Chances are you’ve heard of “Hawk Tuah Girl,” but do you really know the person behind the viral meme?
Meet Haliey Welch, the spunky 21-year-old Internet phenom who skyrocketed to fame after uninhibitedly offering a quirky sex tip in response to a “nasty” question asked during a man-on-the-street interview in Nashville in June.
The question posed? “What’s one move in bed that makes a man go crazy every time?” Welch’s response? “You gotta give ’em that ‘hawk tuah’ and spit on that thang!”
In an exclusive interview with PEOPLE, Welch looks back on the quip that instantaneously secured a spot in the pop culture conversation — a one-liner that’s taken her life from a Tennessee town with “not a single red light” to the opposite, Hollywood.
Haliey Welch, who went viral for her “Hawk Tuah” catchphrase, opens up to PEOPLE in an exclusive interview.
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“It’s been hella hectic,” Welch says of the whirlwind she’s experienced in the last three months…
