Reporter claims Mets told him he couldn’t talk about ‘Hawk Tuah’ girl Hailey Welch throwing first pitch
A New York Mets reporter claimed the MLB franchise banned him from calling Hailey Welch “Hawk Tuah” girl after she threw out the first pitch on Thursday.
Tim Healey, who has covered the Mets for Newsday since 2018, revealed that he was instructed not to mention Welch’s fame during her appearance on the mound before the game against the Oakland A’s.
He didn’t say why, but it’s fair to assume his bosses feel a statement about Welch that went viral a few months ago is simply too much for their readers.
“The Hawk Tuah girl threw out the first pitch at the Mets game for some reason. They introduced her as a ‘viral sensation,'” Healey posted on X.
He later added: “Update: I’m not allowed to report on Newsday who threw out the first pitch for the Mets today.”
‘Hawk Tuah’ girl Hailey Welch threw out the first pitch during the Mets’ game against the A’s on Thursday
Newsday’s Mets reporter Tim Healey said he couldn’t reveal Hailey Welch’s rise to fame on X
Healey has been covering the Mets for Newsday since 2018, after previously working for MLB
Healey’s followers reacted strongly to the media’s decision under his post on X. One person commented: ‘Newsday: Our readers cannot know that blowjobs exist.’
“Don’t they think people will find out or already know who it is? Given what else is in the papers, that’s like burying your head in the sand and hoping it gets missed. Saying this as a Newsday subscriber,” someone else wrote.
“Weird,” someone else added.
Just hours before Thursday’s game, Welch said TMZ that she had been personally invited by the Mets to be their special guest.
“I’m going to my first baseball game,” she said.
Welch’s performance at Citi Field was her first since a video of her demonstrating how to give proper oral sex went viral on social media earlier this summer.
However, Mets fans were not impressed with their club’s choice of celebrity guest.
Welch later revealed that she attended the Mets game for a cause close to her heart.
“So I think some of the baseball community was not too happy to see me yesterday,” she posted on X on Friday.
‘The main reason I went to the competition was to raise awareness and make a donation to America’s Veterinary Dogs, an organization that matches dogs with war veterans for permanent homes.
“Join me and donate to this great cause. I miss you already, buddy.”