A New Orleans newspaper has gone viral online after making a hilarious reference to the ‘Hawk Tuah’ craze in one of its front-page headlines.
The popular video of a girl providing a very graphic description of her sexual exploits – in which she mimics the spitting noise she makes – has sparked a social-media frenzy over the past week.
A number of high-profile figures have lapped up the trend since the clip surfaced, with UFC legend Conor McGregor even helping fans find the unidentified girl in question.
WWE star Logan Paul also sent social media wild by performing a ‘Hawk Tuah’ move in his latest performance in New York on Friday night.
And not only is she making waves online, the ‘Hawk Tuah’ girl is even earning subtle mentions in print headlines.
A New Orleans paper has gone viral for making a hilarious reference to the ‘Hawk Tuah’ craze
On Friday, social-media user Jono Barnes made a hilarious suggestion to New Orleans newspaper The Times Picayune after the city’s NBA team, the Pelicans, sealed a trade for Dejounte Murray from the Atlanta Hawks.
Barnes posted on X: ‘The Times Picayune slacking if the headline tomorrow isn’t FROM A HAWK TUAH PELICAN’.
And to his disbelief, later in the evening it was revealed that the publication had indeed gone with the headline ‘FROM A HAWK TO A PELICAN’ on the front page of its Saturday edition.
Barnes posted a preview image of the front page and wrote: ‘I’m legitimately crying. They actually did it!* New Orleans is the greatest f’n city in the world.’
The ‘Hawk Tuah’ girl has now been identified as Tennessee’s Haliey Welch after McGregor led the hunt to find her on social media.
After posting on X that he wanted to find the girl in question, the Irishman followed an account belonging to ‘Haliey Welch’ that was private but had 34,000 followers.
The Times Picayune ran the clever headline about NBA star Dejounte Murray being traded from the Hawks to the Pelicans after a suggestion from a fan on social media
Welch’s bio says she is in Tennessee and her moment of fame came from an interview on the streets of Nashville.
Many other fans on social media have claimed that Welch is the girl in question, with some even sharing pictures from her alleged account before it went private.
But McGregor has been accepted as a follower – and Welch is one of 2,519 people that the MMA star follows on his Instagram account.
Welch has also started selling merchandise after going viral for the interview on June 19.
She has partnered with Tennessee company Fathead Threads to sell her own line of hats.
‘I have been authorized to sell these hats after a conversation with Hailey. She will be receiving a portion of the profits from sales,’ Jason Poteete from Fathead Threads shared on Facebook.
The ‘Hawk Tuah’ girl – identified as Hailey Welch (right) – is selling two different types of hats with the phrase written on it, one with a leather patch and one embordered
The company posted a photo of Welch autographing two different types of hats, one with a leather patch and one embordered, which are available for purchase.
Unsigned embroidered ‘Hawk Tuah’ hats are going for $32.70 while signed caps are on sale for $43.70.
Hats with the leather ‘Hawk Tuah’ patch and an autograph go for $50 and unsigned versions are $40.
