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Manti Te'o Hoaxer Ronaiah Tuiasosopo Tells Dr. Phil He's a 'Recovering Homosexual.' Oh. [VIDEO]

Jessica Sager — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 01:38:25 +0000

So you know how Manti Te'o had an imaginary girlfriend? And that Ronaiah Tuiasosopo was behind the whole thing?

Apparently Tuiasosopo was also in love with him. But don't worry -- just like Te'o was "far from" gay, Tuiasosopo is also not gay. Because he's recovering from his homosexuality.

Way to be, dude.

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Te'o's 'Girlfriend' Revealed

Jay Williams — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 20:20:50 +0000

Who posed as Manti Te'o's fake girlfriend?

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Be Like Manti?

Marc Elliott — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 00:06:35 +0000

Do you want to be just like Manti Te'o and have a imaginary girlfriend? Now you can!

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Couric Scores Interview With Manti

Cassandra Rose — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 17:39:52 +0000

Oprah may have gotten the big Lance Armstrong sit-down, but he's already yesterday's news. The disgraced athlete du jour? That's Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o, whose imaginary girlfriend (and her fake death) have grabbed headlines since last week.

Everyone wanted his first on-camera interview about the scandal -- and in another example of sisters doin' it for themselves, Katie Couric snagged the prize.

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Te'o Provides Answers, But More May Be Asked

Associated Press — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 23:26:19 +0000

Manti Te'o tried to put one of the strangest sports stories in memory behind him, insisting he was the target of an elaborate online hoax in which he fell for a fake woman created by pranksters, then admitting his own lies made the bizarre ordeal worse.

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Manti Te'o: Why Is This a Huge Story?

Crash — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 13:58:27 +0000

By now you've seen the stories. Notre Dame star linebacker Manti Te'o has been involved in a hoax about a dead internet girlfriend that never existed. But why is this story dominating not only sports talk but the nightly news?

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Manti Te'o and 'Catfish: The TV Show' Lessons in Online Dating

Tony Wright — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 20:22:11 +0000

Before yesterday I didn’t know who Manti Te’o was, but I did know who Nev Schulman was. Nev hosts a show for MTV called 'Catfish:The TV Show,' which explores online dating fraud. Perhaps if Manti had seen a few episodes this whole girlfriend with leukemia debacle never would have happened.

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