The unexpected internet star Haliey Welch, known as “Hawk Tuah Girl,” is looking back on her recent cryptocurrency controversy with clear eyes. In a recent interview withVanity Fair, the 22-year-old expressed regret about her meme coin $HAWK, which dropped more than 90 percent from a market cap of nearly $500 …
Read More »Here's Everything Wrong With Trump's Crypto Meme Coins
Mark Hays is the Associate Director, Cryptocurrency and Financial Technology at Demand Progress Education Fund and Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund. Days before taking the oath of office, Donald Trump and his family launched a new cryptocurrency token — known informally as a meme coin — called $TRUMP, as …
Read More »Hawk Tuah Girl Breaks Silence After Meme Coin Crash and Class Action Suit
First comes fame, then the cryptocurrency — then the lawsuit. Haliey Welch, a Tennessee native who was launched to internet stardom this summer thanks to a street interview in which she pantomimed spitting during oral sex (thus earning the onomatopoeiec nickname “Hawk Tuah Girl“), managed the rare feat of remaining …
Read More »Hawk Tuah Girl's Crypto Team Short on Answers After Disastrous Meme Coin Bust
Since becoming a viral star this summer thanks to a street interview in which she charmingly imparted graphic sex advice, Haliey Welch, a.k.a. “Hawk Tuah Girl,” has launched a podcast and an animal charity, carving out a pleasant niche for herself as an influencer. Being more online, of course, has …
Read More »Hawk Tuah Girl's First Pitch at a Mets Game Got Everyone Unnecessarily Mad
Haliey “Hawk Tuah Girl” Welch joined the storied ranks of Yo La Tengo, Japanese Breakfast, 50 Cent, and Grimace by throwing out the ceremonial first pitch at a New York Mets game. Welch took the mound Thursday as the Mets faced off against the Oakland Athletics, and her throw was …
Read More »We Had Breakfast With Hawk Tuah Girl, the National Hero We Need
I t’s a sweltering July morning in Nashville and Haliey Welch has just ordered her first ever café Cubano. Sitting in a booth at a nearly empty Pinewood Social, a usually bustling tourist hotspot overlooking the Cumberland River, she takes a sip of the sugary concoction and makes an exaggerated …
Read More »The Men Who Filmed 'Hawk Tuah' Think They Should Be Famous, Too
Tim Dickerson and DeArius Marlow just want some damn credit. In a recent interview with The New York Times, the two men who filmed the now-viral “Hawk Tuah Girl” for their YouTube channel “Tim & Dee TV” described the bewildering and, at times, frustrating past 10 days since posting their …
Read More »The Iron Sheik Was 'Hawk Tuah' Before 'Hawk Tuah' Was Cool
When the Iron Sheik died last year at 81, the pro wrestling villain left behind his finishing move, the Camel Clutch, scores of hilarious yet polarizing tweets, and a cut-and-dry POV toward life: You were either the real (a legit person) or a jabroni (a hack) — there was no …
Read More »Hawk Tuah Girl Is Already Getting Offered $600 to Hawk Tuah in a Jar
The internet’s latest main character, Haliey “Hawk Tuah Girl” Welch, has officially started making the podcast rounds, giving her first interview to Brianna LaPaglia on the Plan Bri podcast. LaPaglia shared a 13-minute chat with Welch on YouTube that looked like it was recorded backstage at Zach Bryan’s concert in …
Read More »Watch Zach Bryan Bring the 'Hawk Tuah' Girl Onstage at Nashville Concert
From Springsteen to “Spit on that thing”: Zach Bryan’s Quittin Time Tour has featured plenty of diverse onstage guest appearances, from rock gods to country stars to NFL quarterbacks to, now, internet celebrities, as the viral “Hawk Tuah” girl popped up at his concert Saturday. Performing at Nashville’s Nissan Stadium, …
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