APThe statement issued by Notre Dame regarding the fictitious dead girlfriend of linebacker Manti Te’o paints the Heisman Trophy runner-up as the victim of a hoax.
Not surprisingly, the statement from Te’o makes that same claim.
“This is incredibly embarrassing to talk about, but over an extended period of time, I developed an emotional relationship with a woman I met online,” Te’o said in a statement released to PFT and other outlets. “We maintained what I thought to be an authentic relationship by communicating frequently online and on the phone, and I grew to care deeply about her.
“To realize that I was the victim of what was apparently someone’s sick joke and constant lies was, and is, painful and humiliating.
“It further pains me that the grief I felt and the sympathies expressed to me at the time of my grandmother’s death in September were in any way deepened by what I believed to be another significant loss in my life.
“I am enormously grateful for the support of my family, friends and Notre Dame fans throughout this year. To think that I shared with them my happiness about my relationship and details that I thought to be true about her just makes me sick. I hope that people can understand how trying and confusing this whole experience has been.
“In retrospect, I obviously should have been much more cautious. If anything good comes of this, I hope it is that others will be far more guarded when they engage with people online than I was.
“Fortunately, I have many wonderful things in my life, and I’m looking forward to putting this painful experience behind me as I focus on preparing for the NFL Draft.”
His preparation for the draft will include facing plenty of questions from scouts and coaches and General Managers and the media regarding the details of the situation. There are simply too many accounts of in-person contact between Te’o and his fictitious girlfriend to ignore the possibility that Te’o has staked out the safest harbor in a raging storm.
Indeed, if he were involved in any way in perpetrating the hoax (which the Deadspin story exposing the hoax strongly implies), it would be natural and fairly obvious to now claim that he was the victim.
If we’ve learned anything this week after the Lance Armstrong confession, it’s that everyone is capable of telling some pretty incredible lies, even those who can accomplish some pretty incredible things athletically.
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Seriously though, Manti is pretty stupid/gullible.
RIP Lennay Kekua
Well at least he told the truth about his grandma dying.
Good lord did Notre Dame and Manti Te’o have pretend PR teams as well?
Laughably bad excuses.
Manti just man up and stop lying about it
I don’t think I would want a guy like this on my team. It’s not just his character. It was his performance at the BCS Championship Game.
Hey Manti, since you are the victim…care to share all those emails?
Dude needs to go on Catfish.
Catfish
Not just slow in coverage.
Will his story be airing on Catfish?
Catfished.
He should have been featured on MTV’S Catfish. He’s going to need more proof than just his statement that he was the victim.
He’s about to be the victim if a tremendous draft slide too
Nev must have caught up with him
Dude just got catfished
Hear that noise? Millions down the drain.
“At least I didn’t invent a dead girlfriend” – Lance Armstrong
guys like him need a background check
Wow…. I feel for him. Its bad enough to put yourself out there and think your getting the same in return. He was already vulnerable with his situation with his grandma.
Strange story but I hope there is a good outcome for him.
His girlfriend is just like his line backing skills… Exposed!
lambeaufieldwest says: Seriously though, Manti is pretty stupid/gullible.
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Look, anything’s possible, but for this to be real, I’m supposed to believe that a star Notre Dame football player – the runner up for the Heisman – is having such a difficult time finding a date that he’s relegated to having an online and telephone relationship with a girl who would rather just “punk him” than actually be the girlfriend of a guy on the cusp of becoming an NFL millionaire.
Now THAT strikes me as a level of gullibility beyond anything Te’o may or may not have fallen for.
He better be prepared to offer some proof of all of this.
He should just come clean about it. He’ll only make it worse
To clarify earlier statement – I mean unacceptable in terms of football climate/religion.
It’s not gullibility when you claim to have met someone who doesn’t exist–and you’re involved with the guy running the fake Twitter accounts. It’s trying to win a Heisman on the sympathy vote.
The embarrassing thing is that not one reporter from the major news outlets–SI, ESPN, CBS, FOX–covering Te’o's hearbreak bothered to pick up a phone and call the hospital to check out this sob story (journalism 101).
Coaches and GMs beware.
HOAX LIKE A CHAMPION TODAY
Notre Dame fan here.. Lost some respect for this guy. You can tell he’s lying and did this for publicity, which to me is complete garbage.
