"Definitely a bunch of paid actors there"— Internet reacts as the Hawk Tuah girl holds a meet and greet for large crowd of people

Netizens react to the Hawk Tuah girl
Netizens react to the Hawk Tuah girl's recent meet and greet (Images via Instagram/@hay_welch)

The Hawk Tuah girl, aka Hailey Welch, left the internet exasperated after a video of her convention meet-and-greet went viral online. This comes after it was announced that the social media personality was collaborating with Kick for an appearance at the Dreamhack Atlanta festival on October 5. Many have opined that the influencer does not deserve her sudden virality.

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On October 7, X user @FearedBuck shared a video of a long line of people waiting to meet the Hawk Tuah girl. A poster in the video included a QR code for Hailey Welch’s Paw’s Across America foundation, which aims to “bring awareness, advocacy, and financial assistance to animal charities within the United States.”

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In the video, one could also see the link to Welch’s Kick channel, which boasted an official green checkmark. The Hawk Tuah girl was seen making her way to her stand in the convention hall, where fans took pictures with her. It appeared as if hundreds of people waited to meet the 21-year-old.

The X user’s video had amassed nearly 700K views at the time of writing this article. Several social media users reacted to the convention happenings. Many could not believe that so many people waited to meet her and discussed her general fame. One netizen said:

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"Definitely a bunch of paid actors there to see her cause no way anyone cares"
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Several others expressed similar sentiments, with many commenting online that they could not believe that she was repeatedly talked about across the internet.

“Me opening twitter to see hawk tuah girl getting richer day by day for doing nothing we don’t even know if she can actually hawk tuah,” an X user said.
“No way people paid and waited in line to meet the Hawk Tuah girl We r so cooked,” another platform user said.
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“We live in a strange world man,” a platform user said.

It remains unclear as to whether the Hawk Tuah girl has signed a deal with Kick, where she reached a hefty sum similar to the likes of xQc, who reportedly signed to the site with a $70 million deal.

“Sick of this industry plant,” an X user said.
“All bro said was HAWK TUAH now she's swimming in money,” another platform user said.
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“biggest psyop of 2024,” a platform user said.

Similar sentiments were expressed by other netizens. This comes after she launched her Talk Tuah podcast, which included Jake Paul among other internet celebrities.

“I hate all of you who made this girl famous,” an X user said.
“yeah society is cooked,” a platform user commented.

“I’d rather just be known by my first name”— The Hawk Tuah girl comments on her nickname in interview

Hailey Welch seems eager to want to move past her viral interview moment. While appearing on West Wilson’s dating show, West Date Ever, the internet sensation stated:

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“I’d rather just be known by my first name, not Ms. Hawk.”

During a fishing date on the show, Welch further added:

“We’re trying to step away from it.. We’re steering towards podcasts and stuff like that. And a reality TV show, we’ve talked about it.”
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Hailey Welch has amassed an impressive following of over 2.6 million on Instagram and more than 300,000 followers on X. She also threw out the first pitch at a New York Mets game, appeared on multiple podcast interviews and concerts, and was referenced in a Saturday Night Live skit.

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