# Hawk Tuah girl

> A street interview became a meme whose licensed vendor reported over 2,000 hat sales.

- Owner: Haliey Welch; Tim & Dee TV (original clip)
- Kind: Meme & format
- Sector: Entertainment
- Seed date: 2024-06-11
- Observed peak date: Week of Dec 11, 2024
- Date basis: Observed peak within the documented measurement window; not an all-time maximum. Dates use the stated precision; chart positions are date anchors.
- Spread Score: 52 (Notable), v1.3
- Mechanics: Remixable template, Catchphrase, Platform jump, Press loop, Controversy

## Summary

Tim & Dee TV’s June interview became reposts, green-screen jokes and merchandise. Welch built Talk Tuah with Betr. Her promoted $HAWK token crashed in December, bringing investor litigation and another wave of attention.

## Timeline

- 2024-06-11 — Tim & Dee TV / Haliey Welch (Instagram) — Tim & Dee TV posted Welch’s Nashville street interview and her “hawk tuah” answer.
- Week of Jun 11, 2024 — Dustin Laney / @taters66 / @drinkingtiktoks / @armandovasquez76 (TikTok) — TikTok creators reposted the clip and used Welch in motorcycle, girlfriend and jewelry jokes.
- 2024-06-20 — Rothmus (X) — Rothmus put Welch into the Blade Runner “You Look Lonely” meme on X.

The full timeline, metrics and sources are on the case page, or via the Pro API (https://howitspread.com/developers).

Canonical URL: https://howitspread.com/cases/hawk-tuah

Cite as: How It Spread (2026). “Hawk Tuah girl.” Case HIS-01476. Spread Score v1.3: 52/100. Updated 2026-10-23. https://howitspread.com/id/HIS-01476