I am a victim too. I watched the National Championship “game”
Apparently, Manti Te’o has never seen the movie ‘Catfish’.
This would be a lot more believable before the days of Skype and other video communication options.
Are we to believe they only communicated through email and on the phone? That was their whole relationship?
Roger Goodell has already suspended Teo for the 2013 nfl season
He’s suspect in coverage, but man can he back pedal.
It’s not a lie if you believe it – George Costanza
I believe him. The truth will set you free.
Regards,
Lance Armstrong
Good luck with that.
This is why the Steelers won’t draft him.
Steeler Nation holds true to our standard of greatness and drafts yet another HOFer. Wow, life is good.
Don’t be a lance
Makes for a great episode of catfish !
Dear Manti,
Give me a call.
Oprah
Vince McMahon is on line 1 Manti
Maybe I am being naive, but I believe him. I just don’t see what the motivation would be on his part to lie publicly to begin with. Comparing him to Lance Armstrong is apples-oranges – Armstrong lied to cover up the fact he was cheating. What would have been the motivation for teo? And we all know (or at least should know) that people fool people online and people develop relationships with people they meet online.
He woulda been a perfect fit on one of bobby petrinos teams.
I blame Richard Sherman.
Too bad the Eagles and Bears hired new Coaches today, the press didn’t last long after this was announced.
I am officially old. I have no idea what “Catfish” is. I also didn’t realize adults still watch Mtv.
Also, this guy is a freaking liar.
Time for bed.
Still lying. Yep.
I think I would rather be called a liar and fraud than to admit to this.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
I need to google what the heck a “catfished” is about
Nice try Monti, but this statement sums it up. “The South Bend Tribune wrote an article describing the young couple’s fairytale meeting—she, a Stanford student; he, a Notre Dame star—after a football game outside Palo Alto.” So you met her in person did you? LIAR!!!
Set aside what Te’o did for a second.
Shame on the dozens and dozens of members of the national media who wrote breathless stories about the human drama of his girlfriend dying without doing the 10 minutes of background research it would have taken to raise red flags.
No wonder he goes for the play action fake.
Notice the “The statement issued by Notre Dame…”? That means it was not from T’eo at all. It was written by a Notre Dame PR person. Just like lawyers write statements for various celebrities (Mel Gibson comes to mind) after they get into trouble. It is a classic case of PR people telling T’eo that something has to be said to save face, so we’ll write it. T’eo is a football player; read the statement again…there is no way he wrote it. None.
Google the movie “Catfish” and you will understand the references.
Still a better love story then twilight !
He may have actually thought this person existed and maybe even thought he was in SOME type of relationship, but there is no question that he a) painted a picture to the media of a far more serious relationship than actually existed or b) allowed the media to and didn’t stop them.
I read a couple of the pieces written about him and there is no way in heck that ANYONE could have read them and come to the conclusion that this is someone he only knew online.
“They started out as just friends,” Brian Te’o said. “Every once in a while, she would travel to Hawaii, and that happened to be the time Manti was home, so he would meet with her there.
He’ll announce he’s been drafted by a fake team.
That quote from Brian Te’o makes it hard to believe Manti never saw this girl in person
Welcome to the New York Jets
This just in….Teos pants were on fire when he released this statement.
I taught Manti everything I know
- O.J. Simpson
C’mon Manti, haven’t you ever seen Catfish?!? With that said, I’ll still take you on my Bills squad as long as you can shed off the big boys up front.
Sadly, this sort of thing happens all the time. It’s pathetic. Funny how some of you actually think Manti was behind the whole thing.
Boy…that AJ McCarron, I’ll tell you one thing his girlfriend is not fake that’s for sure.
Sincerely,
Brent Musburger
bigperm33 says:
Maybe I am being naive, but I believe him. I just don’t see what the motivation would be on his part to lie publicly to begin with.
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Yes, you are being naive. Te’o said he met the woman, spent time with her, talked to her on the phone for hours on end, sent flowers to her funeral. The woman did not exist. None of the things he said happened occurred.
We read news stories daily about pathological liars. They lie because they are pathological. But a possible motive is the hope that a compelling story would ensure Te’o a Heisman win–improving his draft stock and increasing his NFL signing price.
Best joke I’ve heard so far:
“Notre Dame, more like NoSuch Dame, am I right?”
