After Hailey Welch, better known as the “Hawk Tuah” girl, became an overnight viral sensation, tennis star Nick Kyrgios has not held back with his criticism.
The internet sensation ‘Hawk Tuah’ girl has hit back at tennis star Nick Kyrgios
Hailey Welch, better known as the “Hawk Tuah” girl, has hit back at tennis star Nick Kyrgios as the pair engaged in an unlikely war of words. The internet sensation came in from criticism from the controversial Australian ace as he questioned the legitimacy of her fame following her whirlwind rise.
The social media celebrity became famous around the world overnight after taking part in a vox pop interview on the street in the Broadway district of Nashville, Tennessee earlier this year. Since then, her “hawk tuah” catchphrase has entered the cultural zeitgeist, inspiring remixes and remakes of the original clip on the internet.
The American youngster, who is 23-years-old, has capitalized on her 15 minutes of fame too, using her business savvy to launch a successful career online since as an influencer. She now boasts over one million followers on Instagram, while also making an estimated $70,000 from selling branded merchandise.
However, she has had to also deal with some of the less enticing aspects of notoriety too, fielding some negative comments from naysayers along the way. Among those is tennis star Kyrgios, who blasted the viral superstar, posting on Twitter/X: “No correlation between fame and actually being decent at something anymore.”
Controversial tennis star Nick Kyrgios did not hold back as he discussed the viral sensation’s rise
Welch had been in attendance at Jake Paul’s boxing match versus Mike Perry at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida on July 20 – as “Problem Child” prevailed in the sporting spectacle. Kyrgios’ clear exasperation with the internet star’s ubiquity did not go down well with his newfound foe, though.
Issuing a barbed response to the tennis star’s blasting, she admitted that she was struggling to understand why the Australian firebrand would call her out in such a brutal manner. Speaking to TMZ in Los Angeles, she admitted: “Let me put it this way: I don’t wake up and hate on anybody else.
“I don’t understand why people do that. They have their own opinion, and they’re entitled to it. I don’t care,” she continued, as she brushed off the sportsman’s comments before adding: “If they wake up and feel that way, then so be it. I’m not concerned about it at all.”
Previously, Welch has spoken about her rise to fame as she discussed the response to the clip that saw her come to the attention of millions around the world. She told Page Six:”The first week, after the first video I was like it’s just one video, whatever. He kept going on and posting more and I was not doing really good the first week with it. Me and my friend Chelsea, we did not take that well the first week.
“I was embarrassed to come out of my house, go to work. After that, I got thinking, I thought as many as he already posted, I’m not fazed by it,” she acknowledged, opening up on her state of mind after the video went viral. “He kept posting them and posting them and I was like whatever.
The internet celebrity added: “I got an Attorney after that. I was like everyone else is making money off it with merchandise and he’s making money off the videos, I was like that’s not fair. I went and I got all my act together and here I am.”
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