Manti Te'o got ate by a catfish or something

[AWvsCBsteeeerike3]

I will need an explanation to his saying they met after a football game, the meetings in Hawaii, his saying they would stay on the phone 8 hours at a time as they slept, him saying her family was supportive of him, etc. before I believe he was just naive and was simply duped this whole time.

Call me a cynic, because I am.

Made it up because he was embarassed it was an online thing. The phone calls could ahve been and were apparently real if you believe the people claiming they knew of and carried out the hoax. If you can believe you are falling in love over the internet and over the phone, I'm fairly certain believing you are talking to that person's family is not any harder. Those 'family members' were still around even after the fake death.

[thrill]

Even message and evidence his management team and ND are presenting are pointing to him only being complicit for like 20 days, the simplest, Occam's Razor explanation is still that he was in on it early. It's almost impossible to comprehend the level of naivety it would necessitate.

That said, the shamelessness with which he was aggressively pushing that dead loved ones narrative down everyone's throats last year was impossible for me to comprehend before all of this started. He's been an ass bag before this story broke in my world.

[stlouie_lipp]

I will need an explanation to his saying they met after a football game, the meetings in Hawaii, his saying they would stay on the phone 8 hours at a time as they slept, him saying her family was supportive of him, etc. before I believe he was just naive and was simply duped this whole time.

Call me a cynic, because I am.

Made it up because he was embarassed it was an online thing. The phone calls could ahve been and were apparently real if you believe the people claiming they knew of and carried out the hoax. If you can believe you are falling in love over the internet and over the phone, I'm fairly certain believing you are talking to that person's family is not any harder. Those 'family members' were still around even after the fake death.

Explanation from him, not you AW.

[ndistops]

That said, the shamelessness with which he was aggressively pushing that dead loved ones narrative down everyone's throats last year was impossible for me to comprehend before all of this started. He's been an ass bag before this story broke in my world.

Here is how Thrill would've preferred Te'o handle those questions:

MEDIA, IN EVERY SINGLE INTERVIEW THEY EVER DID WITH MANTI TE'O: Manti, what effect did these tragedies have on you?

MANTI TE'O: Guys, why don't you stop asking me about my dead loved ones? If I keep answering these questions with my actual emotions, some random guys on the Internet might decide I'm an assbag.

[thrill]

That's pretty close.

Something like, "my family means a lot to me and the passing of my grandmother and girlfriend affected me a great deal. I'm grateful to my family, friends and teammates for helping me through a hard time but the story of our season isn't about me, it's not about my family, it's about the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team and I'd rather talk about that. I appreciate your concern, but my private life is just that, private." would have been just fine.

Rather than , "i looked up and saw two rays of light and i knew it was my grandma and my girlfriend helping me" or similar maudlin, melodramatic nonsense that has nothing to do with reality or football.

[ndistops]

Well, the obvious joke would be that he's a Mormon attending a Catholic school, so reality isn't a big concern.

[Socnorb11]

He pretty clearly has some "issues".

That being said, and disregarding the hoax......... I thought it was fairly admirable that he sometimes deflected those questions by talking about how supportive his coaches and teammates are. Sure, he got a little "far out" at times too, but I don't think it's that uncommon for a kid his age to deal with those issues by wanting to talk openly about them. He could say "my private life is private", but that's a pretty far cry from reality as well, when you're a Heisman candidate playing for Notre Dame.

[Jocephus]

I Just Want To Apologize To Manti Te'o For What I Put Him Through
Commentary • Opinion • ISSUE 49•03 • Jan 18, 2013
By Lennay Kekua

[BW23]

Nev Schulman is behind this all.

[Socnorb11]

I Just Want To Apologize To Manti Te'o For What I Put Him Through
Commentary • Opinion • ISSUE 49•03 • Jan 18, 2013
By Lennay Kekua

Can someone explain this to me?