You guys can make all your jokes, but let’s not lose sight of the fact that somebody who never existed is dead.
WWE wrestling can’t make stories like this. I see him having a new future after football.
And by the way… it’s 100 percent clear Te’o was in on it from the beginning. Too many inconsistencies.
He made up this fraud for the media coverage and narrative.
Shamelessly stolen from ESPN:
What if I told you…the Hawaiian was lyin’?
–ESPN 30 for 30
This is 2013, they will have records of everything.
Sorry Vilma. As of 2013, you are no longer the biggest liar in the NFL.
Notre Shame: the Story of the 2012 Fighting Irish
Notre Dame is trying to blame this all on catfishing.
Not buying it whatsoever.
Catfished.
Hoax? “Sure, coach!”
This is to anyone who thinks Manti was behind all this…..Investigators have been working on this for awhile now. Don’t you think they would have figured it out by now?
What did ESPN know and when? What did Notre Dame know and when?
There is further fallout coming from this story . . . stay tuned.
Maybe it was Ashton Kutcher.
Bizarre
And the bengals select…
Te’o doesn’t believe the internet exists either because there are plenty of Quotes from him and his family saying they met her….
Whole family is completely corrupt
Drew Brees wants an explanation!
Hmmm….seems a bit weird. I guess he was “misquoted”? The next statement will be bad advice, from a “trusted” adviser.
What a liar
He should take up politics.
uwsptke
Jan 16, 2013, 8:06 PM EST
You guys can make all your jokes, but let’s not lose sight of the fact that somebody who never existed is dead.
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Dude!!!!
That was seriously hilarious. Good job!
The greatest trick Lennay Kekua ever pulled was convincing the world she didn’t exist.
Don’t worry, Manti, she won’t be forgotten.
Manti…George O’leary is on the phone he wants to offer some support.
Deb says:
Yes, you are being naive. Te’o said he met the woman, spent time with her, talked to her on the phone for hours on end, sent flowers to her funeral. The woman did not exist. None of the things he said happened occurred.
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Yeah he met her online. He never said they met “in person.” And he talked to some girl on the phone for hours, just not the one he thought he was dating, but probably the one pretending to be her. And someone else behind all this probably told Manti that the funeral was at some certain place, so he sent flowers to it.
It’s not that hard to figure out. Like I already said, don’t you think the investigators would’ve figured out that Manti was behind it all if he really was? Just like the Melky Cabrera incident awhile back.
But some people like you are going to believe what you want because it makes you feel better to talk bad about other people. You want to believe that he was behind it all because it gives you a reason to talk bad about him. Gotta love our society…
Woody is sending the Clown Car down. #Jets.
The rest of the world is cursing Al Gore for inventing the internet.
Drew Brees demands an explanation.
Manti,
It’s okay. I lie and I live. American loves liars. You’re in selected company.
Sincerely,
Nick Saban
Bobby Petrino
Lance Armstrong,
Richard Nixon
“He never said they met “in person.””
He did say they met in person. He said she gave him her number at a Stanford game.
If you think Manti is the victim (and I’ve never actually said this before or thought this was funny) here’s your sign.
I find it almost impossible to believe that Manti is a victim here.
Umm Buffalo… on second thought let’s go with a different LB. This has Dimitrius Underwood written all over it. Weird…
Considering investigators have been looking into this for awhile I have a feeling he was duped. Remember he’s pretty young and could be shy and this was a way for him to open up to a woman. He was probably embarrassed that it was solely online and he lied about meeting her and what not. The hoaxer probably continued to drag things on and postpone meeting him but he was young n dumb and had feelings for her and convinced himself she was telling the truth, perhaps using the cancer story as an excuse “i look bad cause my cancer, I’m afraid to show you because you might not like me anymore” soooo possible. It’s hard to believe but I can see it going down exactly this way.
The fake Lennay was hot. Or is hot, since I’m assuming she’s not dead.
Next, it will be “I didn’t know it wasn’t a woman, he taped his thing up and kept the lights off.”
This has gay guy hiding his sexuality written all over it, which means Oprah’s on the prowl. Not that there’s anythign wrong with that.
If i played as bad as he did in the National Championship game i’d say i was best friends with bigfoot and was abducted by aliens as a child. Anything to make people forget that performance!!
