Man at center of Te'o hoax says he was in love

Associated Press ^ | Jan 31, 2012 9:59 AM (ET) | By PAT EATON-ROBB

[DJ MacWoW]

A California man said he created the hoax involving former Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o and a fake girlfriend because he was in love with the football player.

Ronaiah Tuiasosopo spoke publicly for the first time in an interview with Dr. Phil McGraw for the "Dr. Phil Show," the first part of which aired Thursday.

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"You've heard of recovering drug addicts? It takes a lot of courage to stand and say that," he said "To recover from homosexuality and this type of thing. Not only that, coming back to your real life, as hard as a task as that is I'm going to do all that I can to live right."

Just remember that homosexuals are stable..........riiiiight.

Anyway how is he "recovering" if he still believes he was "in love"?

[dfwgator]

Sounds like Te’o must have set his gaydar off.

[Cowboy Bob]

Is this guy a sports writer? Rohaiah sounds just like a Tiger Woods fanboy sports writer.

[billorites]

Boy, talk about “Big Love”...

[Da Coyote]

This gets more wierd each day.

Another reason that I don’t give any more of a smelly Obama about athletes than I do about our congresscritters.

The only diff appears to be that the athletes are more talented felons and liars.

[a fool in paradise]

The media didn’t spend NEARLY as much electronic ink on the story of Scarlett Johansen believing she was receiving personal texts from candidate Barack Obama.

[PGR88]

Most of the homosexuals I meet are a little, or a lot, crazy. Besides the sexual aspect, they have many odd habits and manias.

This is just another example.

[DJ MacWoW]

I feel sorry for the kid. He learned a terrible lesson and in the publics eye.

[DJ MacWoW]

Agreed.

[svcw]

Why is this still a story?
Te’o knew it was a lie, he kept lying.......
((eye roll))

[TMA62]

Sounds like a typical Notre Dame fan. That place is becoming more of a soap opera with each passing day.

[1rudeboy]

Someone please help me out here: so does this mean the guy fabricated the girl so that he could flirt with the other guy online? I haven’t been following this story.

[onyx]

Ronaiah Tuiasosopo

[DJ MacWoW]

Sounds as if it needs more soap and less opera.

[DJ MacWoW]

Yes.

[onyx]

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[alloysteel]

I dunno about athletes being better or more talented liars than congresscritters. Sen. Robert Menendez seems to be fending off charges that he was making use of underaged prostitutes in the Dominican Republic.

But the realities keep intruding on his denials.

[1rudeboy]

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