Holy Cow - Manti Te’o’s Dead Girlfriend is a HOAX

[Dutchrudder]

Deadspin has a few of Lennay's voicemails left for Teo. Click the link to go hear a few. Sure sounds like a chick to me, but it's not like there is any way to know that these weren't recorded last week.


http://deadspin.com/5978713/listen-t...iah-tuiasosopo

[Señor Stan]

Originally Posted by Dutchrudder

Deadspin has a few of Lennay's voicemails left for Teo. Click the link to go hear a few. Sure sounds like a chick to me, but it's not like there is any way to know that these weren't recorded last week.


http://deadspin.com/5978713/listen-t...iah-tuiasosopo

That was creepy.

[Texn4life]

Originally Posted by Señor Stan

That was creepy.

Yeah, that creepy factor is about at a 12 right about now. This whole story just keeps taking some strange turns. Now come to find out Manti has been talking to a man this whole time on the phone? Just wow!

[b0ng]

You guys spending any time on speculating where Manti Te'o puts his penis in this is kind of disturbing.

[AJ-80]

The guy behind this whole scheme is an absolute psycho.

Who spends 1000's of hours talking to a dude impersonating a girlfriend going through chemotherapy? This guy must have some serious mental issues....

[Texn4life]

I just listened to part of the interview and I believe he's being upfront now. Ed Lover was on First Take yesterday and I think he nailed things perfectly. The kid just lacks street sense or as he called it "swag". I was raised that if you know that 1+1=2 then don't try make it equal 4. Most people with common sense would have been able to snuff this out in about a week. Somehow it took him an eternity, but I am starting to feel bad for him. He just needs to go away now and sooner or later people will forget about this. He'll be the butt of many jokes for his whole career, but its a lesson I'm sure he'll never forget.

[Playoffs]

Dr. Phil: Tuiasosopo 'romantically in love' with Te'o

In an excerpt of his two-part interview with Ronaiah Tuiasosopo, Dr. Phil McGraw said the alleged mastermind behind the Manti Te'o girlfriend hoax spoke of his "confused" sexual identity, and that Tuiasosopo "fell deeply, romantically in love" with the Notre Dame star.

"I asked him, straight up, was this a romantic relationship with you?" McGraw told NBC's Matt Taibbi during a segment on NBC's Today. "And he says, 'yes.' I then said, are you then, therefore, gay? He says, 'Well, when you put it that way, yes.' And then, he caught himself and said, 'I am confused.'"

In the course of the interview, Tuiasosopo told McGraw that Te'o had absolutely no role in the hoax, painting the All-American as an innocent victim in a scam that Tuiasosopo knew would blow up once Te'o's stature grew over the course of his senior season.

[Stemp]

So basically, Te'o was involved in a gay relationship but just didn't know it.

[Playoffs]

Originally Posted by Stemp

So basically, Te'o was involved in a gay relationship but just didn't know it.

I think it's an excuse to evade responsibility. If this Ronaiah Tuiasosopo "loved" Manti so much, why did he torture him by telling him his "girl" had died? Why do so much to destroy the reputation & career of the football player you "love"? Why set him up for public ridicule if you "love" him so much?

What "love" is it to spends hours upon hours on the phone & through texts with Manti's parents discussing their religion, then allow Te'o's mother to spend so much time witnessing & giving her testimony in an attempt to help the "girl" find God?

I call b.s., this guy's evading responsibility.

[Tailgate]

Originally Posted by Playoffs

I think it's an excuse to evade responsibility. If this Ronaiah Tuiasosopo "loved" Manti so much, why did he torture him by telling him his "girl" had died? Why do so much to destroy the reputation & career of the football player you "love"? Why set him up for public ridicule if you "love" him so much?

What "love" is it to spends hours upon hours on the phone & through texts with Manti's parents discussing their religion, then allow Te'o's mother to spend so much time witnessing & giving her testimony in an attempt to help the "girl" find God?

I call b.s., this guy's evading responsibility.

Have you ever seen catfish?

[Playoffs]

Originally Posted by Tailgate

Have you ever seen catfish?

Yes, he got catfished. I don't think it's some homo love affair.

Most of the conversations were faked by Tuiasosopo's female cousin. She wants to be an actress.

[gg no re]

Originally Posted by b0ng

You guys spending any time on speculating where Manti Te'o puts his penis in this is kind of disturbing.

[SAMURAITEXAN]

Originally Posted by Vinny

my favorite tweet about this so far>>> These Te'o jokes are all very funny but let's all try and remember that a person who never existed is dead.

So when is a funeral?

[Dutchrudder]

Well, turns out Roniah T was the voice on the voicemails, or at least that's what Dr. Phil's show will confirm this week. Video at the link so you can see him behind the screen. I'm still sticking with my gut feeling that these two are in love together, and the girl persona is just a cover.

Here’s Manti Te’o Hoaxer Ronaiah Tuiasosopo Performing What He Claims Is Lennay Kekua’s Voice
Timothy Burke and Jack Dickey
When the first part of Dr. Phil's exclusive interview with Ronaiah Tuiasosopo concluded yesterday, we were left with a cliffhanger: would Ronaiah finally give in to the good Doctor's demands and perform the voice of Lennay Kekua? Today we got the answer: sort of.
After an inconclusive performance behind a privacy screen, Dr. Phil set up a scenario for Ronaiah to perform the Lennay character from the Tuiasosopo home on a clean phone with a producer serving as witness.

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http://deadspin.com/5980822/heres-ro...ice-on-dr-phil

[Rey]

They played a clip on the radio and it sounds like guy trying to sound like a girl or a big hideous woman.

The voice definitely doesn't match the womans picture that Teo "thought he was talking to".

[Playoffs]

I think this hoax has opened the door for some heretofore suppressed homo-erotic fantasizing about college football players.