Yes, yes… Humm, yes, of course, yes, I see. Ok sounds alright.
This loser was on the Jim Rome show talking about it.
This is too funny.
“They started out as just friends,” Brian Te’o said. “Every once in a while, she would travel to Hawaii, and that happened to be the time Manti was home, so he would meet with her there. But within the last year, they became a couple.
“And we came to the realization that she could be our daughter-in-law. Sadly, it won’t happen now.”
-Brian Te’o
I wouldn’t touch this clown if I was a GM.
I am sort of surprised that Deadspin and their journalist are the ones uncovering this info. You think a professional organization like ESPN or SI would be the ones uncovering this info, but apparently those 2 organizations are nothing more then propaganda machines.
This has to be a red flag for all NFL teams. You only hear stories like this one involving criminals on trial for fraud murder, money laundering ect.
the ND A.D. said that Te’o informed them of the hoax on december 26. Do you guys believe this is true or the PR team put together the whole story today?
This explains why bobby Petrino had him rated so high….
It’s times like these that you just have to ask yourself, WWLD. What Would Lance (Armstrong) Do?
Maybe some fake team will draft him.
My made up online gf can die next year and every year thereafter for a National Championship run. I’ll give a “win one for the catfish” speech in Pasadena next January!
As an Irish fan and a very big one at that who suffered through a beating in section 150 a week and a half ago it’s not easy to believe. I can’t help myself to making jokes about it either. But, I can’t believe how many ND haters are out there. Either way, the kid was taken for the biggest idiot around, or he has a lot of issues that needs serious help.
What a dumb way to get publicity. #FAIL
Jack Swarbrick’s presser deserves its own internet.
“They started out as just friends,” Brian Te’o said. “Every once in a while, she would travel to Hawaii, and that happened to be the time Manti was home, so he would meet with her there. But within the last year, they became a couple.”
Manti is a liar, not a victim.
He can prove he was the victim in a matter of seconds: phone records.
In an interview with ESPN in October, he stated on camera that he talked to her on the phone every night for 4 months. It has also been reported that he’d fall asleep on the phone, and wake up to see he had an 8-hour phone call and could hear her breathing on the other side.
Phone records prove his entire victim claim. It’s that simple.
Drew Bree’s definitely wants an explanation to this nonsense…
At least he doesn’t have 99 problems…
This is not meant to be a comical post. I read the Deadspin article from start to finish and do not feel that the perpetuation of this hoax was originally done to generate publicity; this guy was a Mormon, attending a Catholic college and is a football player. I believe a matter of personal inclination on his part, in those three distinct circumstances, is incompatible, almost entirely. Instead of dealing with possible questions about why he, a star player on Notre Dame, is not seeing women on campus, a certain fiction was created as a cover story and it unfortunately got away from him and the other guy discussed in the Deadspin article. If what I theorize (and other commenters on Deadspin are as well) is true, I almost feel bad for the guy. Admitting it now could possibly derail his career more than it already has – pro athletes have not seemed overly accepting – see Tori Hunter’s comments recently.
I want to believe him, I really do, but I was also naive enough to believe Lance Armstrong all these years. Fool me twice, shame on me.
He’ll be on the Bengals in 2013
Ace Ventura had it right…..leeyyywhoooozaherrrrrr
I see OJ, and he lookin mighty scared!
It’s got to be true, I saw it on the news.
No where near the same seriousness of the Penn State scandal, but shows how schools will do whatever they can to cover stuff up for big time programs. No way, ND didn’t know this was a hoax, and then suddenly have a statement as soon as the story broke. What a black eye for ND
Manti,
It’s okay. I lie and I live. American loves liars. You’re in selected company.
Sincerely,
Nick Saban
Bobby Petrino
Lance Armstrong,
Richard Nixon
…and lest we forget Michael Vick.
May be the first player in NFL history to destroy his own draft stock with a hoax. #YouCantFixStupid
We are never happy with our stars until they crash and burn. People with fame, talent, and skills are no more perfect than the rest of us.
“You guys can make all your jokes, but let’s not lose sight of the fact that somebody who never existed is dead.”
