Going Viral (feat. Haliey Welch aka "Hawk Tuah")
Unlocked with Savannah Chrisley
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4.4 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 21 October 2025
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Welcome back to this week's episode of Unlocked! Join us as we sit down with the hilarious Haliey Welch, aka "The Hawk Tuah Girl"! Haliey shares her journey from a factory worker in Tennessee, to becoming a viral sensation overnight. We dive into her unexpected rise to fame, the challenges of handling online criticism, and the lessons she's learned along the way, including a wild coin fiasco that caught the attention of the feds!
Haliey also opens up about her family’s reaction to her newfound fame, the craziest DMs she’s received (including a message from Lil Baby), and her thoughts on social media's impact on society. Plus, we discuss her exciting upcoming projects, including a potential documentary and her new venture into streaming on Twitch!
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to this week's episode of Unlocked. As you all know, we have a variety of different guests on this show. And I'm super excited for today. We have Haley Welch on. Welcome. Thank you. Thank you for having me. It does say your last name, right? Yeah, Wilch. Okay, good. You know, like the gummies. Welch's. Welch's. I love it. There you go. They don't like me. |
| 0:21.1 | Stop. |
| 0:21.7 | They don't. Why? |
| 0:23.0 | I don't know. We reached out to them. We'reys, I love it. There you go. They don't like me. |
| 0:21.6 | Stop. |
| 0:22.2 | They don't. |
| 0:22.6 | Why? |
| 0:23.4 | I don't know. |
| 0:24.3 | We reached out to them. We're like, I want to do something together. This is perfect. They're like, nah. And I was like, all right, fuck me, I guess. Oh my gosh. That is hilarious. Okay. So your story. First off, where are you from? |
| 0:36.1 | Well, Belfast. |
| 0:37.2 | I'll say Belfast, Tennessee. |
| 0:38.4 | Okay. |
| 0:38.9 | And you're how old? |
| 0:39.9 | 21. |
| 0:40.5 | 21. |
| 0:41.1 | Okay. And you're |
| 0:39.2 | how old? 21. 21. Okay. And what was, for people that may not know who you are, how did you become |
| 0:48.5 | famous? You now have like 1.8 million TikTok followers, Instagram crazy following. |
| 0:55.2 | Hot to. |
| 0:57.2 | Okay. |
| 0:57.9 | So can you maybe tell the story? |
| 1:00.2 | So where we go? |
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