Comments on: Katie Couric asks Manti Te’o if he’s gay, his answer speaks volumes

By: fireandice51

fireandice51 — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 14:17:39 +0000

I hope that this whole thing has been put to bed……..even though he never did.

By: thejimius

thejimius — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 15:27:12 +0000

I don’t see why it would be so hard to be gay in the NFL. If our men and women in uniform can do it, I think some football players could too.

By: commonsensedude

commonsensedude — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 06:33:37 +0000

Bad question by Couric. Certainly that is none of our business. He should have responded with “I’ll tell you if you answer my question about whether or not you’re on Botox.”

By: lucyperro

lucyperro — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 05:12:38 +0000

Stop it, leave the kid alone….PLEASE enough already. What’s wrong with everyone.

By: sixjak

sixjak — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 03:56:03 +0000

The Crying Game.

By: mackcarrington

mackcarrington — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 03:52:43 +0000

Well, if Manti Te’o isn’t gay, Ronnie Tuiasosopo is definitely gay. He “wanted a relationship” with te’o??? Most guys just want an autograph or some tickets.

By: bolts0621

bolts0621 — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 03:40:34 +0000

Terrible interview by Katie. She’s so clueless she didn’t even acknowledge during the show that there is literally a million people at this very moment in the midst of online relationships with people they have met and the actual person isn’t who they think it is.

It’s the world we live in…he was duped then humiliated….for her to say “why didn’t you go to your coach or parents” shows her ignorance. Uh…because I’m 21 and I don’t need old people involved in my business….

If he can play football – he’ll do great – this story is just another example of our idiot press running with stories just to create news

By: purplehaze12

purplehaze12 — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 03:39:32 +0000

Ted Thompson is soooo picking him for the Packers!

By: seanatch

seanatch — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 03:32:37 +0000

I think there is a misconception that just bc a guy is gay, that he would be hard to share a locker room with.

By: stevent92

stevent92 — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 03:27:21 +0000

This is how Te’o should have answered the question:

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WDgq-K2oYLo

By: frozeninfear

frozeninfear — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 03:13:12 +0000

It would help if the gay NFL football players would come out of the closet. It takes a boatload of guts to do it though. A lifetime stigma follows.

By: PriorKnowledge

PriorKnowledge — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 02:36:43 +0000

and since he is making all this public and having a public interview with Katie, all “leave this guy alone” are off the table.

He is promoting himself. He promoted himself with the fake girlfriend and now with his interview with Katie.

If he did want to be left alone, why would he agree to an interview?

By: howiehandles

howiehandles — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 02:27:51 +0000

I don’t believe he’s totally innocent in this, and that he worked, in some way, with the other kids.

As far as him possibly being gay, who cares?

It’s not as though there aren’t gay players playing now.

By: Cereal

Cereal — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 02:26:56 +0000

The media is going to ruin this kids career

By: tformation

tformation — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 02:08:26 +0000

Perfectly acceptable question to ask. Exactly my question upon hearing about a football player with a pretend girlfriend.

The lies upon lies upon lies certainly smacks of being in the closet to me…

By: herbertjablonski

herbertjablonski — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 01:52:52 +0000

another question: what would hurt his draft stock more? being thought of as a liar or being thought of as gullible?

By: 808ninerfan

808ninerfan — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 01:48:11 +0000

This won’t be the first time he lied to everyone and it won’t be the last

By: orivar

orivar — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 01:47:51 +0000

Stupid question to begin with. This isn’t even journalism, media always attempting to create stories. He has a right to get insulted over the random questioning of his sexuality.

By: gsomatt

gsomatt — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 01:02:16 +0000

“The emphasis Te’o placed on being “far from” gay was striking.”

“Te’o took umbrage. Te’o seemed to be saying…”

Well trying to create drama from something simple is typical of NBC and affiliates. Did you find out Te’o was a Republican and still had an itch for a smear campaign?

The kid is relationship immature and got wrapped up into something that was comforting and non-threatening. When he found out what a fool he had been, he tried to make it go away and did a poor job of it.

By: dallascowboysdishingthereal

dallascowboysdishingthereal — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 01:01:28 +0000

Not sure I know what “far from it” means. You either are or not.

By: audient

audient — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:57:49 +0000

Wow. Didn’t think I could think less of the guy. But now I do.

By: TheWizard

TheWizard — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:54:46 +0000

It just shows how ignorant and close minded people really are

Nonetheless still entitled to their opinion, whether the PC police approve or not.

By: tomandrews22

tomandrews22 — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:52:53 +0000

Just what you want to do on National television, ask him if he’s gay. That’ll help his draft status

By: lennydpocketqb

lennydpocketqb — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:52:36 +0000

I hope the Cowboys draft him so the NFC East fans of New York, Philadelphia, and Washington can welcome him into the league.

By: jrc007

jrc007 — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:44:07 +0000

You know how he answered it? He answered it like a guy who’s sick of everyone calling him gay.

Also I’m stunned at the conspiracy theories being spouted here, which makes those who believe them as gullible as Te’o.

So the theory is T’eo is gay, but to avoid being seen as gay he concocted a scam lasting several years, knowing that he would be in midst of an unlikely Heisman race and relevant ND team when he could spring this death story to gain sympathy, and then have the whole world know that he spent 500 hours on the phone falling in love with a guy he thought was a girl? It’s hard to imagine being humiliated more than he is here, which is a pretty clear sign he was conned. That and the fact Tuiososoppo confessed to scamming him. But T’eo’s the one whose gullible?

By: salventuri

salventuri — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:38:31 +0000

I bet he loves to get medical treatment from Doogie Howser.

By: mhs8031

mhs8031 — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:37:44 +0000

Why does this writer assume and interpret one possible angle while ignoring the million others? Leave the kid alone, people. Damn bunch of buzzards.

By: thearvidian

thearvidian — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:37:27 +0000

Yes – theemrsanity – finally, someone has the guts to say what follows Natural Law!

By: johnnyballsack

johnnyballsack — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:21:12 +0000

I can’t believe people on this board that are freaking out that Couric asked this question. Two of the biggest “theories” going around about this case are that he is gay and covering it up with an online relationship with a woman or that he and Tuiassasopo are involved with each other and “killed” off the girlfriend together.

By: stigman2012

stigman2012 — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:21:00 +0000

So this means he either is gay and the emphatic denial was a cover up, suggesting his answers about being duped was genuine…OR…his emphatic answer was a genuine reaction to a false allegation, suggesting his answer about being duped was the lie.

Thanks for clearing this up. Nice work.