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I actually laughed out loud at this one. I woke up my wife…yeah, she thinks I’m an idiot, but it is so funny!!
brenenostler says:
Deb says:
He never said they met “in person.” … It’s not that hard to figure out. Like I already said, don’t you think the investigators would’ve figured out that Manti was behind it all if he really was? … But some people like you are going to believe what you want because it makes you feel better to talk bad about other people.
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Notre Dame just released a statement saying Te’o informed the school three weeks ago–when the story was about to break– that he was the victim of a hoax and the school is investigating. As far as I know, those are the only “investigators” involved. They haven’t released any conclusions one way or the other.
In criminal matters, I wait for evidence. But in a case like this, I’m looking at the contradictory statements made by Te’o and his father, as well as the fact that Te’o has a relationship with the guy running the fake Twitter accounts. No, it doesn’t make me happy when a football hero jerks around his fans. However, it thrills me to see the sports media caught with their pants down.
“I really can’t stand people who lie.”
- Sincerely, Lance Strongarm
Manti, First I would like to say sorry about the loss of the love of your life, I know it is tough when you are in such a deep long term relationship, to lose such a big part of your life. Sometimes the best thing to do is jump back on the horse so to speak to get over tramatic life events. That being said, I am 6″2″ blonde hazel eyes, former swimsuit model, interested in some online chat possibly more? Maybe I can come meet you in person for cofee good chat? Please send $10,000 for plane ticket to hawaii, I will re-imburse you when I get there, you know taxes returns will be coming soon. Looking forward to hearing from you, SOrry again for your loss off the filed and on. It does help if you show up on the field, and off the filed relationships are a two way street, sounds like yours was a one way street, next time read the signs. Lol WOW What a crazy sotry , great timing, guess Karma really can be a B%&@#!
Roger Goodell has fined James Harrison for this.
Manti is going to find out who his real friends are.
he is a liar and reports are coming out his teammates are saying he is a pathological liar and fabricated story for attention. what a piece of it.
Rudy demands an explanation
Drew Brees will definitely need an explanation on this one
We are victims of HIS hoax.
This spin doesn’t make it down the toilet bowl.
I bet he did not send flowers to the services
What I really want to know, is he a real Hawaiian or a Cornball Hawaiian??
At first I had the same reaction–he was in on it. Now though I’m starting to believe that he just embellished the extent of the relationship, saying they’d met several times etc., so as not to come off as weird for having an online relationship. But he truly thought she was real and was not in on a scheme to fake her death in order to generate sympathy.
Who cares…us Cowboys fans have been the victims of a hoax for a long time now….
Well, not all of us Cowboys fans that don’t buy Jerry’s merchandise anymore….
I feel bad for him. He almost got away with it.
“What I really want to know, is he a real Hawaiian or a Cornball Hawaiian??”
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He’s no Cornball Hawaiian! His fake girlfriend was a fake Hawaiian…
Te’o will deny everything until he has been a professional football player in the NFL for 3 or 4 years…then he will come out and admit he fabricated everything…he will deny it all (Reggie Bush, Kance Armstrong) because the only thing in front of him is the NFL draft which he doesn’t want to screw up…if I were Te’o I would sue Deadspin for slander if it hurts his draft stock…after all image is everything…in today’s society and sports isn’t it?
That all said, I wouldn’t want my team to draft Te’o…
I say 3rd round draft pick after horrible play in BCS championship and after all this…
I think it is pretty obvious. In his position you would think he would be able to find a great girl on campus. Unless, he is a starting ss for the other team…. Not that there is anything wrong with that. That may be why he road the hoax.
The only thing funnier then this story are the comments and jokes in all the blog sites. I’ve been laughing all evening.
Jan Brady is fortunate that there was no Deadspin to expose her true relationship with George Glass.
I hope he drops to the 2nd or 3rd round now and the redskins draft him to replace London fletcher when he retires! No better teacher to learn from than the iron man London for the Samoa machine manti!!!! HTTR
I met my wife on Facebook and brought her here from Chile! One look at her and you will see why I went thru the trouble to marry her to keep her here!! if manti did get played the fool like that that sucks and has to be heart breaking thinking someone you loved died and then finding out it was all a prank!!!!
one question tho didn’t he go to her funeral or talk with her family when she “died”????? seems kind of weird he just takes it as she is dead and doesn’t reach out to his gf family and attend a funeral!!!!
