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UPDATE: Mere hours after it was reported that “Hawk Tuah Girl” Hailey Welch had signed a contract with Hollywood agency UTA, TMZ published a contradictory report denying Page Six’s claims.
“Sources with direct knowledge tell us there’s no such deal,” TMZ stated.
Original article:
The viral ‘Hawk Tuah Girl’ has signed a contract with a powerhouse Hollywood agency.
‘Hawk Tuah Girl’, identified as allegedly being a woman named Hailey Welch, has reportedly signed a deal with UTA (United Talent Agency) one of the biggest agencies in the entertainment business.
Welch went viral on social media over the weekend of June 22 after a video posted to social media showed her hilariously detailing what move “drives a man crazy in bed.”
Welch, after being corralled by her friend to answer the question, answered without hesitation, saying; “Awww you gotta give him that hawk tuah and spit on that thang, you get me?”
“According to an insider, the phlegm fatale — who got her onomatopoeic nickname because of her slippery suggestion but has since been identified as Hailey Welch — is being handled by literary power agent Byrd Leavell, who also represents, er, President Trump and Cat Marnell.” [via Page Six]
At this time, however, Welch’s real social media profiles have yet to be identified as numerous fake accounts pretending to be her have popped up in the wake of her viral fame.
In addition to the deal with UTA, Welch has begun selling trucker hats made by the Tennessee company Fathead Threads. The embroidered hats, a play on the upcoming presidential election, read “Hawk Tuah ’24” and are selling for $43.70.
Given that Hawk Tuah Girl has been going viral for almost a week now, her newly hired advisors will likely be telling her to strike while the iron is hot, go public as soon as possible, and begin to roll out whatever monetization strategy they’ve laid out for her.