claiming that more than 75,000 of the votes counted in the 2024 United States presidential election were write-ins for "Hawk Tuah" and "Talk Tuah."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ahmed |first=Sofia |title=CNN didn't report 'Hawk Tuah,' 'Talk Tuah' got 75,000 votes |url=https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/nov/07/instagram-posts/no-cnn-didnt-report-that-75000-voters-wrote-in-haw/ |access-date=2024-11-10 |website=@politifact |language=en-US}}</ref>

=== App === On November 14, Welch released a dating advice app, Pookie Tools. To build the app, Welch partnered with Ben Ganz, founder of Ultimate AI Studio, an AI automation platform.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Forristal |first=Lauren |date=November 14, 2024 |title='Hawk Tuah' girl launches Pookie Tools, an AI-powered dating advice app, and it's fine? |url=https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/14/hawk-tuah-girl-launches-pookie-tool-an-ai-powered-dating-advice-app-and-its-fine/ |access-date=November 25, 2024 |website=TechCrunch |archive-date=December 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241213115426/https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/14/hawk-tuah-girl-launches-pookie-tool-an-ai-powered-dating-advice-app-and-its-fine/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Meme coin scandal=== thumb|Price chart of $HAWK token until February 2025 In December 2024, Welch released a cryptocurrency meme coin on Solana called $HAWK token. The coin reached a market capitalization of nearly $500 million before plummeting to $25 million,<ref>{{cite web |title='Hawk Tuah' Creator Haliey Welch Criticized For Memecoin Launch After Price Crashes |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2024/12/05/hawk-tuah-creator-haliey-welch-criticized-for-chaotic-memecoin-launch-in-latest-bizarre-internet-stunt/ |work=Forbes |access-date=December 11, 2024 |date=December 5, 2024 |archive-date=December 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241210024923/https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2024/12/05/hawk-tuah-creator-haliey-welch-criticized-for-chaotic-memecoin-launch-in-latest-bizarre-internet-stunt/ |url-status=live }}</ref> with at least one investor filing a complaint with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sell that thang: Hawk Tuah girl faces 'pump and dump' allegations as crypto coin collapses hours after launch |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/hawk-tuah-crypto-coin-welch-scam-rugpull-b2659849.html |website=The Independent |access-date=December 14, 2024 |date=December 6, 2024 |archive-date=December 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241213101040/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/hawk-tuah-crypto-coin-welch-scam-rugpull-b2659849.html |url-status=live }}</ref> This led to Welch and her team being accused of performing a pump-and-dump scheme<ref name="McMahon-2024" /> and the coin being accused of being an exit scam, including by cryptocurrency journalist Coffeezilla, who also accused Welch and her team of insider trading.<ref name="McMahon-2024" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Shackleton |first1=Niamh |title=People are calling for Hawk Tuah Girl to be jailed after she launches cryptocurrency that everyone lost their money on |url=https://www.unilad.com/news/money/hawk-tuah-girl-meme-coin-crashes-529996-20241205 |access-date=December 5, 2024 |work=UNILAD |date=December 5, 2024 |archive-date=December 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241211205843/https://www.unilad.com/news/money/hawk-tuah-girl-meme-coin-crashes-529996-20241205 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Art | first=Pop Culture & | title=Coffeezilla confronts Hawk Tuah Girl over alleged $HAWK meme coin rug pull and insider trading | website=The Express Tribune | date=December 5, 2024 | url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2513970/coffeezilla-confronts-hawk-tuah-girl-over-alleged-hawk-meme-coin-rug-pull-and-insider-trading | access-date=December 6, 2024 | archive-date=December 7, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241207082105/https://tribune.com.pk/story/2513970/coffeezilla-confronts-hawk-tuah-girl-over-alleged-hawk-meme-coin-rug-pull-and-insider-trading | url-status=live }}</ref> Welch's team has denied the accusations.<ref>{{cite web |title='Hawk tuah girl' Haliey Welch's crypto launch draws scrutiny |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/hawk-tuah-girl-haliey-welchs-crypto-launch-scrutiny-rcna183098 |publisher=NBC News |access-date=December 11, 2024 |date=December 6, 2024 |archive-date=December 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241212022000/https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/hawk-tuah-girl-haliey-welchs-crypto-launch-scrutiny-rcna183098 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Later that month, a lawsuit was filed against the $HAWK creators in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York for unlawfully promoting and selling cryptocurrency that was allegedly never properly registered.<ref>{{cite web | title=Investors Sue Creators of Hawk Tuah Meme Coin for Alleged Securities Violations After 90% Price Drop | website=Yahoo! Finance | date=December 20, 2024 | url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/investors-sue-creators-hawk-tuah-041918737.html | access-date=December 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241220102751/https://finance.yahoo.com/news/investors-sue-creators-hawk-tuah-041918737.html |archive-date=December 20, 2024}}</ref> Welch, who was not named in the suit, responded to the litigation, saying that she "take[s] this situation extremely seriously" and pledging to be "fully cooperating with and am committed to assisting" the legal parties involved.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ford |first=Lily |date=December 20, 2024 |title=Hailey Welch, A.K.A. "Hawk Tuah Girl," Responds After Lawsuit Filed Over Meme Coin Crypto Crash |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/hailey-welch-hawk-tuah-girl-meme-coin-sued-statement-1236091812/ |access-date=December 20, 2024 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref>

Welch later said she only "got paid a marketing fee" for $HAWK token and never made a "dime from the coin itself."<ref name="n332">{{cite web | last=Tangermann | first=Victor | title=Hawk Tuah Girl Admits She Knew Essentially Zero About Crypto When Her Disastrous Meme Coin Launched | website=Futurism | date=2025-05-21 | url=https://futurism.com/hawk-tuah-girl-knowledge-crypto | access-date=2025-06-30 | archive-date=June 13, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250613124116/https://futurism.com/hawk-tuah-girl-knowledge-crypto | url-status=live }}</ref>

== Filmography == === Television === {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes ! {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |- | 2025 | data-sort-value="Great, The" | ''Chad Powers'' | Herself | Episode: "1st Quarter" | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/chad-powers-hawk-tuah-girl-35991574|title=Chad Powers stuns fans as 'Hawk Tuah Girl' Hailey Welch appears minutes into debut|website=Mirror|first=Hayley|last=Anderson|date=September 30, 2025|access-date=October 1, 2025}}</ref> |}

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