Pat McAfee Says Manti Te'o Deserves An Apology From Everyone, Reacts To Untold Documentary

[@a-t5380]

Zero accountability from the catfish. Acting like he was the victim in all this. Not a single mention of an apology.. Sick individual

[@orianthi_elys]

Serious lack of empathy. All me me me. And the complaining about the voicemail release really pissed me off.

[@a-t5380]

@@orianthi_elys "im finally going to focus on me" like wtf.. you ruined a mans life

[@nevadagrace3514]

This catfish him she should be in prison.

[@nevadagrace3514]

@@a-t5380 Give him excuse me her 30 years in prison to have time to think about herself.

[@a-t5380]

@@nevadagrace3514 idk about 30 but a solid 5-10

[@ashleylipa2244]

10/10 agree. This poor man has had millions ripped from him, his dreams ripped from him. He's such an amazing human to know that this could all have been his, and isn't and chooses to forgive the other party. It's beyond impressive and he deserves more/better than what we can give him.

[@scotts6724]

Manti is a role model for anyone who’s been at rock bottom. How he has maintained his positivity and strength should be a lesson for us all. Truly inspiring person.

[@badams4982]

The worst part was that people pushed him to rock bottom for being a victim

[@ezegrant5797]

I think the worst part was that freaken catfish Ronaiah acting as he was the fucken victim and that he got Te’o the fame he deserved.

[@xhydroxkingx7662]

Faith is an amazing thing 🙏🏼

[@xhydroxkingx7662]

@@billj4137 he's been replying on Insta. I feel like everyone needs to buy the man jersey after watching that 👀

[@JoyFay]

@@xhydroxkingx7662 who gets the money?

[@JayTheBeast27]

The worst part about it is you can tell the situation has changed him forever

[@ADM-wt9cn]

He Used to come into my gym all the time in Point Loma... He looked lifeless honestly. Hopefully this was healing for him.

[@Snakeman612]

Manti is GREAT and that piece of TRASH is becoming a woman now!!!! So who exactly has changed forever?

[@strongmonk5094]

The worst part is the documentary just gives the catfish a pass because of trans/gender identity. It is such BS

[@svirgo1224]

@@strongmonk5094 omgosh yes! That's what pissed me off the most. She used it as an excuse honestly...it was really messed up :(

[@datsapaddlin]

@@strongmonk5094 Yeah the fact they think doing all that helped him identify who he was is psychotic.

[@chiefcuningcoyote4906]

I come from a Samoan background and after watching the doco I understood where he came from, people wondering why he was so naive it’s simple, his parents like most Polynesian parents from Christian backgrounds try to bring their kids up pure, to help others in need etc. but what the parents don’t teach a lot is teaching them how to prep themselves of the dangers that go on in the world and that’s how he got easily duped

[@BC-dz8qp]

Forget the people wondering how he was so naive. In the Netflix doc, we can see pretty clearly that he went to great lengths to verify this person. And IT went to great lengths to make that verification happen. He got screwed, plain and simple.

[@davedurnum6500]

Idk how people keep saying he was naive. Didn’t he have multiple people verify that they knew her

[@mattnoah8309]

That last part when Teo said go ahead and make fun of him, if he can help and motivate just one person than he felt like he did something for the good. That hit hard. I had a tear rolling down my eye during that part.

[@Austin.Kilgore]

Yeah that speech he gave at the bad just very powerful and emotional… which I’d saying something as those sort of speeches usually don’t do much fit me at all.

[@rickygarcha1311]

He’s a born leader that’s why he knows how to touch and speak within He just doesn’t know how to date 🤣

[@brasteen1]

@@rickygarcha1311 You realize he got married right?

[@rickygarcha1311]

@@brasteen1 I’d hate to live a life with no sense for humour

[@brasteen1]

@@rickygarcha1311 I would laugh if i found it funny. This dude has been the butt of the same tired jokes for the last ten years. I don't particularly find his situation funny.

[@daltoncrane3998]

The media is utterly pathetic for what they did to him. Absolutely despicable

[@mr.m4853]

That's the mainstream media for you.

[@btrehn7973]

Sounds like media has done this before …. Hmmm . ;)

[@nevadagrace3514]

Yes and they continue to ruin people’s lives..guilty until proven innocent, and by then the court of uninformed - misinformed public opinion has ruined your life.

[@NK-hd7jj]

Nah its not just mainstream, people ate that up without even doing the research. They made it big

[@d0m3ll0tt4]

Yeah absolutely garbage!

[@rrajeevy]

The closing monologue really hit me in the feels. I knew of the story but didn’t know how crazy it was. I’m glad he has a family and is doing better now

[@-hunt-6225]

Teo deserves an apology from the entire PLANET! This dude was targeted and sheltered from a young age. He didn’t know better and is such a strong dude preserving thru it all. He’s a true warrior!

[@zachclarke9467]

Lol good one his girlfriend

[@worldwarchamp1959]

I hope he was persevering while he was preserving through it all.

