Hawk Tuah girl Hailey Welch reveals the downside of finding fame after viral clip and the vile requests she gets from fans: 'I can't go out in public by myself anymore'

Hailey Welch, known arsenic nan 'Hawk Tuah' girl, has revealed nan downside of uncovering fame aft video of her giving activity tips connected nan streets of Nashville went viral.

The 23-year-old told KIIS FM's The Kyle and Jackie O show connected Monday, she doesn't consciousness comfortable stepping retired successful nationalist by herself anymore.

'It's really strange, I can't really spell successful nationalist by myself anymore,' she admitted.

'I'm paranoid of getting kidnapped aliases something. I'm very paranoid astir that. And I'm small too, truthful I can't really take sides myself pinch large group aliases thing for illustration that.'

Hailey admitted she hires information guards to protect her erstwhile she leaves her house. 

She besides recalled really she was precocious shopping successful a Walmart shop erstwhile a antheral recognised her.

'I had a feline travel up to maine successful Walmart a fewer weeks ago, and he was like, "I cognize you". And I said, "No you don't", and he like, "Yeah I do, I cognize you".'

'And I was like, "Oh nary you don't", and I sewage my container and went to locomotion distant and he's like, "I cognize you, Mrs Hawk".'

Hailey initially isolated herself in agrarian Tennessee wherever she lives pinch her family. Her friends and family built a protective wall astir her to shield her from nan publicity.

Since being thrust into nan spotlight, she explained she's received 'revolting' offers' from fans who attempted to scope her done nan man she collaborated with to connection typical 'Hawk Tuah' merchandise.

She said: 'So, nan feline that does my hats, he sewage offered $600 3 days agone for maine to spit successful a jar and waste it. That is revolting! That is conscionable disgusting, is it not?'

She besides expressed her vexation astatine societal media users 'spelling my sanction wrong' and making accounts pinch her photos on. She insists she deleted each of her societal media six months agone - agelong earlier becoming an net sensation. 

'It's benignant of creepy seeing your look connected different relationship that don't beryllium to you,' Hailey added.

She was hailed nan 'queen of nan internet' aft being asked for her tips connected really to please a man successful bed.

Enthusiastically she said: 'You gotta springiness 'em that hawk tuah.'

Hundreds of memes followed, location was talk of a Hollywood agent, nan building was yelled retired by a instrumentality arsenic 2024 US Open play champion Bryson DeChambeau deed a tee changeable astatine nan LIV arena successful Nashville and gymnast Olivia Dunne has joined nan craze.

Mixed martial arts leader Conor McGregor tweeted connected X: ‘Have we located hawk tuah yet?’

She joined Lapaglia, besides known arsenic 'Brianna Chickenfry,' conscionable 2 days aft sharing nan shape pinch Lapaglia's fellow Zach Bryan astatine nan Nashville Nissan Stadium.

In nan wide-ranging interview, Hailey confirmed she had been retired drinking that evening but that her vulgar remark was intended arsenic a joke and that she 'didn't mean thing by it.'