Photo Of Shaquille O'Neal With 'Hawk Tuah' Girl Is Going Viral

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07/01/2024 03:08 PM

MIAMI, FLORIDA - MAY 23: Shaquille O'Neal looks on during the third quarter in game four of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Boston Celtics and the Miami Heat at Kaseya Center on May 23, 2023 in Miami, Florida.

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Shaquille O'Neal played his most recent DJ gig in Nashville. While in town, he ran into one of the internet's latest viral sensations.

On Monday morning, O"Neal posted a photo on his DJ Diesel X/Twitter account of himself at a bar with "Hawk Tuah" girl, who has been all over social media since her infamous street interview in downtown Nashville in June.

Her real name is Hailey Welch, and she's a native of Nashville, which explains how she ran into the Hall of Fame big man.

"Guess who I found in Nashville…" Shaq captioned his X/Twitter post.

Guess who I found in Nashville… pic.twitter.com/mowBYUt6TD
— DJ Diesel (@djdiesel) July 1, 2024

no way shaq and the hawk tuah girl linked up😭he's sick pic.twitter.com/T27D6iy4be
— kira 👾 (@kirawontmiss) July 1, 2024

Welch became famous thanks to the viral video of her responding to a street interviewer's questions about moves that make men go crazy in bed.

The 21-year-old uttered "Hawk Tuah," the onomatopoeic term for someone spitting, and the rest was history.

Amazingly, that one phrase seems to have changed Welch's life. She revealed on Barstool Sports' "PlanBri Podcast" that she recently left her job at a spring factory to pursue a career in entertainment.

"I done quit my job, I said 'peace,'" Welch said. "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."

Only in America.