[@corykobe3769]

Most relationships feel one-sided...

[@minnesotasmith84]

..for real, I remember this..he always kept quiet about it

[@minnesotasmith84]

@Deshaun “massage” Watson ...I made assumptions based on faulty information

[@adameaszy7879]

I only watched the first episode so far, but I have nothing but respect for Manti doing that interview. The balls it takes to go on there and be honest to the point where he was getting emotional at certain points is impressive. I got nothing but respect for that dude, he got a raw deal there and deserved better. I feel bad for making fun of him back then.

[@mathewerenberger7275]

Oh the second episode is on a different level lol.

[@nashiamedalion9278]

I just watched the whole thing and to be quiet honest I hope anyone who contributed to making fun of that man feels like hot burning garbage

[@darpress9086]

Bro be ready to cry on episode 2. But u prolly already saw it and did cry.

[@halimak625]

Manti was bought up with vaules unlike the DUNG that catfished him and even attempted to morph into another gender, a huge blobby mess. Poor manti i hope he has found real love & peace.

[@jonny5isalive353]

@@halimak625 Manti is married now with a child, his NFL career didnt play out very well, but his personal life seems to be blossoming...

[@cam8868]

That dude who catfished teo is disgusting. He kept making it about himself

[@JoshuaIS1]

The fact she said she needed to do something for herself blew my mind... You ruined a guys life

[@markfroman738]

Key word being “dude”

[@parisite99]

@@JoshuaIS1 HE!!

[@JoseLainez]

Yeah he's a piece of crap to go that length

[@YML256]

THAT MAN!!!!

[@letzsnuggzz]

As society, we acted like real scumbags to this guy. And even after learning better (about how easily people get catfished), there was no collective acknowledgement of the wrong done to him.

[@Mantus77]

💯💯💯

[@__greg__]

🎯

[@GatsDomineaux]

Agreed. And I admit I was a part of it. If I ever meet him, I’ll apologize to him personally

[@Theiliteritesbian]

Exactly - i felt terrible bc i remember making jokes about this years ago bc he played for N.D.

[@brently16]

After the personalized picture every one of us would've fallen for it

[@stephanietomlinson9231]

As someone who worked closely with University administration at a University Teo's former coach is now at, I'm AMAZED he told the school right away when he learned about it. What athlete would do that? Trust me, not many. The integrity of him telling his coach and AD about the "catfish" is something I don't hear many people talking about.

[@nonsomokwuah]

I wish they stood by him when the world was tearing him down. ND protected themselves and acted like they had no idea about the incident

[@detroithousemusic]

Solid integrity.💯

[@bcarty35]

@@nonsomokwuah what did they do to protect themselves? What should they have done differently? I mean the guy was already graduated and training for the Combine. Not sure what ND could have done.

[@nonsomokwuah]

@@bcarty35 I understand that but instead of completely separating themselves from him like “we don’t know why anyone would do this and we have nothing to do with the hoax” I wish they came out and said he was a solid guy with good high morals and he was the victim of an elaborate ruse. Maybe that would have helped reduce the amount of hate he got from the media at least

[@MegzLife]

@Nonso Mokwuah i agree! his nortre dame school left him out to dry, smdh. They should have done better & let him kno, they are with him. eff them!

[@n41698m]

Totally agree. Felt like the doc sort of let Ronaihah off the hook as the worst person ever because of the transgender thing. Very frustrating. As if we needed to hear “both sides.”

[@DavidSchwegler]

Seems people become untouchable the moment they want to be called a different gender.

[@Mantiz85]

Eh I think they may have attempted to portray it that way but when you listen to ronaiha and the body language it speaks to the person ronaiha is “horrible”. Also the part when manti released the voicemails and ronaiha said something to the effect of No why would he do that. Now I have to answer all these questions about voicemails. I was blown away ronaiha you are literally why this happened. Horrific person.

[@TzUuup]

100% they did.

[@TzUuup]

but time has passed and this was the first time they both came together to tell their side of the story. I hope they both took home a huge bag. especially manti

[@IkeyP58]

Exactly what I was thinking

[@outsideMax]

Man he had me in tears at the end of part 2, what an unbelievable man, mad respect for him now. I apologies for being one of them laughing at the memes when it first came out.

[@tasiwilsonmusic]

We will never know how good Manti Teo could have been in the NFL. In sports once your confidence is gone it's a wrap...in sports your confidence is your spirit..it was snatched by that thing

[@RaiderRob510]

Exactly te'o went from apex predator mentality on the field to prey mentality. He never recovered his warrior mentality on the field. This situation robbed him of everything he worked so hard for,just sad seeing someone getting taken down like this.

[@Archelaus_v]

He actually did come around but he couldn’t stay on the field. I do think he would have been a better player if it didn’t happen but he wasn’t going to dominant the league. Much of it was his size but the NFL is just a different animal. ND was beating up on teams with barely any NFL talent that year and when they met a roster full of NFL talent it showed.

