International sensation Hawk Tuah girl, also known as Hailey Welch, revealed she is turning her 15 minutes of fame into a new career in a new Instagram video.
Welch, 21, became famous worldwide after the TikTok video went viral. According to her latest update, Welch is now making money after launching her own merchandising company, 16 Minutes LLC, something DailyMail.com previously reported.
In the short clip, Welch issued a light-hearted threat to anyone who has tried to cash in quickly on her fame, mentioning that she has hired a lawyer and a manager to look after her interests. The video was accompanied by the hashtag: ‘#Coming4you’.
The Tennessee native mentioned another problem her fame has created: constant requests for her to create an OnlyFans page.
Hailey Welch, 21, aka Hawk Tuah, showed off her new merch in her latest Instagram video
Welch talked about the good things that have happened to her since becoming famous, including being able to perform on stage with Zach Bryan.
“Please stop asking me for my OnlyFans link in my bio. I don’t have an OnlyFans and I never will. I just make funny jokes, that’s all I do,” she continued.
Another ghost of instant fame, Welch says, is her father, whom she refers to as “paw paw,” and his constant threats to shoot the paparazzi who have been camping out in front of her house since the video broke.
On a more positive note, Welch said she’s grateful she was able to overcome her stage fright and sing alongside Zach Bryan, mentioning that she can’t “sing for shit.”
Welch added that thanks to his fame, he has been able to leave his job at Spring Factory, a bed spring factory located in Belfast, Tennessee, 60 miles south of Nashville.
However, he said he will continue to eat Taco Bell, no matter how famous it becomes.
A more lighthearted drawback Welch mentions is having to dress up every day and not being able to “look like Adam Sandler,” a reference to the A-list actor’s casual wardrobe choices.
Nashville, Tennessee-based 16 Minutes LLC may be a clever play on words in reference to his attempts to have more than 15 minutes of fame following his viral interview.
Welch sells two different types of hats with the phrase written on them, one with a leather patch and one embroidered.
The name of the new company may also be a nod to his life-changing line: “You gotta give that hawk tuah and spit on that thing, you know what I mean?”, which is made up of 16 words.
According TMZWelch and his management team are planning to send cease and desist letters to retailers who try to use “Hawk Tuah” on clothing for profit.
The presentation, as well as his new company, come as a surprise after he told Brianna Lapaglia at the Plan Bri Uncut podcast that she was hesitant to be the ‘Hawk Tuah’ girl forever.
On July 1, she revealed that she had quit her factory job and hired a manager since the clip of her explaining how to “make a man go crazy in bed” for Tim & Dee TV racked up more than three million views on YouTube after airing on June 19.
Welch had initially isolated herself in rural Tennessee, where she lives with her family. Friends and family built a protective wall around her to shield her from publicity.
Since she became the center of attention, she explained that she had received “disgusting offers” from fans who tried to contact her through the man she partnered with to offer her special “Hawk Tuah” merchandise.
She told Brianna Lapaglia in the Plan Bri Uncut podcast: ‘Three days ago, the guy who makes my hats was offered $600 to spit in a jar and sell it. It’s disgusting! It’s just disgusting, isn’t it?’
She joined Lapaglia, aka ‘Brianna Chickenfry,’ just two days after sharing the stage with Lapaglia’s boyfriend, Zach Bryan, at Nashville’s Nissan Stadium.
In the wide-ranging interview, Welch confirmed that he had gone out drinking that night, but that his comment was meant as a joke and that he “didn’t mean anything by it.”
The rising star was then asked who his celebrity crush was in a game called “Hawk Tuah or Nah.”
Welch also denied rumors about where she and her family worked. Initially, the Internet said Welch was a school teacher who was fired after the video surfaced and that her father was a preacher.
“I worked in a spring factory, I’m not a school teacher,” she said.
“My father is far from being a preacher, it’s crazy.”
She said that after becoming famous she quit her job and now plans to travel around the county and “be on a show and a bunch of podcasts and everything else.”