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“Hawk Tuah Girl,” a.k.a Hailey Welch, the blonde Southern chick who went viral in late June for detailing her saliva-based skills in bed, was back in Nashville over the weekend to make good on her newfound fame, as she was seen signing on stage with Zach Bryan, doing podcast interviews, and hanging out with Shaquille O’Neal.
While Hawk Tuah Girl hopping on stage with Bryan has obviously made more headlines, her photo with Shaq is certainly the funnier of the two stories, as the pictures have unsurprisingly sparked a specific reaction on social media.
— DJ Diesel (@djdiesel) July 1, 2024
Shaq didn’t even attempt to be subtle as he, too, acknowledged what the picture was making everyone think.
— DJ Diesel (@djdiesel) July 1, 2024
“Why you lookin’ at her like that?” said one reply. “Shaq a menace lmaoooo,” said another.
“Shaq posting this in regards to hanging with the Hawk tuah girl is INSANE,” said one reply to Shaq’s Shrek GIF.
“Shaq look like she said she’d Hawk Tuah if he could make a free throw,” another reply read.
Appearing on the Plan Bri podcast, Welch said that she dropped out of school a year or two ago, quit her job, and is going out to Los Angeles to make a show and/or podcasts.
“Oh yeah,” Welch said when asked if she plans on moving to Los Angeles or New York. “I think we’re gonna do a show and then we’re just going to do a bunch of podcasts and everything else in between.”
Welch also revealed that people have been unsurprisingly doing creepy things towards her on the internet in the wake of her viral fame, such as offering $600 for her to spit in a jar.
On the flip side of that coin, however, is the fact that Welch has sold around $100,000 in hats in just a few weeks and has reportedly received interest from media networks and the WWE.