Digital Social Hour - I Played Poker Blindfolded and Almost Won!? I Hailey Welch DSH #705

Episode Date: September 7, 2024

What is Haliey Welch's biggest fear? Tune in now as we dive into a thrilling episode of the Digital Social Hour with Sean Kelly! 🎙️ Our special guest takes you on an adventure of unexpected twists, from blindfolded poker antics to rubbing shoulders with celebrities like Matt and Ray J. 😱✨ Packed with valuable insights and jaw-dropping moments, this episode is a must-watch!   🤔 Discover how our guest navigated newfound fame, crazy DNA test results, and the wild world of social media. From small-town roots to the bustling streets of New York, this story is one for the books. Don't miss out—watch now and subscribe for more insider secrets. 📺 Hit that subscribe button and stay tuned for more eye-opening stories on the Digital Social Hour with Sean Kelly! 🚀   Join the conversation and immerse yourself in a world where anything is possible!   #GroceryBudget #GroceryHaul #FrugalLivingTips #SaveMoneyOnGroceries #BudgetGroceryShopping   CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Catching up with Hailey 00:50 - Jewish Identity and Culture 02:00 - Parental Support and Fame 03:20 - Fear of Bugs and Phobias 09:00 - Paws Across America Initiative 09:18 - Charity Work and Community Impact 09:56 - Future Plans and Projects 10:03 - Closing Remarks and Reflections   APPLY TO BE ON THE PODCAST: https://www.digitalsocialhour.com/application BUSINESS INQUIRIES/SPONSORS: [e-mail]   GUEST: Haliey Welch https://www.instagram.com/hay_welch/   SPONSORS: Deposyt Payment Processing: https://www.deposyt.com/seankelly   LISTEN ON: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digital-social-hour/id1676846015 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Jn7LXarRlI8Hc0GtTn759 Sean Kelly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seanmikekelly/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

weeks. I was mortified to come out of my house when I first seen it. Me and my pal over here. Did a bunch of them just approach you? How did that whole process work? What do you mean? Like management teams. Oh, they couldn't find me on anything. I didn't have social media for a little while. Yeah, you didn't have Instagram. So I went out and got an attorney. I was like, well, hell, all these people are making money. Why can't I? I'm the one in the video, you know?

All right. So you seized the opportunity. Yeah, about two or three weeks later. All right, guys. Haley Welch here. First time playing poker, right? It was. How'd it go? I think it went pretty good.

I didn't know what I was doing, but I think I figured it out just a little bit. You made it pretty far. I think there was like 30 left. Maybe. Yeah, out of 80? Yeah. And you said you wanted to play again, so.

I would play again. It was fun. Yeah, let's run it back. What else you been up to? You've been traveling a lot lately, right? I have have i've been all over the world i saw you with matt rife yesterday a little something uh a little something going on there huh maybe okay you said on whitney's show that he was it's like one-sided though oh i'm crazy about that man damn i mean you're chilling with him in person at a show so oh i died as soon as i come around the corner and

i was like it's a wonder that i had to like pick me up out of the floor wait what it's a wonder they didn't have to pick me up out of the floor damn yeah shout out to matt uh you also took a dna test recently i did and you got some interesting results 97 jewish are you jewish i'm not oh yeah i thought it was real. Yeah? It was fake? It was fake, wasn't it? Oh. No? Shit, I'm caught.

Are you Jewish? Oh. I guess I am Jewish. I don't know. All right. Shit. What's been the biggest surprises from this blow up, you'd say? I don't know.

I just met Ray J outside this door a while ago and almost, like, fell over. Yeah? That's another. I was like, that's Ray J. I was like, huh? And his assistant was behind me. I was like, what the fuck? I was like, that's Yeah? That's another- I was like, that's Ray J? I was like, huh? And his assistant was behind me. I was like, what the fuck?

I was like, that's not Ray J. She was like, yeah, it's Ray J. I'm his assistant. I almost died. Damn. So you have a few little celebrities that you kinda- It's not even a few, like I can't process it. I'm like, that's not real.

I'm not really looking at them, you know? I mean, it's a shell shock. You grew up in a small town, right? Worked in a spring factory. Yeah, I just minding my own business. now i'm out here meeting ray j pretty crazy do you feel like all this is happening so fast or you kind of just it is i don't think i've processed it fully yeah because it was pretty much overnight i mean that's my foot sorry no you're good pretty much overnight right like you didn't see this coming i didn't see it coming

but you're playing well like how quick did you get a management team after the clips blew up? Probably like two or three weeks. I was mortified to come out of my house when I first seen it. Me and my pal over here. Did a bunch of them just approach you? How did that whole process work? What do you mean? Like management teams.