I wonder if he is letting this come out now bc he wants to drop to a playoff team!!!! I hope the redskins can land him and te Tyler efiert and trade away that joke Fred Davis!!! HTTR
I don’t know. People do this all the time, fake Facebook accounts. I have met a couple girls online who turned out to be fake. Although I can’t say it took more than a couple weeks to figure it out! I want to know how long this relationship was going on and did he say he met her or was there any statements from him that they actually went out?
Also I understand the sympathy votes but if he did make this up he had to know that someone would figure it out. Especially once she was supposedly dead. I just don’t see how he could have not realized people would figure it out. That makes me think he got punked. Although there is people out there that are pathological liars.
If he did make this up that’s a huge red flag about his character and mental stability!!! Can u imagine the locker room once he is on a pro team. They will make fun of him his entire career!
goldstardk says: Jan 16, 2013 10:10 PM
No where near the same seriousness of the Penn State scandal, but shows how schools will do whatever they can to cover stuff up for big time programs. No way, ND didn’t know this was a hoax, and then suddenly have a statement as soon as the story broke. What a black eye for ND
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Notre Dame did more than cover it up, they were complicit. Any halfway credible media hack would have exercised their due diligence to confirm the girlfriend’s death, and not simply take Te’o at his word. They knew that whole sob story would fuel the Heisman talk (which, let’s face it, is 2/3 of the reason he was even invited as a finalist OVER that kid from Georgia) and I’m sure it also played a role in the eyes of the voters who somehow looked past the Stanford debacle and that ridiculously esoteric “pass interference” called against Pitt on Tyler Eifert, when Pitt was up 20-6 midway through the 4th; a game that Notre Dame was on their way to losing and made this #1 ranking as fraudulent as Te’o is.
Somewhere roger zapp is singing computer love
Joe Flacco thinks Manti Teo’s girlfriend gets too much attention.
This story sounds as fraudulent as Flacco’s fluke prayer bomb at the end of regulation.
Sounds as if his fake girlfriend gave him the Heisman.
This guy will probably fall for the “fumble-rooski” really easy! Play-action passes all day on this sucker!!
And Manti’s lie affects everybody how? Who cares, you all will wish he’s on your team when the season starts and for all of you ignorant crackers Samoan and Hawaiian are two different races!
He’s gay.
Not that there is anything wrong with that tho. I mean who else has a made up girlfriend thousands of miles away? He had to tell his teammates a reason why he wasn’t hooking up with all the hot chicks banging on his door. Right?
It seems that when his grandmother died, they decided to end the scam. By having his “girl” die off, rather than just dumping him.
as it turns out, Lennay Kekua is alive and well and married to Ron Mexico.
::dennis miller laugh::
you got to be fkn kidding me
So he “developed an emotional relationship with a woman he met online”. According to Te’O he never met the girl in person but communicated with her online and in person. How much of a “girlfriend” could she have been? This whole story sounds like a lot of BS.
I meant he met her online and over the phone.
jt38 says:Jan 17, 2013 1:14 AM
And Manti’s lie affects everybody how? Who cares, you all will wish he’s on your team when the season starts and for all of you ignorant crackers Samoan and Hawaiian are two different races!
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Uhhm, his lie affected many people as he fooled fans into giving him sympathy, to benefit his popularity etc. Which is a low life scumbag move. As for us all wishing he would be on our teams, not so much, read above posts. And for you to to single out everyone who didnt classify him correctly as Samoan, by calling ignorant crackers is being a hypocrite I’s say. Tha would be like tellin you to get off the computer there’s some pineapples that need picked, go build a boat out of a tree, just not very nice.
He us still getting picked up in the first round
Polar opposite of me, I’m constantly trying to convinced myself my wife Doesn’t exsist
The guy deserves to be mocked.
But come on… it was probably a prank that turned into a way for him to sort out his feelings with an anonymous person and then when it was shown to be a hoax, it was too late to turn it off.
Hardly something that has anything to do with his ability to play football.
Manti needs to go on Oprah’s show and spill his guts. She will feel his pain and make this go away.
We keep hearing about how Manti has been duped, hood winked and “Catfished” please please please everyone take a step back and keep Lennay Kekua and her family in your thoughts and prayers at this very difficult time.
Besides giving a game ball to the fake dead girl, where is Brian Kelly in all this?
ESPN is showing ND some love!