[@jillianbaker8442]

I agree

[@willow3861]

@nonebeach agreed but it mentally and physically changed how he played. He may have never gotten hurt if his mental confidence hadn't been torn away

[@RobSoRandom]

Mike Vic got his confidence back he was rare tho

[@stlsaint1]

Manti definitely got screwed over hard by this whole ordeal. The dude/chick who scammed him literally did a female voice so well, voice analyst were completely shocked. Also remember this was during a time when we really didn't know what catfish was also he tried to verify with known friends and family and they all let him down. Crazy.

[@ItsTimmyTexas]

Who’s that guy “Chris” who sent the email to deadspin about the possibility of it being a hoax?

[@MeBihhhh]

Catfish was a hit movie before this happened 😂

[@beanot2622]

Complete sociopath

[@sillau9]

@Brandon Duran shuddup 🤦🏻‍♀️🙄

[@blockraven22]

Mormons are also the most gullible people in the world. Lol. I have a few mormon friends, Manti reminds me so much of them.

[@orianthi_elys]

I've never heard of this story until I watched it on Netflix tonight. He seems like such a kind, strong man and the person who did this to him lacks any kind of empathy. All me me me. Terrible.

[@bradbeaubouef1459]

dawg she cost him millions of dollars and she was like “yeah i feel bad but i learned more about myself doing it” good lord couldnt imagine being that ignorant

[@JoshuaIS1]

Absolutely Narcissistic Personality

[@MeBihhhh]

Millions? He was still drafted and had a stellar senior year. Mantis combine and lack of athleticism cost him millions

[@JoshuaIS1]

@@MeBihhhh Losing confidence is real. Look at Matt Leinart. Once you don't believe you are done..

[@PrezPoet]

The timing of the catfishing scandal clearly affected his draft stock massively.

[@nevadagrace3514]

She should be spending 30 years in prison for what she did..at a minimum..as well as the press that figured Manti as having instigated it all period.

[@fourthdownback6035]

What’s most messed up to me is that as soon as the fact the girlfriend wasn’t real came out, none of the “conscious” people in the media were like “You know he did still lose his grandmother and his mom has cancer”, and seemed to say he didn’t go through some real stuff regardless.

[@natetrains9759]

I gathered from Pat that Manti asked for a sign from God that USC was the right decision and God spoke through a Janitor. Although he hated the news that he should go to ND, he trusted God's advice to go to ND; he then became a Heisman Finalist, went pro, and used his trials of being embarrassed on the world stage to help others. Say what you want about him, Manti, but he will forever be an inspiration to those who put their trust in the highest power.

[@sillau9]

💯💯

[@mikepalmer1971]

This could of turned out very differently. I could really imagine some people committing suicidal in his situation. This was truly an evil act.

[@jaylucas8352]

Easily , and f dead spin too

[@mysentiments3298]

exactly

[@FightrForLife]

I think the best thing about the whole doc is how great of a human being he is really shines through. He really is/was a genuine, caring, great guy who also happened to be a tireless worker and athletic STUD. I'm glad they put this out, and that it's getting the publicity that it deserves.

[@richardcranium5801]

One thing that bothered me a lot was how a lot of his “friends” and family just decided to keep their suspicions to themselves and “stay out of it.” One lesson I’ve learned in life is that the best friends speak the hard truths that you don’t necessarily want to hear.

[@shoblizz21]

No one wants to hear the truth let's be real. We all live in a protective bubble we have made for ourselves. We say we want everyone to be truthful, but very few are actually able to handle it.

[@jfussell51]

amen to this but also being straight up and honest you will lose friends because their feelings get hurt but truly your only saying what u say out of love and care for them

[@nicolasczellecz1160]

If you ask me a question I’m going to tell you what you NEED to hear and not what you WANT to hear.

[@ItsWhizi]

@Ricardo Perez you’re just being a weirdo Ricardo. Look inwards a little and not about how you can “help” others. You’re not Jesus, it’s not your responsibility to “help”. That’s why no one is appreciative of your efforts, it’s not expected of you.

[@jfussell51]

@Ricardo Perez its like kobe bryant said .. do you want a friend to tell you, that you have food in your teeth or the friend that let's you walk around looking dumb. my grandfather taught me id rather you be honest and hurt my feelings than lie to make me feel good it may piss you off but can't say you got bull shitted

[@TrademarkTheGod]

I personally would like to apologize to Teo because the story we where told was NOT the real story so I definitely was wrong! Teo deserved better! My bad! 🙏🏾💯

[@hansfromcongo6322]

Just watched this and by the end my mum was actually crying. I can’t believe such a terrible thing happened to such a great guy.