Oh, they couldn't find me on anything. I didn't have social media for a little while. Yeah, you didn't have Instagram. So I went out and got an attorney. I was like, well, hell, all these people are making money. Why can't I? I'm the one in the video, you know? Nice. So you seized the opportunity. Yeah, about two or three weeks later. Let's go. I'm kind of kicking myself in the ass for it, too, though. You thought it was too late? Why didn't you just like go ahead and get into it? Well, why didn't you have social

media to begin with? It's just like mental health reasons. I didn't really have a purpose to be on it. Really? I didn't care to see anybody else's stuff. It's just like mental health reasons. I didn't really have a purpose to be on it. Really? I didn't care to see anybody else's stuff. Okay. But now do you feel like that opinion's changed? Like you really like it? I feel like it has.

I like keeping up with everybody now, especially the people I've met. It's really fun. I feel that. Plus one, when the money starts coming in, you know? Yeah. Hey, you got to get on it. So are you planning on moving out of that small town now?

Nope. You're going to stay? Yeah. It's peaceful there. Don't nobody bother you. Really? No plans to small town now? Nope. You're going to stay? Yeah. It's peaceful there. Doesn't nobody bother you. Really? No plans to move to LA?

Mm-mm. Really? It's too busy. Because you recently went there, right? Yeah, I've been there a few times. I saw you experiment at Air One. $20 for a gallon of milk. Ain't that something?

Better be the best damn milk you've ever had. Yeah. The cow itself better put it in that bottle. It's in a glass bottle, right? Glass bottle or what do you call it? A carton? Something like that. I don't know. Yeah.

Airwand, whenever I go there, it's like my wallet's just empty afterwards. It sucks, doesn't it? $500 for groceries. Hey, but that Hailey Bieber shake, I'll pay $25 for it. And it was worth it? It was worth it, I think. Damn, I haven't tried that one. I see it all over social media. I was like, ah, it ain't gonna be that good. I drank it. It was pretty good.

Alright, alright. I'll try it out. You still have a bunch of catfish accounts of you? I do. Wreaking Havoc? Yeah, there's like a bunch of Facebooks that are really bad. So what are they doing exactly? They're like, oh, I'm Hayley Welch. Like, we had a candy issue too. I guess somebody sent like candy to the spec account and they thought it was me. It was like $200 worth of candy. What? But they didn't send it to me. If you look at it, they didn't even spell my name right.

And I was like, how the hell are you going to get fished into that? And they didn't even spell my name right. To be fair, your name is uniquely spelled. There's a line, Haley. I always remember that. I've never seen it spelled this way. I haven't either. What?

Did you ask your parents like why? I don't know. No? Because it's like eight for people watching. It's H-A-L-I-E-Y. Yup. There's a line, Haley. Do you get it?

Yeah, I get it. Pretty wild. How do your parents feel about all this? This new fame and everything? Granny thinks it's funny. Yeah? Yeah. My dad's like, oh, that's pretty cool. All right.

They're supporting it or, like, they're freaked out? They're supporting it. They're not spooked or anything? They just think it's, like, a little scary for me, like, going all pretty cool. All right. They're supporting it or like they're freaked out? They're supporting it. They're not spooked or anything? They just think it's like a little scary for me, like going all over the place. Yeah. Because I've never got to go out and go anywhere. What's been your favorite spots to go to? Because you recently just hopped on a plane for the first time this year, right?

Yeah. That was interesting. Probably Tampa or New York. Why those two? Tampa's a rare answer. Tampa's got some damn good food. Let me just go on and tell you. It's by water.

And then New York, you can just walk outside. You can go shopping. You can do whatever you want to there. Okay. Still haven't got to see a rat, though. A rat? Yes. I want to see one of those big rats they have in New York.

You didn't see one in New York? No, I never seen one. That's my second time going, and I still have not seen a big rat. What? I see them every time. I haven't seen one. That's surprising. I going, and I still have not seen a big rat. What? I see them every time. I haven't seen one. That's surprising. I was very upset.

Damn. You're not scared of rats? Most girls are. No. Would you pick it up if you saw it? I mean, if it looked at me and I was like, all right, you want to come home with me, don't you? I'd pick it up and take it home.

