‘Hawk tuah’ girl leans into craze she ignited but looks forward to moving on

Hailey Welch details in podcast interview how viral clip has upended her life and doesn't want it to be her image'

When she went viral in a video clip showing her coining the onomatopoeia hawk tuah" to describe what intimate act reliably drives men wild in her experience, Hailey Welch thought about keeping herself hidden from the masses.

Then the rumor circulated that the photogenic blonde in the video with the thick southern drawl was actually the daughter of a humiliated religious leader. The attention had caused the woman to be fired from her education job, another rumor claimed. And social media users started creating fake accounts with photos of her.