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The Rise And Fall Of The 'Hawk Tuah' Girl, And More Of This Week's 'One Main Character'
Every day, somebody says or does something that earns them the scorn of the internet. Here at Digg, as part of our mission to curate what the internet is talking about right now, we rounded up the main characters on X from this past week and held them accountable for their actions.
Each day on twitter there is one main character. The goal is to never be it
โ maple cocaine (@maplecocaine) January 3, 2019
This week, we've got The Daily Mail robots thinking that "SNL" is real life, an extremely weird, tone-deaf and insulting proposal and a new internet celebrity with an unique catchphrase.
Saturday
The Daily Mail
The character: The Daily Mail, right-wing British tabloid, Natalie Portman rap truther
The plot: Earlier this month, The Daily Mail wrote an article about celebrity smokers that had quite an interesting tidbit: It claims that she consumed both marijuana and cocaine in college. Of course, there's no reason to believe that is the case unless you, for some reason, took her infamous "SNL" rap seriously. Surely, a human would never do that, but it is possible that some sort of large language model would. Hmm.
They eventually edited out the odd claims (with no editorial note), and instead explicitly mentioned the "SNL" skit. Maybe there really is a human working on that article.
Lmao. This bullshit AI-written article from the Daily Mail is taking Natalie Portman's lyrics from her SNL song as fact pic.twitter.com/XM6qndJSQt
โ jon drake (@DrakeGatsby) June 23, 2024
The repercussion: While we can't say for sure that this outlet is definitely using AI to create unreliable copy, the rest of the internet certainly believes that to be the case. As if that paper's reputation wasn't already in the toilet, this certainly won't help improve things.
Portman seems way cooler after this hit piece.
โ Pravin A Singh (@singh_prav58779) June 23, 2024
Natalie Portman you can save thousands of journalism jobs with a well-timed defamation lawsuit https://t.co/mpJ3MMHOdy
โ eli yudin (@eliyudin) June 25, 2024
https://t.co/Af02uAQNZV pic.twitter.com/hRQLmDHKZs
โ whatthehecht plz help (@Wut_the_Hecht) June 23, 2024
A spokesperson for Portman claimed that she "is a badass bitch" and that he "always pays for her dry cleaning when my shit gets in your shoe." https://t.co/AHauWJp00V
โ Mike Smith (@MSmithFilmBlog) June 23, 2024
"Major cinephile" Michael Bolton has been publicly vocal about his admiration for Captain Jack Sparrow (character from Pirates of the Caribbean played by Johnny Depp) https://t.co/BI679ZIyfZ
โ Greffoir โก๏ธ๐บ๐ฆ๐ต๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@greffoir204) June 23, 2024
Natalie needs to call her lawyers stat pic.twitter.com/iDwl1dQf7q
โ Daily Housewives (@DailyHousewives) June 26, 2024
โ Bachelor Dinosaur (@BachelorDino) June 23, 2024
Grant Brunner
Sunday
Addison Smith
The character: Addison Smith, Newsmax reporter, homophobe
The plot: Asking the person you love to marry you is usually a deeply special, happy, romantic moment -- but, if you're a total weirdo like Addison Smith is a weirdo, there's also the option of making your proposal all about hating gay people.
"Pride month is so defeated," Smith shared on X, along with a photo of himself proposing to his girlfriend on one knee.
Pride month is so defeated.
โ Addison Smith (@AddisonSmithTV) June 23, 2024
I love you @charisedwardss pic.twitter.com/zAmr5hSY4O
The repercussion: Many, many people pointed out just how sad and strange it is that after becoming engaged to his girlfriend, Smith's first thought was about gay people -- and how his heterosexual relationship was somehow "defeating" them.
Other, more savage replies mocked Smith's general appearance (because pretty much anything's fair game when you decide to take casual shots at marginalized people).
You proposed to your girlfriend and your first thought was gay people? Weird flex, babe. https://t.co/1eLGMCJbCs
โ chris evans (@notcapnamerica) June 24, 2024
proposing to your partner with the primary intention of owning the libs, and then proceeding to spend the rest of the day responding to every reply on twitter. lucky woman https://t.co/yjPgJOSxbu
โ H.K (@HKesvani) June 24, 2024
why were you online all day after proposing
โ Kelly Dwyer (@KDonhoops) June 24, 2024
https://t.co/gqmwNn5EVd pic.twitter.com/d9a3eZZM2L
โ Jim Stewartson, Counterinsurgent ๐บ๐ธ๐บ๐ฆ๐๐ (@jimstewartson) June 24, 2024
You posted this while dressed like Cam from Modern Family? https://t.co/Vkcv4c0ASx
โ JAYPRIDEMONTH (@JayJurden) June 24, 2024
buddy what is that shirt
โ raandy (@randygdub) June 24, 2024
Having gay men on your mind while you're on your knees.
