Squid Game: Viewers are connecting the Crypto scammer to the Hawk Tuah controversy
In it’s second season, Squid Game is once again holding up a mirror to popular culture. And while the subject of this post is a coincidence, that may be even more of a credit to the writers who have underlined personal choice as an aspect to the deadly contests playing out on the show.
In the third episode of the second season, we meet Player 333, who is called out by the managers of the game for being paralyzed by debt and behind a crypto currency scam, which some of the players of the very same games he’s participating in, were victims of.
Unfortunately, for Hailey Welch, also known as “Hawk Tuah” due to the viral moment that made her one of the internet’s most popular faces this year, this is bad news.
This is because Welch was promoting Hawk Coin, and similar to the events in the show, currency crashed after supporters invested in it, resulting in major losses and a lawsuit over the crash (story HERE).
While Welch herself is not named in the lawsuit, viewers on social media couldn’t help but connect the dots between the show and real life events..
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Anyone else think of the Hawk Tuah girl when seeing the crypto guy in Squid Game 2? 🤔#squidgame2
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— HOMELANDER ⚡️ (@homelandermoney) December 28, 2024
no way they put hawk tuah coin in squid game
— chip (@chipdchai) December 28, 2024
Hawk tuah coin commentary in squid game
— leone (@hermitpaisley) December 28, 2024
I watched the whole Squid Game Season 2 yesterday with my husband.
And there’s a crypto scammer in it.
I couldn’t stop thinking about the Hawk Tuah situation.
The parallels?
Too real.
It’s almost like they used X headlines for the script. 😂
What’s a moment from the show…
— Ashley Schendel (@schendel_ashley) December 27, 2024
why is the plot line for player 333 in squid game literally what the hawk tuah girl did to everyone with her hawk coin
— big lips bigger forehead (@bjorkisntasian) December 27, 2024
Squid Game 2 features famous crypto scammer Hailey Welch aka Hawk Tuah girl pic.twitter.com/9O4T4Jk4gS
— thom🇷🇪.eth (@TchrThom974) December 27, 2024
If Hawk Tuah was in the Squid Game season 2 https://t.co/47VD1rZS2S
— LBFi (@LowBudgetFi) December 27, 2024
Hailey Welch (Hawk Tuah girl) in 2025 resorting to Squid Game to pay off her debts from the $HAWK bitcoin scam pic.twitter.com/2ahok8ywd4
— Stevie 7 𝕏𝕏𝕏 (@SteviestStevie) December 27, 2024
im on ep3 and when they introduced that guy who did a shitcoin rugpull i was reminded of hawk tuah and for the next 15 minutes i imagined how hawk tuah in squid games would go. “Spit on that thang!” She goes, on the candy cutting game.
— seeκa 🦌 (@jeeperseeker) December 27, 2024
Hawk Tuah watching the introduction of Player 333 in S2 Ep3 of Squid Game
— The Molson Twins (@bigqueeridiot) December 26, 2024
Squid Game season 2 production wrapped way before the Hawk coin controversy, so it’s unlikely an intentional satire. But viewers will connect current events when they’re watching one of the most popular shows in the world.
What do you think of the connection? Let me know in the comments.
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