Manti Te'o's girlfriend who died from leukemia was a hoax

Originally Posted by Ynot

That I was not aware of, I thought they met shortly before the Michigan game last September? That is not two years.



Again, I thought they met in Sept last year, that's like 4 months ago. He is a busy person, with football season going, it's no surprise, he never met her.



He is a guy who got a picture of a hot chick and assumed she was real. It does not surprise me that he called her, "girlfriend". Lying about vacation and meeting her is a bit much. But someone of his status doesn't want to be embarrassed about this relationship. How lame would it sound if he said, he met her online and they have never met. He probably truly felt she was real and thought he will see her eventually.

I don't think he is that stupid, to jeopardized his career with a silly lie like this. I can't imagine him being in on this hoax. Being the person that he is, he knows someone will check on her status. When you think it's true, he don't think about it.

As I mentioned earlier, if he did truly believe she was real, he still went to the point of milking it. I'd give him a free pass if he referred to her as "someone I care about" or "a close friend," but he used very strong language saying that they had a true relationship and that she was a real person. IF he was not involved in the hoax, he's still guilty of taking something small and portraying it as something large for personal gain.

That said, I think he was in on the hoax.

Originally Posted by dwass325

As I mentioned earlier, if he did truly believe she was real, he still went to the point of milking it. I'd give him a free pass if he referred to her as "someone I care about" or "a close friend," but he used very strong language saying that they had a true relationship and that she was a real person. IF he was not involved in the hoax, he's still guilty of taking something small and portraying it as something large for personal gain.

That said, I think he was in on the hoax.

His story would be far more believable if it had happened 12 -15 years ago.

I find it hard to believe in a world with Skype, Face Time and video conferencing he never once tried to initiate a face to face, or became concerned when she declined.

Originally Posted by Green_Shine

His story would be far more believable if it had happened 12 -15 years ago.

I find it hard to believe in a world with Skype, Face Time and video conferencing he never once tried to initiate a face to face, or became concerned when she declined.

Bingo. Just a complete fool

Originally Posted by Green_Shine

His story would be far more believable if it had happened 12 -15 years ago.

I find it hard to believe in a world with Skype, Face Time and video conferencing he never once tried to initiate a face to face, or became concerned when she declined.

I think there needs to be a meme of Te'o surfing the Internet.

"Frisky singles in my area want to meet me!"

"Yes, I would like to increase my penis size naturally!"

"I would love to help you claim your princely inheritance!"

Originally Posted by dwass325

I think there needs to be a meme of Te'o surfing the Internet.

"Frisky singles in my area want to meet me!"

"Yes, I would like to increase my penis size naturally!"

"I would love to help you claim your princely inheritance!"

Originally Posted by GRIFFIN

Originally Posted by GRIFFIN

ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!

So Tuiasosopo was pretending to be the girl over the phone?! You can listen to a few voicemails.

http://deadspin.com/5978713/?utm_cam...ium=socialflow

We knew this was coming...

Ronaiah Tuiasosopo Tells Dr. Phil That He Had Romantic Feelings For Manti Te'o

Here we have a young man that fell deeply, romantically in love. I asked him straight up, "Was this a romantic relationship with you?" And he says yes. I said, "Are you then therefore gay?" And he said, "When you put it that way, yes." And then he caught himself and said, "I am confused."

http://deadspin.com/5980172/ronaiah-...ium=socialflow

Originally Posted by ghorn

We knew this was coming...

I'm still confused. So was Teo gay in and into this dude not knowing he was his friend?

Originally Posted by DylloS

I'm still confused. So was Teo gay in and into this dude not knowing he was his friend?

As it stands, Teo claims he thought he was talking to a girl--you can listen to the voicemails in my second to last post.

I think it's totally plausible that Teo is ghey.

This story had a 3 day shelf life. Any one really interested in it anymore?

Originally Posted by ghorn

As it stands, Teo claims he thought he was talking to a girl--you can listen to the voicemails in my second to last post.

I think it's totally plausible that Teo is ghey.

I don't think he's gay. I heard it multiple times on the news and not only did it sound like a girl, it sounded like the girl in that photo.

Originally Posted by TruckDaddy

This story had a 3 day shelf life. Any one really interested in it anymore?

Right, the prankster came out and said Teo had nothing to do with it, it was all him. There's no need to bring it up anymore, case closed.

Originally Posted by Ynot

I don't think he's gay. I heard it multiple times on the news and not only did it sound like a girl, it sounded like the girl in that photo.



Right, the prankster came out and said Teo had nothing to do with it, it was all him. There's no need to bring it up anymore, case closed.

I think it was a girl on the phone. Can't believe prankster on Dr Phil was same person on phone

Originally Posted by coco savage

I think it was a girl on the phone. Can't believe prankster on Dr Phil was same person on phone

Doesn't seem that was the case...

Here’s Manti Te’o Hoaxer Ronaiah Tuiasosopo Performing What He Claims Is Lennay Kekua’s Voice

http://deadspin.com/5980822/heres-ro...ium=socialflow

Creeeeeeepy