Jake Paul got himself a taste of the Hawk Tuah girl Haliey Welch, but not in the way you are thinking.
Welch was spotted ringside for Saturday’s boxing fight between Jake Paul and Mike Perry.
Haliey Welch became a national sensation for a street interview she did earlier in the year, where she produced her Hawk Tuah catchphrase.
She is certainly not ready for her fifteen minutes of fame to be over, as she has been featured on podcasts and hangs out with NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal.
Over the weekend, Welch was at the Amelie Arena in Tampa, Florida, to watch Jake Paul register another KO victory against Mike Perry.
After the fight, she met up with Paul in the back, and the two of them took a picture:
Here is how social media responded:
Haliey Welch Said She “Embarrassed” To Leave Her Home Following Viral Video
Hawk Tuah girl Haliey Welch revealed this month she was “embarrassed” to leave her house after videos of her speaking in a street interview took over social media.
Welch was filmed by street YouTubers TimandDeeTV and responded with a sexual answer to an NSFW question and shot to instant fame.
During an interview with Page Six, Welch revealed during the first week the videos of her went viral, she felt “embarrassed” to leave the house or even go to work.
@pagesixHailey Welch a.k.a. “Hawk Tuah Girl” went from living in a town of barely 800 people to having millions of followers overnight. Yet throughout the whirlwind experience, she’s looking to make a positive impact beyond what made her famous. Check out the full interview at the link in our bio.
“The first week, after the first video I was like it’s just one video, whatever,” she said.
“He kept going on and posting more and I was not doing really good the first week with it. Me and my friend Chelsea, we did not take that well the first week.
“I was embarrassed to come out of my house, go to work.
“After that, I got thinking, I thought as many as he already posted, I’m not phased by it. He kept posting them and posting them and I was like whatever.
“I got an Attorney after that. I was like everyone else is making money off it with merchandise and he’s making money off the videos, I was like that’s not fair.
“I went and I got all my act together and here I am.”
Since her initial embarrassment, Haliey Welch has embraced her newfound fame and gained more than 3 million followers across various social media sites.