[@Nathan-fp7bb]

I'm sorry you had to grow up with such an emotional mom. You can't be serious

[@bertrandteo5248]

@@Nathan-fp7bb he is catfishin brooo

[@jackmegalemusic]

@@Nathan-fp7bb who hurt you

[@Nathan-fp7bb]

@@jackmegalemusic this guy and his mom

[@remy2002]

I’m so sorry for your mom :,( she must Be so sad….. JK Boohoo. Not like your mom had to deal with what manti did. Tell your mom to grow up because its manti who needs our support

[@SiVisPacem_ParaBellum]

It’s sickening how they tried to make it about this POS’s “transition” instead of justifiably exposing the selfishness and evil that it took to ruin this terrific young mans life. Manti is an absolute class act from what I can tell. This shouldn’t be a story about a man finding his true “self” while simultaneously tearing down a true, good man.

[@mikesmalls210]

i said the same thing . You can tell the real reason was to make people sympathetic to traans. Sad that they tried to be slick

[@DwgJustKd]

It was hilarious they put a “warning” beginning of episode 2 saying that man didn’t transition yet which is why they refer him as a man. No one at a first peak would ever think that wilder beast is a woman.

[@CKillit]

I'm shocked they even gave this poor excuse of a human being a platform to speak so openly about a criminal act, without consequence. I swear, whenever he/she laughed or smiled, I wanted to throw something at the screen. Meanwhile, there are sympathizers who think this POS is a hero for coming out. GTFO! I'm gonna go punch a wall or something now, brb...lol

[@mullboll33]

All that person did through two episodes was say “I I I and me me me” Totally destroyed Manti life and feels no remorse doesn’t not give a flying F. Used a child to meet him? That’s sick

[@dudeman5166]

Right?!!!! They totally tried to make rinnai out to be innocent! He is a lunatic!

[@headstrong9166]

I really wish the rest of the sports media would have moral standards like you do thanks for keeping it real Pat

[@creamy3387]

Lmao except when it comes to his buddy Rodgers 😂

[@dra1469]

Agreed. Pat has showed his true colors a lot lately and he is better off for it.

[@erickbolden2584]

Moral standards like making fun of religious people around the world for believing in God?

[@TheTomruch]

Media in general, but they won't and never will.

[@timar6868]

You must not watch the show a lot if you think Pat McAfee has moral standards

[@TNFAC]

Great documentary really helped explain how this happened. So sad it ruined his career. Should have been a 1st rounder for sure.

[@franciscogomes9844]

What about when the guy acted all upset because Manti leaked the voice-mails? I felt like punching her, him or whatever in the face. I mean, you literally ruined his freaking life and you're offended because he leaked those? She should be grateful that she got off as easily as she did after completely destroying someone's life and career.

[@AltaMay11]

When that part happened I was like 😲 girl you gotta be kidding. You're not aloud to be mad at ANYTHING

[@nevadagrace3514]

This pathetic poor excuse for a human should be spending time in prison for what it did.

[@User-q6x3b]

​@@AltaMay11 *guy

[@CALIchitown]

It’s a dude. Woman only know what woman are.

[@mljs_stv5664]

Right? Like wtf did you expect!?

[@willjamesjr]

When this was happening in real time, I knew he was being treated unfairly. And it wasn't just the media who treated him like s$!t .. it was damn near everyone. Fans, non-football fans, football culture, pop culture, scouts, gms, players. Almost everyone was horrible to him and had no empathy for the fact that he was innocently manipulated and HE WAS JUST A KID IN COLLEGE. Society was so behind too. Back then, it was embarrassing enough just to admit that you met someone online and even worse if you got scammed online. But fast forward to just 10 years later and it seems like almost everyone has either dated someone online or been victim to a scam or a hoax. Manti would have been justified in walking around and slapping the snot out of everyone he met. It's amazing he didn't lose his mind or his values while the whole world was making his life miserable.

[@Podolski55]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@jaylucas8352]

He was a victim. How was the world blaming a victim , it’s not like he wanted to be victimize. What a cruel world.

[@CKMX]

I rooted for Manti since his high-school days. For this to happen to him was the cruelest thing ever. Dude deserves an apology from every news source and everyone who bashed him. That "thing" fked his life up and his career. Tried to make ppl feel bad for it self. Leave folks alone and live with your miserable self. Don't need to drag anyone down with you.

[@nortonandrew5]

Pat is a real one. No doubt.

[@12211992PETE]

I agree this man deserves an apology, I literally just looked at the show on Netflix and my heart goes out to Manti. That person who catfished should feel horrible.

[@solekopes1527]

The nuts thing about the Manti Teo situation is that the dude Ronaiah is related to former MLB player Matt Tuiasasopo and Superbowl Winning Lineman from the 49ers Manu Tuiasasopo. It's really shocking to see from a family of athletes like this you could get someone who ruins them. Just a shame

[@FTW54]

And former NFL QB Marques

[@imwinningbxch]

@@FTW54 I was gonna say played on raiders? I remember tuiasasopo

[@FTW54]

@@imwinningbxch yup and he was awful

[@justinhamai4631]

Being from Hawaii, Im happy as hell this came out to show the world his life got F#&!ed up from this "woman/man".

