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Deadspin: (Notre Dame football player) Manti Teos Dead Girlfriend is a hoax
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Holy shit at those voicemails!
This is the craziest thing ever. I sort of feel bad for Manti now if this is all true and he had nothing to do with. First I thought HAHAH what a sucker but now? Sounds like he fell victim to some sociopath. And this RonT was also prominent figure in his church and failed football player? Its like the plot of the worst hollywood thriller you can imagine unfolding right in front of us.
This is the craziest thing ever. I sort of feel bad for Manti now if this is all true and he had nothing to do with. First I thought HAHAH what a sucker but now? Sounds like he fell victim to some sociopath. And this RonT was also prominent figure in his church and failed football player? Its like the plot of the worst hollywood thriller you can imagine unfolding right in front of us.
goldsoundz
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This makes NO fucking sense at all. People really are this committed to catfishing? Why would someone spend years of their life pranking someone? The kind of person who would dedicate the time to a scheme like this is seriously fucked in the head. I don't, and can't, believe this is the true story. I just can't comprehend why someone would spend so much time on a prank.
R10Neymarfan
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LTTP here can anyone just fill me in on this whole thing?
So the girlfriend from the internet was a guy? Sounds like a classic to me! This is why you don't use Craigslist
So the girlfriend from the internet was a guy? Sounds like a classic to me! This is why you don't use Craigslist
What are you even talking about?
Middle one sounds like a dude
Mormon bromance. It says it right there in the text you quoted.
Never played. Boo.
Except that this guy has done this before to other people. It's clear that he's not right in the head, so looking at it from a logical perspective doesn't explain it.
Wasn't there an NFL player who says he met Lennay? Ron Tui must be a convincing cross-dresser.
I feel the same. That sounds like a woman, not a guy faking it.
Yeah, Manti isn't 100% innocent because he lied a bit to save himself some embarrassment, but jeez, this dude is a psychopath.
yankeehater
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Shit just got weirder (if possible). Making love through the rumored "Mormon sheets" without seeing "her" is the only logical end.
Has he ever explained why he thought this was normal? Is there anyone in this thread who would have continued a relationship after skyping with a black box even once?
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yankeehater
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Yeah unfortunately the interviewer didnt press him on it. It really does make no sense though, he says that they skyped several times and that she hid in a black box every time. That has to be the biggest red flag I can imagine. Teo must have known that something wasnt right due to this and this goes back way before the season even started since she died on the 12th of September and they had chatted like this several times.
Oh it's very real and I'd like to show you, you hot man.
This answers nothing, and I'll just file it away in my "Things ronito saw all the time that I've never seen or heard of in Mormonism" file.
You cut me with your rejection man.
Oh man, you know I knew the crazies. At BYU I remember a guy writing a "girl" in Spain that his friend met while on his mission. They kept it up for about a year and half even started talking about marriage until his friend came home from his mission and confessed that it was him all the time.
What a mess.
oh and in High school there was that football player that drove his best friend to all his dates with his gf for months (his friend didn't have a car) and then one night had enough and jumped on the guy and started kissing him. Drama!
yankeehater
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Holy shit at him saying the black box didnt seem weird. I like that he explained it by saying he wasnt paying attention.
I love how he wiggled his way out of telling Katie that he's been lying about the nature of his relationship with this "girl" the entire way through earlier.
Well, I guess he'd never say that he is dumber than a sack of cement.
Future PhaZe
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yeah the blackbox thing is just
To have a girl you never see in video interact with you in any way is just...its not possible. Not for the length of time that Manti claimed.
Something fucking insane is still going on
To have a girl you never see in video interact with you in any way is just...its not possible. Not for the length of time that Manti claimed.
Something fucking insane is still going on
yankeehater
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Man he is totally going to skate on this. Katie basically just answered a question for him.
Katie hasn't been asking any follow up questions, and understandably so as it is only a one hour interview. But she wasn't able to put the things he's been saying up to a heat lamp.
ETA: Katie is putting his feet to the fire for not ever seeing this person while he was in CA while "she" was in the hospital.
yankeehater
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Him saying it doesnt make sense to me either had me rolling. This is so crazy.
Valkyr Junkie
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Te'o really must just be Neanderthal stupid.
Future PhaZe
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Who even cares what Manti says anymore
I want to hear from the hoax guy resposible for this. He's supposedly some loser anyway, just offer him one hundred grand for an exclusive and I'm sure he takes it and puts an end to all of this.
I want to hear from the hoax guy resposible for this. He's supposedly some loser anyway, just offer him one hundred grand for an exclusive and I'm sure he takes it and puts an end to all of this.
It's obvious he's a dumbass and he exaggerated the relationship for sympathy but I believe he was catfished
HerbertFish
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Lol, boy who cried wolf.
He may be telling the truth now, he may not be. But he has absolutely zero credibility. He himself has said he is a liar. How could someone possibly think be comes off as credible?
yankeehater
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I still dont realize that.
Future PhaZe
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Waiting for a change to the story where he actually met the woman once.
"Great to finally meet you Manti"
"Great to finally meet you Manti"
MMBosstones86
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i'm staggered people think this guy is credible. Nothing is going to change my mind...its pretty confirmed hes a pathalogical liar, so why do we believe him now.
Him and Couric have the same PR firm...soooo *click*
Him and Couric have the same PR firm...soooo *click*
PotatoeMasher
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The missed chances at meeting are at least 50% his fault, which seems super odd. She's at a hotel and her brothers took the car, so Manti needs to drive to her and
doesn't? For no reason?
yankeehater
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So even after he got a call from her saying she was alive he still thought she was dead, and he doesnt think he lied when he said she was dead after Dec 6th. He is still lying so it is impossible to believe anything he says.
luckyboyceo
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Is it entirely out of the realm of possibility that Manti's team just sought out a girl to make those voicemails for him? I mean, haven't they had like, a week to come up with something?
I'm not a Manti or ND hater I'm just genuinely curious. Those voicemails were super convincing and if they were indeed done by a man, he probably has a career in voiceover work somewhere.
I'm not a Manti or ND hater I'm just genuinely curious. Those voicemails were super convincing and if they were indeed done by a man, he probably has a career in voiceover work somewhere.
This is the big hang up for me as well. I remember pulling pranks on my buddies in middle school but even then I got bored after like 30 minutes of it.
yankeehater
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But her family only had one car, what could he do? I also liked SD and LA being to far to drive to see her in the hospital.
You know what, out of everything in this story, the fact that this hasn't happened yet is the most bizarre.
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