A photo of the “Hawk Tuah” girl and Shaquille O’Neal is going viral right now.
The latter, a former NBA superstar center, was in Nashville for a DJ gig and ran into Hailey Welch, the woman who took the internet by storm with her unique descriptive techniques.
Shaq got on X on Monday to post a photo of the two of them together at a bar via his DJ Diesel account. And fans could not handle it.
Check it out below:
— DJ Diesel (@djdiesel) July 1, 2024
And the reactions…
Aw shit Shaq got hawhtauh’d his life about to change
pic.twitter.com/y8gtkF86EU— Marv (@Marvo_J) July 1, 2024
When you find out Zach Bryan just finished with your girl pic.twitter.com/tkQa1EcROO
— mister tiggy (@EyeOfTheTigerPA) July 1, 2024
She gonna need more than hawk tuah on that thang.
— Dunkie (@DaddyDunk82) July 1, 2024
Shaq a menace 😂😂
— Weed Porn (@WeedPorns) July 1, 2024
shaq tuah dunk on that thang
— CYCLOPS (@thisiscyclops) July 1, 2024
Shaq tryna see what’s the hype about 😭 he a crazy mf 😭 pic.twitter.com/OTffiETCAW
— 4KT WHO YOU HATE (@royal_bobby24) July 1, 2024
he was trying to get that thing hawked pic.twitter.com/LQAQzaZkgs
— Jak (@JakTunes69) July 1, 2024
Yo…that was fast pic.twitter.com/eKTtiejBgf
— IamLegend 🇺🇸 (@DarkSideAdvcate) July 1, 2024
This is what happened later that night. 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/ku44vXuioj
— Dunkie (@DaddyDunk82) July 1, 2024
Hailey Welch’s Life Changed The Second She Let The “Hawk Tuah” Out
Welch, who coined and immortalized the phrase, had herself quite a blast this weekend. She got to perform with Zach Bryan, with the country singer having made a stop in Nashville on his tour, and we’re now aware that she’s met Shaquille O’Neal.
The viral moment that sent the internet into a frenzy has been life-changing for Welch, who has since made thousands of dollars through merchandise sales while also securing a Hollywood agent, according to reports.
She recently revealed having quit her job to move into entertainment.
“I done quit my job, I said ‘peace,’” she said on the Barstool Sports ‘Plan Bri’ podcast recently.
“I think we’re going to do a show and we’ll be on a bunch of podcasts and everything in between. There’s more to come.”
The internet can make or break you these days. It’s certainly made Hailey Welch, and there’s no telling how far the “Hawk Tuah” will take her given this unexpected trajectory.