[@Manderenn]

Man

[@4realGTFOH]

After watching it, I cant help but feel like that incident jeopardized his pro career. He should've been a great pro

[@andycarlton4691]

Absolutely as an Irish fan he was a can't miss at the next level. So tragic

[@supastar25]

He was never the same player

[@MeBihhhh]

He was very slow and not athletic for the pros. Manti combine was atrocious and got man handled against top college competition…did you watch sports back then😂

[@JakeTN]

@@MeBihhhh did you watch the documentary? The guy wasa far and away the best defensive player in colleger football his ssenior season. but then all of this craziness happened and it impacted his play. A big part of being a professsional athlete includes being in the right headspace, and you can't blame a guy for not perfroming to his highest level, when basically everyone around him is cracking jokes at his expense, and the media trying to label him as a liar. He got screwed.

[@Fernando_616]

@@MeBihhhh thank goodness, someone else who actually remembers the past and not highlights

[@MHJ_404]

I remember seeing Manti play for ND and the announcers talking about the inspiring story of his gf. Now there’s a documentary made about it… god I’m old.

[@TzUuup]

manti was a fuckin monster. too bad their offense was fuckin awful. not awful but they were decent

[@DeckofLies]

It was 10 years ago. That’s nothing. Don’t be dramatic about everything. It annoys people

[@nataliarodriguez813]

I can’t believe nothing happened to the guy who catfished him. I think that’s what bothers me the most!!! No consequences?? Nothing? He is talking on the show like he is so proud of what he did, like “everything was worth it because now I can be myself “… WHAT??? So destroying another’s human life is ok just bc of that???? I am so angry of how he tried to show himself as the victim. Seriously. Wtf Hope Manti is recovering from this nightmare and living his life to the fullest. Nothing but the best for him. What an amazing, brave guy.

[@Ch4MMPBoi]

All I’m going to say is if the media “defamed” Patrick Reed, then Mantei Teo deserves a billion dollars.

[@minnesotasmith84]

I remember this all too well...after watching the doc ...I wish I had heard your side back than ..I feel for you ..you're just a good hearted man. ✌️To you

[@LghTsKnJames]

No lie, my whole perspective has changed and I feel for Manti. Yes, he easily fell for it, but that one situation doesnt and shouldn't solidify his legacy. Dude straight up asked the real girl for a fake picture and sent it to Manti. That would mess up anyone lol

[@penileshenanigans2613]

If only he'd have messed around with over 60 masseuses, he'd have $230 mil guarenteed

[@ctorres478]

😂😂

[@kcaste1546]

Bruuhhh 😂😂😂

[@franciscolaurean8550]

All I can ask for is that he gets his story out there and has a happy ending

[@scooterwallace8212]

Sick fucks defend Watson and bash Manti Teo. Worse human beings

[@FrankYammy]

Cry more

[@ColsonsComics]

So sorry for Manti and what happened, he didn’t deserve any of the hate that came his way. Everyone definitely owes him an apology if they came out against him.

[@ericespinoza7789]

It was a sad thing to witness but dude is a real warrior for telling the story

[@raypromotions2147]

Watched the documentary.. and I felt bad for Te’o, he seems like a really good dude who was to focus on trying to make it and just needed to be acknowledged from someone outside of the game…

[@TzUuup]

don't feel sorry for him. he honestly doesn't need anyone's pity. this made his stronger as a person, he got a bag off of this. made a couple million in the nfl and just got married. I hope he takes this story and makes a few more million off of it. I'm glad that Netflix was able to make this happen.

[@davidcraig7771]

@@TzUuup he lost tens of millions in salary and endorsements

[@TzUuup]

@@davidcraig7771 yeah guess what? He's ok with that. He is fine. You potentially lost tens of milli9ns of dollars because you decided to not chase your dreams.

[@wolfwang8464]

Doc was great! The craziest part is when he told the girl to send him a picture of the date, and doing a symbol with her hands so he confirm the picture and that’s she’s real….And she did!!!

[@royjones0824]

Is the doc on ESPN or Netflix

[@FrankYammy]

@@royjones0824 Netflix my boy, it’s on the thumbnail

[@royjones0824]

I had checked on Netflix but I guess it’s not in my area yet

[@brandondetroitfanmichaels4325]

I remember hearing about that, years ago!

[@justinlast2lastharder749]

That's where I lose all ability to believe. It's all too convoluted...the whole "he had a really believable girl voice" thing is hard to believe as well. It all seemed like a Hoax to raise Te'o's Draft Stock from the start...and when it came out, they went into damage control and a Tuiososopa (Tuiohsoworthless in Athletics) relative comes out of the woodworks as the fall guy.

[@korryjones7371]

I’m glad Pat said it, that dude who did that to Manti is one of the worst humans around. After watching it I feel like he has zero remorse for what he did, he was just happy to get some publicity…..

[@adpina11]

No kidding, even in the documentary he acted like he was a victim struggling with who he was as an excuse for horrible behavior. Everything he did was extremely selfish and I see no change or remorse. Manti just seems like a solid guy who didn't deserve any of this.

