Truthfully, people had no business buying cryptocurrency over the 'Hawk Tuah' girl in the first place. What part of that seemed remotely trustworthy? I could smell a grift from a mile away, even if Haliey Welch didn't intend to do so. Apparently, she had no idea what she was doing and advised her fans to be careful who you work with or you might end up in a sticky situation like her.
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"Definitely be careful what you tie your name into and who you trust," Welch tells Vanity Fair. "I hate that that's even a thing. Half of those people that done it were, like, my fans. They trusted me, like, guiding them to it. And I don't know... It really hurt my feelings when it turned out the way it did. I wish it hadn't have happened."
Now that Haliey has expressed her remorse to everyone, she's trying to proceed with business as usual. She has her podcast back and she's out of the weeds in regards to her previous crypto scandal. However, Welch does admit to one thing before putting it to bed and it's what we all could've predicted. Apparently, she had no idea how crypto worked before making her investment.
Haliey Welch Foolishly Invests in Crypto Without Knowing How it Works
Recently, the viral sensation went on her podcast Talk Tuah to lay all her cards on the table about her crypto scandal. There, she says that being completely ignorant about crypto set her up for failure from the start. "I couldn't tell you how crypto worked the day that coin launched," Welch admits. "I had no idea, I don't know. So that screwed me."
Additionally, to make matters worse, Haliey didn't even get paid for its very brief success. She wasn't a real investor in the cryptocurrency anyway, so that's why she got off scot free when authorities investigated. All she got was a one-time fee for her likeness and slogan. "I got paid a marketing fee," Welch explains. "That's all I made. I did not make a dime from the coin itself."
