International sensation Hawk Tuah, aka Hailey Welch, revealed in a new Instagram video that she’s turning her 15 minutes of fame into a new career.
Welch, 21, shot to fame worldwide after the TikTok video went viral. According to her latest update, Welch is now making money after launching her own merchandising company, 16 Minutes LLC, DailyMail.com previously reported.
In the short clip, Welch, in her typically light-hearted manner, threatened anyone trying to cash in on her fame by mentioning that she had hired a lawyer and manager to represent her interests. The video was accompanied by the hashtag: ‘#Coming4you.
The Tennessee native mentioned another problem that comes with her fame: the constant requests to create an OnlyFans page.
Hailey Welch, 21, aka Hawk Tuah, showed off her new merchandise in her latest Instagram video
Welch talked about the good things that have happened since she became famous, including being able to perform on stage with Zach Bryan
“Stop asking me for the link in my bio for my OnlyFans. I don’t have an OnlyFans and there will never be an OnlyFans. I just make funny jokes, that’s all I do,” she continued.
Another source of instant fame, according to Welch, is her father, whom she calls “paw paw.” He constantly threatens to shoot the paparazzi who have been camping outside her house since the video hit the Internet.
On a more positive note, Welch is grateful that she overcame her stage fright and was able to sing with Zach Bryan, and she said that she can’t “sing for free.”
Welch added that her fame helped her quit her job at the feather factory, which is located in Belfast, Tennessee, 60 miles south of Nashville.
However, she said she will continue eating Taco Bell no matter how famous she becomes.
A less serious drawback, according to Welch, is that he has to dress up every day and therefore can’t “look like Adam Sandler,” by which he means the top actor’s casual choice of clothing.
16 Minutes LLC, based in Nashville, Tennessee, may be a clever play on her attempts to become more than 15 minutes famous after her viral interview.
Welch sells two different types of hats with the text written on them, one with a leather patch and one with an embroidered
The new company’s name could also be a nod to her life-changing 16-word line — “You gotta give him that hawk tuah and spit on that thing, you know what I mean?”
According to TMZWelch and her management team plan to send letters requesting them to stop using “Hawk Tuah” on clothing to make a profit.
The filing, as well as her new company, came as a surprise after she told Brianna Lapaglia about it. Plan Bri Uncut Podcast that she was unsure whether she wanted to be the ‘Hawk Tuah’ girl forever.
On July 1, she announced that she had quit her factory job and taken on a management role. The clip in which she explains how to ‘drive a man crazy in bed’ for Tim & Dee TV has already been viewed more than three million times on YouTube after it aired on June 19.
Welch initially isolated herself in rural Tennessee, where she lives with her family. Her friends and family built a protective wall around her to shield her from the publicity.
Since she stepped into the spotlight, she says she has received “disgusting” offers from fans trying to reach her through the man she collaborated with to offer special “Hawk Tuah” merchandise.
She told Brianna Lapaglia on the Plan Bri Uncut podcast: “So, the guy who makes my hats was offered $600 three days ago to spit in a jar and sell it. That’s disgusting! That’s just disgusting, right?”
She joined Lapaglia, aka “Brianna Chickenfry,” just two days after sharing the stage with Lapaglia’s boyfriend Zach Bryan at Nashville’s Nissan Stadium.
In the wide-ranging interview, Welch confirmed that she had been drinking that night, but that her comment was meant as a joke and that she “didn’t mean anything by it at all.”
The rising star was then quizzed about who her celebrity crush was, using a game called ‘Hawk Tuah or Nah.’
Welch also debunked rumors about where she and her family worked. The Internet initially reported that Welch was a schoolteacher who was fired after the video came out, and that her father was a minister.
“I worked in a feather factory, I’m not a teacher,” she said.
“My father is absolutely not a preacher, it’s just madness.”
She said she quit her job after becoming famous and now plans to travel the country and “do a show and some podcasts and whatever.”