[@colby35]

@@adpina11 fr all the catfisher guy/girl was saying is how she felt so alone and numb. Like bro that ain't an excuse for screwing someones life over.

[@Sirie7206]

Totally.

[@TheGolfClan]

Feel sick for what happened to Manti. A lot for one man to take. I was at ND as a student when it all unfolded. Campus was shocked. No one could comprehend how something like that could happen. It was embarassing but no one understood Manti's side of it, until now.

[@unicornmadness6286]

Manti Te'o is an amazing human being hands down. I just got through watching the documentary and wow, the world turned on him in an instance, which just goes to show you how truly shiiiity we Human's really are. We tend to believe what social media says, show's, and we tend to bash the good person instead of the person who truly deserves the bashing. That Fake girlfriend should be ashamed of herself and honestly should still be hated today. But Manti Te'o I'm sorry for what the world did to you when all This came out, you're an amazing man, then and now. God bless you, your wife and your family and friends.♥️

[@Dyswtric2001]

In college, Manti was just too nice. That whole situation broke him. I hate it for him.

[@MeBihhhh]

It really didn’t, he just didn’t perform well in the pros like many others..

[@Dyswtric2001]

@@MeBihhhh ok

[@PandasticVoyage]

The catfisher was obviously terrible and egregious in so many ways but the media and Twitter mob were quick to jump on the asshole train with that one. Hope Manti finds peace in his life, man.

[@exaltfitness789]

So much respect for Manti Teo, he deserves a HUGE apology from everyone.

[@kengineexpress]

The ultimate catfish story. I can’t blame though-we didn’t really understand the concept of catfish yet and that catfish was very messed up in the head. Manti deserves an apology, especially those journalists from Deadspin who just published it for the sake of their ego to make themselves look better than ESPN.

[@potatotomato9442]

Eventually someone was gonna break the story…. Blame the manchick for doing it

[@stefanosverde1837]

Ronaiah should have gone to prison for the emotional distress he applied. It’s the same as a physical attack

[@mikebuck7760]

Much love to Manti! He could have easily been a douche and said nothing about her death, but wanted to honor her and her family by dedicating the season to her (and his grandmother). I hope the entire country watches this series and sees how a naïve young man tried to do the right thing and his life (and $$) have been ruined for it.

[@Jerid58]

Manti was a sheltered kid from Hawaii and yes VERY religious. If he would have chose USC maybe this never happened. That being said, he chatted with this person for four whole years in college. I mean that’s a long time. I’m glad he is married now with a family.

[@TzUuup]

he wasn't sheltered. my wife's from the same community. it really is a "small community" where dam near everyone knows each other.

[@shesarrived7690]

@@TzUuup I think that counts as being sheltered. Highly religious and from a small community of mostly people of the same background is pretty sheltered.

[@TzUuup]

@@shesarrived7690 being from a small community is being sheltered? Going to week long camps with church members of over 100 people is being sheltered? Being out in the community playing teams from all over the island? Going out to the park or beach with friends during his free time?

[@shesarrived7690]

@@TzUuup for some people’s definition yes (including mine). Shows a lack of experience outside of their small community. You don’t have to be stuck in your home and interact with no one to be sheltered. But we can agree to disagree.

[@TzUuup]

@@shesarrived7690 so in your opinion 99% of the world is sheltered not having left the state they were born in. I think most people would disagree with you

[@jonathanm3108]

Watched it after watching this segment. Couldn't agree with you more. Mad respect for him to do that interview.

[@tfh5575]

before ronaiah killed off lennay, manti was blowing her off. ronaiah could have just…stopped talking to manti at that point and deleted the account. faking a death causes someone to grieve a death and that’s a horrible thing to put someone through.

[@ClittoralWombatShits]

That POS that catfished him has no real remorse at all. Watching the Netflix Doc it’s pretty clear he/she is loving the attention. Making excuses and trying to get people to sympathize all while showing a level of pride for the whole orchestration.

[@michaelschaefer8388]

It was like she was kinda proud of it and took some credit for his play on the field

[@shermanlee2164]

That catfish was so defensive about what they did and was making excuses trying to paint themselve as a victim. POS human being. I hope justice gets served and Te'o does well in life

[@TJa824]

At one point the Catfish said "WE won the game" after stating that they had conversations about football. The fuxking audacity... I SWEAR!

[@nevadagrace3514]

This pathetic person should be held liable for ruining Manti’s life and livelihood period. Cruel appalling excuse for a human.

[@RaiderRob510]

@@TJa824 bro when lennay came back from the dead,and manti te'o didn't want anything to do with lennay anymore.the catfish freak couldn't accept it was over,so catfish was the one who gave the tip information under the name "chris" to get revenge on manti te'o.😡🤬

[@LeslieKlinger]

I agree - this young man was made fun of and became a huge joke and you know what? Pat is right - we should all be apologizing to him.

[@johanneswetzler2861]

His story broke my heart.

[@jimmyjams1974]

I feel for him. Felt terrible for him. Total mental abuse by another horrible person. Hope he is able to find joy and a happy life.

