Haliey Welch and Shaquille O'NealHaliey Welch and Shaquille O’Neal (Photo via @djdiesel/X)


Haliey Welch has disclosed the advice she received from Shaquille O’Neal when she met up with the former NBA superstar in Nashville late last month.

Haliey, the “Hawk Tuah” girl, spent some time with Shaq after he reached out to her while in her city. The TNT basketball analyst was there for a DJ gig and had his people contact the 23-year-old after he saw her on stage with Zach Bryan the previous night.

The two partied together, with Shaq inviting Hailey into the DJ booth, even stepping on her foot at one point. But it wasn’t just fun and games for the two, as Haliey revealed, telling Rolling Stone the former center gave her some meaningful advice.