What Did Manti Te’o Say About His Dead Girlfriend After He’d Learned She Wasn’t Real?Barry PetcheskyNotre 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.Quote 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.)Quote 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.Quote 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:Quote 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.Quote "My team was always there for me, and my family was always there for me," said Te'o, declining to elaborate on Saturday.Some time after Jan. 9, Notre Dame sent a videographer to interview an alumnus raising money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society in Lennay Kekua's name. They posted the interview on the university's official YouTube channel on Jan. 15.
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."
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."
He said girlfriend Lennay Kekau "made me promise, when it happened, that I would stay and play."
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."
"My team was always there for me, and my family was always there for me," said Te'o, declining to elaborate on Saturday.
http://deadspin.com/5977167/?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_twitter&utm_source=deadspin_twitter&utm_medium=socialflowAlso on Dec. 8, Te'o went on ESPN Radio with Freddie Coleman and Mel Kiper Jr. (Starts at the 4:23 mark.)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.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: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.Some time after Jan. 9, Notre Dame sent a videographer to interview an alumnus raising money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society in Lennay Kekua's name. They posted the interview on the university's official YouTube channel on Jan. 15.
He's a shithead of the worst variety. And he can't fucking tackle an avg or above running back. Or defend the play action worth a piss.
That's because you can't see her pic in 3-D, dumbass.
(November 8th) @MTeo_5: @LennayKay I miss you!
I checked the @LennayKay twitter account and it has only one tweet coming from it. Guess what that tweet was......a Retweet of Ta'o saying that he misses her. That's it, one tweet on that account and following only one person (@MTeo_5).
You just did more research than 99% of the media.
Haha, that sounds about right...also â€she†had two other twitter accounts, but they were deleted (@lovalovalove something or another and @lovaMKS or whatever)
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You really just needed to read the article. It would have saved you the trouble of all that.
Manti Te'o girlfriend hoax perpetrator Ronaiah Tuiasosopo impersonated 'Lennay Kekua' female voice over phone to speak to Notre Dame playerThe soul-baring chats between the star linebacker and the man posing as his phantom girlfriend were the linchpin of their fake fairy-tale romance. But Te’o apparently never realized it was Tuiasosopo disguising his voice to assume the persona of stunning, sassy Stanford coed Kekua.Comments (52)By Nancy Dillon In Los Angeles AND Larry Mcshane / NEW YORK DAILY NEWSPublished: Thursday, January 24, 2013, 1:59 AM BRADENTON, FL - JANUARY 23: Linebacker Manti Te'o of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish works out at IMG Academy on January 23, 2013 in Bradenton, Florida. (Photo by J. Meric/Getty Images)J. Meric/Getty ImagesThe bizarre Manti Te’o fake girlfriend frenzy reached a new low — with a high-pitched confession.Hoax mastermind Ronaiah Tuiasosopo, posing as the mysterious Lennay Kekua, was the falsetto voice on the other end of the all-night phone calls with the Notre Dame star, the scammer’s lawyer said.The Heisman Trophy finalist “thought it was a female he was talking with,†lawyer Milton Grimes acknowledged to the Daily News. “It was Ronaiah as Lennay.â€The soul-baring chats between the star linebacker and the man posing as his phantom girlfriend were the linchpin of their fake fairy-tale romance. But Te’o apparently never realized it was Tuiasosopo disguising his voice to assume the persona of stunning, sassy Stanford coed Kekua.Grimes, best known for helping Rodney King win a multimillion-dollar judgment against the city of Los Angeles, compared the deception to an actor playing a role.“Come on, Hollywood does it all the time,†Grimes said Wednesday. “People can do that.â€The photos of Lennay were swiped from the Facebook page of Diane O’Meara, a high school classmate of Tuiasosopo.Tuiasosopo’s résumé includes vocal and dramatic training. He was president of his high school drama club, performs with a Christian band and auditioned last year for the TV talent show “The Voice.â€Grimes insisted that former high school football star Tuiasosopo, 22, wasn’t trying to hurt or humiliate Te’o.“This wasn’t a prank to make fun,†Grimes told The News. “It was establishing a communication with someone. ... It was a person with a troubled existence trying to reach out and communicate and have a relationship.â€Grimes declined to answer when asked to elaborate on his client’s intentions or what type of relationship he wanted with the college football star: “I wouldn’t describe his issues at this time.â€Te’o, in an interview with Katie Couric, said he painted himself into a corner with all the attention surrounding his relationship and Kekua’s “death†on Sept. 12.The moving tale of the girlfriend’s battle with leukemia became a touchstone of the Fighting Irish season, particularly after Te’o announced that she passed away on the same day as his beloved grandmother.Te’o denied any role in the hoax, but admitted perpetuating the story even after a Dec. 6 phone call from “Lennay†insisting she faked her death to dodge drug dealers.Te'o runs drills to prepare for the upcoming NFL draft.The voice on the other end of that incredible phone call belonged to Tuiasosopo, according to Grimes.“Katie, put yourself in my situation,†Te’o said in the interview that airs in full Thursday. “This girl, who I committed myself to, died on Sept. 12. Now I get a phone call on Dec. 5, saying that she’s alive and then I’m going to be put on national TV two days later.â€Grimes said the delay in his client’s making a public statement is tied to a California law that went into effect Jan. 1 — making it a crime to create a false identity online.Tuiasosopo is seeing a mental health professional and wants to tell his side of the story, the lawyer said.Grimes did insist that the timing of Kekua’s tragic “demise,†within hours of the grandmother’s death, was just a strange coincidence.And he was adamant his client is a good guy who simply made a mistake.“He’s torn by this,†Grimes said. “He didn’t mean for anyone to be hurt. Anything that he has done, he has apologized to those he could apologize to.â€
bull fucking shit.These dudes are gay and have a relationship and they don't want to come out of the closet yet...
bull fudgeing shoot.These dudes are gay and have a relationship and they don't want to come out of the closet yet...
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