[@colink563]

Just have nothing but empathy for Te'o after this, cannot imagine the next decade of your life essentially being a joke by anyone and everyone. While I am sure plenty would argue he should have done this or that or should have known, there has been an entire movie and eight seasons worth, 72 episodes, of people having the exact thing done to them. He is not the only one, just the most famous.

[@MeBihhhh]

Not sure if you ever watched the show but it’s filled with weirdos on both sides…says a lot about manti

[@TzUuup]

​@@MeBihhhh you saying he's wierd because he allowed himself to get catfished?

[@TzUuup]

​@@MeBihhhh try weirdos on the catfish side. the victims are usually in a vulnerable time in their life

[@MeBihhhh]

@@TzUuup yes dating someone for 3 years that you don’t know and never met and then dedicating a season to that person is incredibly weird and not normal. They both are weird. Glad to see manti is better

[@TzUuup]

@@MeBihhhh he also said he did try to meet up. Of course he saw the red flags and tried cutting her off but she kept at it. He was young and thought he had a hot girl at the other end.

[@JessicaJmoney]

I was so shook when I watched this documentary! I can’t believe the girl faked being on life support.

[@leonx9381]

When teo’s story dropped back then he went from God form to straight UnGodly! I mean his whole game changed from predator to prey! Crazy how the mind rearranges your whole physical world positively or negatively!

[@TzUuup]

footballs 90% mental

[@KaLeeDo2]

Netflix are gross for giving THEM equal platform

[@TheGmoneyless420]

I felt absolutely terrible for that poor kid! that was fucked up what he had to go through!

[@robertf1309]

Manti Teo deserved so much better than what he got from everyone.

[@Lmcv82]

Manti Te'O is amazing. What an amazing person. Truly inspiring.

[@imbatman5882]

I feel so bad for the kid, I'm glad he came out the other side ok. Manti is a champion of a bloke.

[@eddibetty10]

Not going to lie when this came out it brought shame and embarrassment to the Samoan community but after seeing this and the clarification of the situation SAMOA has your back Manti. 🇼🇸🇦🇸

[@kyusub62]

I had no idea who he was until the Netflix special. I am a admirer of him and would love to see him go on motivation tour. I salute you. Thank you so much!

[@Johndoe-kw5zr]

I never judged him for that nor did I understand the hate from everybody else, people are so quick to judge these athletes when they don’t even know what’s really going on

[@tye958]

This dude spoke the absolute Truth!!!!!! I feel that passion in his words and I agree 🔥👏🏾🙌🏽🙌🏽💞

[@ajaj-tp8tr]

i realized that media can be so dangerous, it could destroy someone's life and take no accountability. It was irresponsible for that media to publish it without investigating it properly just because they don't want other media to get the story

[@TheRK667]

The guy that walked in to take a photo 😂

[@lawrencedockery9032]

Manti Teo's first year at Notre Dame was in 2009 which was Charlie Weis' last season as the head coach. Teo's sophomore year in 2010 was Brian Kelly's first season in South Bend.

[@rasdawg9]

He looked like a JV on varsity when Notre Dame played Alabama in the NC. That's unforgivable.

[@sherbstone]

Crazy

[@peytonbrown2000]

I just hate how the “girlfriend” always made things about themself.

[@tmmnago2722]

I bet she believed her texts literally caused him to sack players.

[@dafuq9255]

He and himself

[@nancyhoward7005]

Manti Teo. God Bless you. Only 21 years old. Dearest young man. You are awesomely Awesome 👌.

[@pdycougars5508]

Manti is the same religion as I am, and although he picked Notre Dame over my favorite team that happens to be affiliated with our shared religion (BYU, also where Pats friend Austin Collie went) I was always a fan of his and I’m glad people are starting to become more sympathetic and understanding of him

[@GuavaConQueso]

I am of Spanish ancestry so my skin tone is on the darker olive side of things. Is it true if I join the church my skin will become whiter?

[@KrisBonn25]

@@GuavaConQueso Your skin won't but your personality damn sure will.

[@rezin7298]

@@GuavaConQueso the Catholic church was started by Mediterranean Latins (olive skinned people)... Jesus was a brown Semitic jew. how tf do you people equate Christianity with "whiteness"? low IQ trolling is the worst form of trolling. do better or don't try at all.

[@dalaughingsamoan]

@@GuavaConQueso nope but your attitude and spirit can become brighter! Give it a go bro!

[@GuavaConQueso]

@@rezin7298 A 1959 report by the US commission on Civil rights found that most Utah Mormons believed "by righteous living, the dark-skinned races may again become 'white and delightsome'." Conversely, the church also taught that white apostates would have their skins darkened when they abandoned the faith.

[@mr.m4853]

I just watched this doc and Netflix really tried to make the dude/girl look like a victim also. It was 100% that crazy person's fault but liberal Hollywood had to make it about him/her. I dont still don't know if I'm doing that pronoun right 😆 YO Pat!! Get Manti in the Blood Line!!!

