Guest rimchair Posted January 25, 2013 Posted January 25, 2013 The truth? Faaaaaaar from it! (Creative Artists Agency, you have a ways to go) • Off the bat, we know one of the most fascinating twists in the entire story wasn't in the interview: the revelation early Thursday that "Lennay Kekua" was actually the voice of Te'o's acquaintance Ronaiah Tuiasosopo posing as a woman. Would be interesting to see his reaction to that. • Katie Couric's set is a lot more pleasant than the Austin hotel room where Oprah grilled Lance Armstrong. There are even flowers! • We begin with a montage of Te'o's history, including a moment where he calls the fictitious Lennay Kekua "the love of my life." Questions upon questions. • "What have the last few weeks been like for you?" Couric going with the easy backrub of a question to start. Another difference with Oprah, who went for the jugular from the start. • Te'o emphatically denies that he was involved in the scam. But Couric lets the inconsistencies in his account pass. • "Everything that I thought to be my reality was not my reality," says Te'o. • Couric does note that Te'o had something to gain by keeping the story alive, but buries her hard question in a drift of cotton candy that allows Te'o to fall back on his own story. • Te'o still talking as if Lennay was a real person. Make of that what you will. • Couric asks Te'o if he's gay. "No. Far from it. Faaaar from it." Laughs from the audience. • Even Scooby Doo and Shaggy scoff at Te'o's detective skills. Te'o's inability to suss out even the most basic details of this case is either astounding ... or unsurprising. • The Twitter hashtag #farfromgay started to trend immediately. Keep an eye on that one. • "Either you're the most naive person on the planet, or this is the saddest story ever written." Couric finally starts to get within an area code of the meat of this story. • Te'o on the voices on the phone: "It didn't sound like a man ... if he somehow made that voice, that's an incredible talent." • And now we get the bizarre story of Lennay Kekua awakening from the dead and getting chased by drug dealers and ... folks, we've got to be honest, this thing is more off the rails than a child's train. • This kid was just completely overwhelmed. He got taken advantage of, he participated to some extent ... but he strikes me as just a pawn in all of this. He was used by everyone, from the hoaxer to Notre Dame to the media. • Was he in on it? Almost certainly. But it's also possible that he deliberately overlooked the inconsistencies because he didn't want to know the truth. He wanted to maintain the illusion. (yahoo sports) Quote
Guest rimchair Posted March 26, 2013 Posted March 26, 2013 ""Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network reports that Te’o has turned down two invitations to come to Radio City Music Hall for next month’s draft. It’s not known where Te’o plans to find out his professional home and, per Rapoport, the belief is that he wouldn’t come to New York unless he’d be a top 10 pick. That’s almost certainly not in the cards, even with his faster time in South Bend."" http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/26/report-manti-teo-wont-be-in-new-york-for-draft/ I would liked to have seen Te'o at the Draft, he probably would have brought a gorgeous date. I give him 2nd round. Quote
