For some values of "random", "celebrity" and "news." At the Pop Times, Hawk Tuah Girl Under Fire For Disastrous Meme Coin Launch There's a sucker born every minute.
A few months ago she became an overnight sensation for describing how to… uh… keep a man happy. Since that infamous interview, Ms. Welch has used her newfound fame to donate to charities (she loves animals), meet other famous people, and even start a podcast (Talk Tuah got as high as #5 on the top U.S. podcasts list.)
It’s perhaps the most famous someone has ever gotten from a viral video that’s barely worth a laugh – and she’s been milking it for all it’s worth. And you can hardly blame her – if people are still going to give her attention, why wouldn’t she? It’s doubtful that even she thought her fifteen minutes of fame would extend for months.
Her most recent endeavor, however, has landed her in some hot water. This week Welch launched a Hawk Tuah meme coin.
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Just as quickly, $HAWK lost 95% of it’s value, losing investors millions of dollars, as Welch immediately dumped her coins on the market. This is also known as “rugpulling” (as in, pulling the rug out from investors).
It’s unclear if this falls under the category of unsportsmanlike conduct, but what a Giants player allegedly did to distract the opposing team on Sunday is on another level.
OnlyFans model Ava Louise claims she was gifted free tickets to the Giants-Saints game at MetLife Stadium on Sunday, but only if she flashed the Saints to distract them.
The unnamed player requested that he remain unidentified to prevent being “fined” or “fired.”
Louise shared screenshots from her OnlyFane page, which reportedly show the text of a conversation between her and the unnamed Giants player. Louise captioned the post with a message, “Doing what I do for a living has its perks.”
Anonymous Giants player: “Hey sexy, got those 2 free tickets to the game if you do me a solid and flash the saints to distract them.”
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Despite Louise’s efforts, the Saints were not effectively distracted. The Giants lost 14-11.
“Y2K’s” tepid pre-release forecast tapped out at $5 million. No such luck over the weekend, with the film earning just $2.1 million from 2,100 theaters. The far-Left Deadline noted how poorly the film performed, both for the spunky genre and its most notable star.
Genre has typically worked here in a niche form, but not this year as A24’s Rachel Zegler-led Y2K is blipping out with a $2.1M opening and a C- CinemaScore. While arthouse distribs like Neon and A24 have low thresholds for success, and this Kyle Mooney-directed horror comedy cost under $15M, $2M+ isn’t anything to brag about — if it gets there. And it’s certainly not good for Zegler.
Zegler, a rising star thanks to “West Side Story” and the “Hunger Games” prequel, cemented her “It” actress status by snagging the lead role in Disney’s “Snow White’ live-action film.
She proceeded to crush that goodwill with baffling statements that riled up audiences across the country. First, she slammed the “Snow White” source material, calling it “weird” and suggesting the new version would fix what was wrong with a movie that jump-started the Disney empire.
More recently, she savaged President-Elect Donald Trump’s voters, hoping they would “never know peace” following the mogul’s Election Day victory. The comments went viral, adding to her brand as a spoiled actress eager to insult potential movie goers.
She quickly backpedaled, apologizing for her cruel words. Did audiences reject “Y2K” in response?
Two big-name celebrities did something radical last weekend: They embraced traditional values. Could these be signs that the tides are turning in the culture war? Is the public finally canceling cancel culture?
Pop singer Gwen Stefani announced on social media that she will partner with Hallow, the world’s No. 1 prayer app for Catholics, to lead an Advent prayer meditation. Other celebrities to narrate prayers on Hallow include actors Jonathan Roumie, Mark Wahlberg, and Patricia Heaton.
It turns out that Stefani, the No Doubt frontwoman, is a practicing Catholic who never missed a Sunday Mass while on tour with the band.
Also over the weekend, singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey, while presenting an award at Variety magazine’s eighth annual Hitmakers Event, had this to say about her values:
It’s super nerve-racking to hold on to an innocent perception of how things could go when you’re in an industry where maybe your values and your morals don’t quite match up with what’s going on. Especially when people think you probably don’t have any morals or values.
Del Rey, who has sported a signature Americana aesthetic since 2012, called new husband Jeremy Dufrene an “honest partner.”
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