โ โ ๏ธ Lilith Lovett โ ๏ธ - Famous Minority (@LilithLovett) June 24, 2024
Pride month won. https://t.co/PQzqnSf9pU
It's very telling that he managed to turn the ultimate gesture of love into one of spite and hate. His wife should remember this. https://t.co/WxuAqFm9WP
โ Marcos Perez โก๏ธ WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS (@MoxieBoosted) June 24, 2024
https://t.co/0iCApbeLpt pic.twitter.com/ysVOEFgfn6
โ matt (@mattxiv) June 24, 2024
It's actually crazy that these two commemorated their love for one another by taking a shot at queer people instead of saying literally *anything* nice about each other--and can't see how massive that self own is. https://t.co/eTqxO1dqa9 pic.twitter.com/nPCUIUrywc
โ Kendall Brown (@kendallybrown) June 24, 2024
Darcy Jimenez
Tuesday
Hailey Welch
The characters: Hailey Welch aka the Hawk Tuah Girl
The plot: An interview recently made the rounds, in which Hailey Welch's answer -- to a question about what "makes men go crazy" -- instantly became her nom de guerre. Asked by YouTubers Tim & Dee TV, in Nashville, Welch's answer was as innocent and wholesome as it was NSFW.
@dmarloww She's a keeper ๐ #foryou #viral #rizz #publicinterview #fypใ #xybca #nashville #6thstreet #reels #funny #tipsy #college #party #cmafest #hawktuahgirl โฌ original sound - DMarloww
The repercussion: A silly sex joke that took on a life of its own. The story should have ended there, but, alas, this is the internet, where 15 minutes of fame can quickly turn into something more devious and out of control. So out of control that a Hollywood agency had to deny that she was being signed, which isn't surprising considering how fast these things happen. There are Hawk Tuah autographs out there, along with merchandise, hats, explainer videos and even rumors.
@wherekhushgoes #stitch with @Dustin Laney #hawktuah #memestiktok #titanicmemes #hawktuahh #memegod #memetiktok #comedy #spit #titanic #leonardodicaprio @LeonardoDiCaprioedits @leonardo dicaprio #katewinslet #rosetitanic #rosedawsontitanic #jackdawsontitanic โฌ original sound - Khush JM Travel Blog โ๏ธ
@infoinews A current update on hailey welsh #hawktuahgirl #hawktuah #fyp #viral โฌ The Champion - Lux-Inspira
An analysis of why Hawk Tuah Girl went so viral. This is an excellent bit of writing by @emmaggarland, fully understanding the dull nightmare grown adult crybabies have forced us into. https://t.co/i4EW6kuLxM pic.twitter.com/gPSWqIBnDA
โ Jake Hanrahan (@Jake_Hanrahan) June 27, 2024
I am so glad I am a 40 year old who spends most of his time playing video games and watching anime because I got to bed and sleep peacefully not knowing who or what Hawk Tuah is.
โ Nate Pester (@nathanpester) June 27, 2024
i asked my wife to hawk tuah. yeah she told me to hawk tuah hotel and sleep there instead pic.twitter.com/cfmv1ZGaRJ
โ Ben Rosen (@ben_rosen) June 27, 2024
You have to be lobotomized to think hawk tuah is funny
โ bc rich mockingbird collector (@mbirdcollector) June 26, 2024
I suppose I could log off for a bit pic.twitter.com/Eu5Hr4g6KC
โ Katie Nolan (probably) (@katienolan) June 27, 2024
Hawk Tuah from the broadcast booth is WILD pic.twitter.com/lK8ZnDIrW9
โ Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) June 27, 2024
I painted the Hawk Tuah. Iโm adding it to the time capsule. pic.twitter.com/J6zsUi4Cy3
โ Travis Chapman (@Travispaints) June 21, 2024
Jared Russo
Read the previous edition of our One Main Character column, which featured yet another AI tool churning out trash, Taylor Swift and Elon Musk's weird dancing and a TikToker with questionable parenting skills.