I haven't said anything positive about him in this thread. After what I've learned in the past 4 days, I'm surprised he can dress himself.
There's just no way that he knew she was fake.
But you knew that.
Manti Teo dead girlfriend hoax.
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I haven't said anything positive about him in this thread. After what I've learned in the past 4 days, I'm surprised he can dress himself.
There's just no way that he knew she was fake.
But you knew that.
Maybe not developed it but sure as hell went along with it...........
Yes.......he lied.........more than once and still is lying.....
Yes he is dumb...........
Give an interview at 10:00 or 11:00 pm on a Friday night...
Don't allow cameras...
Lawyer at his side....
Yep, that sounds about right...
Don't allow cameras...
Lawyer at his side....
Yep, that sounds about right...
I wonder why he is so cautious to go on live tv for an interview..........
He sure didnt have a problem with that when he was in the middle of this story:mj07:
He sure didnt have a problem with that when he was in the middle of this story:mj07:
Seems to me Teo has numerous opportunities to just tell someone on camera he was caught in the middle of a hoax..........thats what someone who is innocent would do......
Instead he continued the charade until he realized he was busted........
What Did Manti Te?o Say About His Dead Girlfriend After He?d Learned She Wasn?t Real?
Barry Petchesky
Notre Dame AD Jack Swarbrick said that Manti Te'o was at ESPN's college football awards show, on Dec. 6, when he received a phone call alerting him to the hoax. That was the moment, according to the Notre Dame timeline, that Te'o learned Lennay Kekua wasn't dead, and wasn't real. Here are quotes from Te'o in the days following Dec. 6 in which he makes reference to Kekua.
On Dec. 8, Te'o was interviewed by ESPN's Chris Fowler in New York at the Heisman ceremony.
Fowler: "There were a lot of cameras around you this year, there was so much public sharing of very private moments, which shared moment will you never forget above the others?"
Te'o: "I think I'll never forget the time when I found out that, you know, my girlfriend passed away and the first person to run to my aid was my defensive coordinator, Coach [Bob] Diaco, and you know he said something very profound to me, he said ?this is where your faith is tested.' Right after that, I ran into the players' lounge and I got on the phone with my parents ? and I opened my eyes and my head coach was sitting right there. And so, you know, there are a hundred-plus people on our team and the defensive coordinator and our head coach took time to just go get one [of those players]. You know I think that was the most meaningful to me."
Also on Dec. 8, Te'o went on ESPN Radio with Freddie Coleman and Mel Kiper Jr. (Starts at the 4:23 mark.)
Coleman: You lose your girlfriend and your grandmother the same week, right? I just want to make sure I've got that correct.
Te'o: "Correct?same day, same day."
Coleman: "Same day. So what do you think both of those ladies would say to you, being a Heisman Trophy finalist?"
Te'o: "I hope that my grandmom, and my girlfriend, would say that they're proud."
That same day, Te'o held a press conference in New York. A South Bend, Ind., TV station later aired it.
"I don't like cancer at all. I lost both my grandparents and my girlfriend to cancer."
On Dec. 9, Te'o attended the Lott Impact Awards. In a comment that would run in the Los Angeles Times the next day, Te'o addressed why he had played the week his girlfriend and grandmother died.
He said girlfriend Lennay Kekau "made me promise, when it happened, that I would stay and play."
On Dec. 26, according to Jack Swarbrick, Te'o told coaches and administrators that he had fallen victim to a hoax. Te'o was asked to provide details, and "was forthright, answered every question, and was eager to share the information with me."
On Jan. 3, at a BCS title game press conference, Te'o was asked how he got through "the turmoil you've faced with your grandmother and girlfriend." Here, at least, he avoided retelling the familiar, untrue tale:
Te'o: "I think whenever you're in football, it takes your mind off a lot of things. You know, this team is very special to me, and the guys on it have always been there for me, through the good times and the bad times. I rarely have a quiet time to myself because I always have somebody calling me, asking, do you want to go to the movies. Coach is always calling me asking me, 'Are you okay? Do you need anything?' I have three roommates, Zeke, Carlo and Robby Toma, who are always yelling at each other, who's going to play Call of Duty. I'm rarely by myself, and that's how I like it. I'm always around my guys, always around my family."
On Jan. 5, at media day for the BCS title game, Te'o again was asked how he coped with the deaths of his girlfriend and grandmother. The quote would be used in the next day's St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
"My team was always there for me, and my family was always there for me," said Te'o, declining to elaborate on Saturday.
Instead he continued the charade until he realized he was busted........
What Did Manti Te?o Say About His Dead Girlfriend After He?d Learned She Wasn?t Real?
Barry Petchesky
Notre Dame AD Jack Swarbrick said that Manti Te'o was at ESPN's college football awards show, on Dec. 6, when he received a phone call alerting him to the hoax. That was the moment, according to the Notre Dame timeline, that Te'o learned Lennay Kekua wasn't dead, and wasn't real. Here are quotes from Te'o in the days following Dec. 6 in which he makes reference to Kekua.