Damn, you're wilding. Yeah. You got a lot of animals? Well, I've always had a bunch of different kind of animals, I guess. Cats, dogs, everything? I've had just about anything you can think of Besides a porcupine Ooh, yeah

I like to have a porcupine My friend had one, they shit everywhere A porcupine? Yeah Really? Those are hedgehogs, right? Is that the same thing? I think they're different

I think a porcupine will, like, prick you Oh, okay Well, they look the same They do look the same One's smaller, I believe Would you hold a snake? I've already held a snake Damn

So you're just fearless out here. I mean, they don't bother me. What are you scared of, then? Bugs. Bugs? I'm mortified of a bug. So you'll hold a snake, but you won't... If a bug touches me, like when... Do y'all have stink bugs out here? Stink bugs? Stink bugs. Oh, stink. I haven't seen one.

Y'all don't have stink bugs here? We got scorpions out here. Scorpions? Yeah. Yeah, I don't know about that but stink bugs like if you have your window cracked where i'm from like when it starts getting like colder out and they start coming in one's got one time to hit me in the face and i'm gonna start crying damn i don't play with stink what about a cute little ladybug no no they're so cute like if they piss on you it stinks so bad they piss on you yeah i guess a stink bug you ever smelled ladybug piss no it's so hard to get off your like i guess a stink bug you ever smelled ladybug piss

no it's so hard to get off your like if one lands on your finger and you're like ah and like you spook it and it pisses on you it stinks really smells so bad oh i didn't even know they did that to be honest you gotta like really scrub that smell off you okay no out here we get scorpions and they're they sting you do you die yeah uh small animals will die. Yeah, which is upsetting. But no, humans are good. It just hurts. I was picking up jellyfish the other day. You don't have jellyfish here?

No, I was in, where was I? Bahamas. You were in the Bahamas and now you're here? Yeah, I was on a cruise. I like cruises. I love cruises. I do too. You go to Mexico?

Yeah, I've done the Mexican one. I like Mexico. Riviera Maya, Cancun, all that stuff. We went to, what do you call it? I can't even think of the name of it. In Mexico? Hmm? There's a lot. Oh, Cabo? Progreso, Cozumel.

Cozumel, I've done that one. We went somewhere else too. Was it on Virgin Cruise Line? I really can't remember. Damn, you drank that much. You don't remember the cruise line name. I mean, I was 15 when I went. It was like years ago. Yeah. But it was really fun. You would like Virgin. Adults only. Oh, so there's no kids? Yeah.

No kids running around. I like that. You could be adults. Yeah. Sounds like you're a big foodie though. I am a big foodie. Okay, what's your go-to cuisine? I like seafood. I really like my seafood. Hot and juicy. Have you been there? Crawfish? What? Yeah. Take notes. Fire. Hot and juicy in Vegas. That sounds good. Real good. We have a juicy seafood where I'm from. Oh, it's my favorite. What do you go for? The crawfish, the crab, the mussels? So I get a little bit of

everything. I just tried a mussel a few weeks ago. It don't taste like anything to me, but I like lobster tail, crab legs, shrimp. Let's see what else. Sausage, corn, potatoes, crawfish. Nice. Just whatever I'm in the mood for. Get the full experience. Let's go. Oh yeah. Love that. You just did a collab with Paws Across America. I did. What happened with that? So, Paws Across America, that's my fund. Like, you can go donate to it, and that's just what helps me out. And I go and donate to whoever I want to, help them out with their stuff they need. Is that for dog rescues? Not even just dogs.

It can be for cats, too. I'm not opposed to cats. Nice. Or whatever. It seems like you're really passionate about the charity stuff. I am. Because, I mean, I know what it's like not to have anything. I like giving back. Nice. You grew up pretty like modest lifestyle.

Yeah. Modest is a good way to put it. I mean, if you're in a spring factory, yeah. I mean, I didn't mind it in there. I mean, if all this went away like tomorrow, I'd be okay going back there. Actually though? I would. Whoa. I would. I did not mind it. I kept to myself all day. Just got my work done, and I go home. Wow. So even though you got a taste of all this lifestyle, you would go back to your life you had before all this? Not intentionally, but if all this was gone tomorrow, I'd be okay with it.

Yeah. What's next for you? Are you starting up a podcast, a show? I am. Both? I have to stay tuned to that. Oh, okay. Let's see it.

Well, anything else you want to promote here or close off with? Not unless you got something. No, that's pretty much it. We'll link your handles below. Not that you need any more followers. Got a ton already. Thanks for coming on. Thank you for having me.

Thanks for watching, guys. Peace.