[@josiah8351]

💯

[@TheTEN24]

I’m gonna be watching this tonight lot of respect for you Pat and your honesty

[@20Javon10]

Go Phillies!

[@dwgwnr1969]

​@@20Javon10 go Braves

[@20Javon10]

@@dwgwnr1969 See you in September. May the winner out of that series finish 2nd in the division. Go Phillies!!! Go Bryce Harper!!!

[@mgtabitha6139]

Te'o seems like such a wholesome good-natured person that it hurts my heart that someone would be so selfish and do this to him simply because they couldn't live the life they wanted. Not only did this person catfish him but also made belive he was in a car crash and then die like wtf is wrong with you 😒 smh

[@XJForTheWin]

Just another lesson for everyone about protecting yourself and becareful from everything. Bad people or people needs metal help are out there to cause some damage to the soceity. I didn't understand what was going on with him back then because there were just way too much garbage info and I never judged him but if you did then I hope your are a better human being today.

[@alecm_9459]

There are a few judgements that can be made based on his actions, same as anyone else. I’m sure this changed as an NFL player and he was used to having women throw themselves at him,, but it sounds like he was terrified by woman at one point in his life. What other explanation is there when a prime of his life big man on campus at Notre Dame can’t get any nookie in real life? A lil too focused there Teo

[@redsmoke6541]

@@alecm_9459 he’s in a cult and doesn’t know how women work

[@TzUuup]

​@@alecm_9459 he could get any women he wanted to. he was focused on football

[@TzUuup]

​@@redsmoke6541 *yawn* far from a cult

[@jdnort6]

Let's get Manti on the show! Would love to hear you talk to him about everything. Not just the whole catfish situation, but his college career and what he's got going on with his career now!

[@smplmher]

Poor Manti, ruined his whole life

[@jasonjohnston4766]

I’ll trade him places

[@wolfwang8464]

@Chris Handsome he is a free agent. But did you watch the doc? He is still mentally having a hard time with it. He thought his girl and gma died in the same day. It took a toll.

[@michaelcorcoran8768]

@@wolfwang8464 yeah I mean it was really cruel, although he should have insisted on getting way more physical evidence that the woman actually existed.

[@diegomontage7824]

@@michaelcorcoran8768 he was a realy religious person I could see where manti had a diffuicult time from

[@wolfwang8464]

@@dougquon1174 he has been a free agent since the end of 2020

[@Froshow]

Just watched his episode on netflix. The man was catfished, lied to, in a way his girlfriend died twice, was almost ruined, a victim of those mid-2000s mentalities. And still forgives the liar...... He deserves so much better

[@ck_idgaf1680]

Man, it was s messed up, folks clowned him. But it's funny now, cause folks have online relationships and get catfished all the time nowadays, i still think is weird. It was kind of disturbing how that 'ronaiah' person had this strange obsession with him.

[@matthewhernandez4167]

Just watched the documentary teo deserves so much more respect now after this came out

[@colbybrady2187]

I really like how you remind yourselves to try to not be that type of sports media at the end of this vid. Your take made me watch the documentary, and my heart just poured out for Te'o for being so terribly victimized like that, and still, at the end, all Te'o wants to do is help people he can help. Powerful.

[@imwithyou38]

i can admit i was catfished hard, i was in a "relationshiip" with a girl who was an actual girl and we talked on the the phone and stuff years prior and she disappeared for awhile than we got back into convo and she gave me a story that was believable. well things got tot he point were we did things that long distance relationships do,. eventually certain chain of events happened and i caught her slipping and i found out the whole thing was ruse to use me for big assignment in college class including out phone sex calls that she recorded and played them in her class. i lived in California which is a 1 party consent state and she did nothing illegal. its something that happens, it sucked really bad at the time but it doesnt bother me anymore.

[@scottweinberg2186]

I still feel bad for Manti Te'o. He’s a good dude and this messed him up for a while

[@IssaCC-shortB]

Just watched the untold story of Manti I really felt bad and I cried watching his story, man cat phishing is effin sick!!! and that dude who played him?! Man oh man you’re horrible can’t even say your name!

[@michaelcaudill1412]

amazing doc. loved the end ping speech. chills.

[@JoshuaIS1]

For real I got allergies

[@jessicastokes5617]

I feel so bad for Manti. I agree that he deserves an apology from everyone that made fun of him. He was blind sided by this sick man. Bless Manti and his family for what they endured.

[@yurirodriguez656]

After watching the Netflix documentary It appears as though that thing that catfished him has no remorse for single handedly ruining his life .

[@bdrussel1]

The transgender person who did this to manti made me sick watching this doc ...so delusional

[@SRM110]

big Irish fan, bought a #5 jersey when he was there. I remember him being ridiculed and blasted, I would tell people even with the bias of being a fan, that can literaly happen to anyone especially someone who was mostly sheltered his life and was probably lonely. Te'o is a good guy, to think if he would have went to BYU would any of this have the exposure that it did