On Dec. 8, Te'o was interviewed by ESPN's Chris Fowler in New York at the Heisman ceremony.
Fowler: "There were a lot of cameras around you this year, there was so much public sharing of very private moments, which shared moment will you never forget above the others?"
Te'o: "I think I'll never forget the time when I found out that, you know, my girlfriend passed away and the first person to run to my aid was my defensive coordinator, Coach [Bob] Diaco, and you know he said something very profound to me, he said ?this is where your faith is tested.' Right after that, I ran into the players' lounge and I got on the phone with my parents ? and I opened my eyes and my head coach was sitting right there. And so, you know, there are a hundred-plus people on our team and the defensive coordinator and our head coach took time to just go get one [of those players]. You know I think that was the most meaningful to me."
Also on Dec. 8, Te'o went on ESPN Radio with Freddie Coleman and Mel Kiper Jr. (Starts at the 4:23 mark.)
Coleman: You lose your girlfriend and your grandmother the same week, right? I just want to make sure I've got that correct.
Te'o: "Correct?same day, same day."
Coleman: "Same day. So what do you think both of those ladies would say to you, being a Heisman Trophy finalist?"
Te'o: "I hope that my grandmom, and my girlfriend, would say that they're proud."
That same day, Te'o held a press conference in New York. A South Bend, Ind., TV station later aired it.
"I don't like cancer at all. I lost both my grandparents and my girlfriend to cancer."
On Dec. 9, Te'o attended the Lott Impact Awards. In a comment that would run in the Los Angeles Times the next day, Te'o addressed why he had played the week his girlfriend and grandmother died.
He said girlfriend Lennay Kekau "made me promise, when it happened, that I would stay and play."
On Dec. 26, according to Jack Swarbrick, Te'o told coaches and administrators that he had fallen victim to a hoax. Te'o was asked to provide details, and "was forthright, answered every question, and was eager to share the information with me."
On Jan. 3, at a BCS title game press conference, Te'o was asked how he got through "the turmoil you've faced with your grandmother and girlfriend." Here, at least, he avoided retelling the familiar, untrue tale:
Te'o: "I think whenever you're in football, it takes your mind off a lot of things. You know, this team is very special to me, and the guys on it have always been there for me, through the good times and the bad times. I rarely have a quiet time to myself because I always have somebody calling me, asking, do you want to go to the movies. Coach is always calling me asking me, 'Are you okay? Do you need anything?' I have three roommates, Zeke, Carlo and Robby Toma, who are always yelling at each other, who's going to play Call of Duty. I'm rarely by myself, and that's how I like it. I'm always around my guys, always around my family."
On Jan. 5, at media day for the BCS title game, Te'o again was asked how he coped with the deaths of his girlfriend and grandmother. The quote would be used in the next day's St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
"My team was always there for me, and my family was always there for me," said Te'o, declining to elaborate on Saturday.
Great journalism by Barry. He'll have a long career at deadspin.
Swarbrick never said that he received a phone call on December 6th that alerted him to the hoax, he said that he, on December 6th, "received a phone call from a number he recognized as having been that he associated with Lennay Kekua. When he answered it, it was a person whose voice sounded like the same voice he had talked to, who told him that she was, in fact, not dead. "
He didn't know anything at that point. It's as if people expected him to say
Coleman: You lose your girlfriend and your grandmother the same week, right? I just want to make sure I've got that correct.
Te'o Maybe. . . I got a call late last night from Lennay and she said she faked her death. . . oh wait. . . .Cut that. . . cut that question.
Coleman: Hold on. She may not be dead?
Te'o Next question please
Its like listening to a Penn state student about 18 months ago or so.
I am sure that Te'o is the victim here. Why would you want to visit youir dying girlfriend in the hospital . :shrug:
penn st alum here, and never once defended any of those criminals
they are all villians and terrible people for what happened.
just clarifying so people understand that it wasn't all PSU alum :toast:
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Yeah, it's comparable to Penn State. . . He created his girlfriend to make her die because losing a grandma's just not enough.
Yeah did not mean all alumni. I actually knew a couple girls that were going there and it was amazing to listen to them talk about the incident.
Either he was in on the hoax or he is the most gullible idiot on the planet.
Right...gullible...
Never occurred to him to visit her in the hospital?
Any excuse on earth would have been better than "never occurred to me"... my god
Never occurred to him to visit her in the hospital?
Any excuse on earth would have been better than "never occurred to me"... my god
My mistake, his exact words were..."it never really crossed my mind..."
Yep, Academic All-American...
You can't make this sh*t up that's for sure.
Yep, Academic All-American...
You can't make this sh*t up that's for sure.
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Who really gives a shit about this? :facepalm:
This is a waste of time spending 10 seconds on this.
This is a waste of time spending 10 seconds on this.
