Hawk Tuah Girl Haliey Welch And FaZe Banks Controversy Explained

By / Streamers / February 7, 2025

Haliey Welch aka the “Hawk Tuah Girl” was recently accused of a crypto rug pull. Yesterday, her comeback podcast was leaked.

Hawk Tuah Girl returned to the Talk Tuah Podcast, episode was leaked (Image via X/FaZe Banks and blocknewsdotcom)
Hawk Tuah Girl returned to the Talk Tuah Podcast, episode was leaked (Image via X/FaZe Banks and blocknewsdotcom)

Haliey Welch, popularly known for creating the “Hawk Tuah Girl” meme, is currently trending on social media platforms after her comeback podcast with Richard “FaZe Banks” as a guest was leaked. Over the last month or so, Welch has been away from social media after being accused of orchestrating a pump-and-dump scheme. For those unaware, on December 4, 2024, Welch and her team launched the $HAWK meme coin on the Solana blockchain. The value plummeted from $500 million to $60 million in 20 minutes.

She was later confronted by YouTuber Stephen “Coffeezilla,” who accused her of a rug-pull scam. This allegation came after the fact that her team owned many of the tokens before the launch (also known as insider trading), meaning they were able to profit from it when the value was rising:

Following the controversy, Haliey Welch posted an update on the situation. On December 20, 2024, she stated that she was working with a legal team to help find a solution. She wrote the following:

“I take this situation extremely seriously and want to address my fans, the investors who have been affected, and the broader community. I am fully cooperating with and am committed to assisting the legal team representing the individuals impacted, as well as to help uncover the truth, hold the responsible parties accountable, and resolve this matter.”

What Is The Recent Controversy Involving Haliey Welch’s Podcast With FaZe Banks?

Hailey Welch, also known as the “Hawk Tuah Girl,” had put her podcast Talk Tuah on hiatus for the past couple of months following rug pull allegations against her. However, yesterday (February 6, 2025), her comeback episode with FaZe Banks was leaked online.

The leaked video showed Hailey Welch in a visibly emotional state during the episode. However, the real issue was that $HAWK underwent a pump, jumping from an $8 million market cap to $26 million in just 20 minutes. Naturally, it then crashed by 66% within a few minutes.

Following the leaked episode, FaZe Banks went on a rant on X, criticizing Hailey Welch’s team. He seemingly accused them of intentionally leaking the episode to profit from the sudden surge in $HAWK’s value.

FaZe Banks revealed that he agreed to participate in the podcast under two conditions – first, that the episode would not be leaked until a solution was found, and second, that a genuine resolution for the $HAWK token would be found. The FaZe member wrote:

“These incompetent r*tards leaked and/ or inside traded the token. We noticed a random spike in volume on the coin 2/2 along with random messages asking us if we did the podcast. Very clearly her team was not as solid as they claimed to be. They completely blew it and we called the episode off right then and there. Now today, the episode “randomly” gets leaked. The price of $HAWK is pumping and they completely f**king fumbled the bag, yet again.”

Banks also suggested that Hailey Welch should fire certain members of her team:

“Now @HalieyWelchX I’m going to speak to you direct and say the exact same thing I said to you on spaces that night. Fire everybody, your teams f**king r*tarded.”

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