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8:01 am - 01/18/2013

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Manti TE'o: I Lied....BUT I HAD TO

Manti Te'o is telling friends ... he knew the truth about Lennay Kekua in early December ... but continued the lie for 20 days for the sake of his team.

Sources connected to Te'o say ... it's true what ND Athletic Director Jack Swarbrick aid Wednesday night, that Manti realized he had been hoaxed on Dec. 6, when he got a phone call from "Lennay" ... months after he thought she was dead. But sources tell us ... Manti didn't tell his coaches about the hoax until Dec. 26 ... because he thought it would be a huge distraction while the team prepared to face Alabama in the BCS Championship. During the 20 days, we're told Manti struggled over how to handle the situation ... but eventually felt compelled to come clean to his coaches.

Manti is currently training for the NFL combine -- and we're told he's getting a lot of support from the guys he's been training with.

Source

please dumbass, you lied because you never thought it would come to light.
lestat 18th-Jan-2013 02:26 pm (UTC)
no, 99% of my irl friends know me online. it's more like i talk to random ppl and then lead them down a rabbit hole of "LOL THIS IS COMMON INTERNET BEHAVIOR". it's amazing how many regular people just do not know that people tend to pull this online.

unless you meant i outted myself as a sock in which case i've never been a sock. it's more of telling people about things like msscribe

Edited at 2013-01-18 02:27 pm (UTC)
mynamehere07 18th-Jan-2013 02:29 pm (UTC)
I see, I misunderstood your first post. People who only go to facebook have no idea what kind of crazy shit happens. I shudder at the thought of my copypasta crazy coworkers to ever venture onto the likes of tumblr or ONTD.
lestat 18th-Jan-2013 02:33 pm (UTC)
no problem, it's early and i'm only semi coherent. they reaaalllyy don't know. sometimes i think they're better off but when things like cancer patients get scammed en masse, i feel people should know.
mynamehere07 18th-Jan-2013 02:45 pm (UTC)
Internet Munchhausen is a scary thing, because they prey on support groups and end up causing a lot of damage in their wake. It's one thing to be like "Oh, people think I look like Stacey Dash," or even have socks to drum up internet dramaz. But it's a whole different level of messed to pretend to have a serious illness for sympathy.
amor143x 18th-Jan-2013 02:45 pm (UTC)
it's amazing how many regular people just do not know that people tend to pull this online.

my friend is really into college football so this is all over her radar and she was like ~this is the CRAZIEST story ever omg!!!!1 and i told her this stuff happens all the time and told her about other stories that are internet famous and she couldn't believe it.
lestat 18th-Jan-2013 02:47 pm (UTC)
it is so amazing ppl don't know this.
wauwy 18th-Jan-2013 03:14 pm (UTC)
msscribe is the ultimate Catfish saga imo. So well-written, too.
invitroblossoms 18th-Jan-2013 07:26 pm (UTC)
I really need to go back and re-read/ finish that. I got about half way through a couple of months ago and fell asleep and forgot to go back and finish reading it until this mess blew up.
andieray 18th-Jan-2013 11:11 pm (UTC)
you're totally a sock lestat, stop
lestat 18th-Jan-2013 11:12 pm (UTC)
takes one to know one, scar
cupkate 19th-Jan-2013 06:38 am (UTC)
omg Lestat I'm so into you. A/S/L?
andieray 19th-Jan-2013 02:08 pm (UTC)
I just thought the wording was funny. LOL I don't think you're a sockpuppet.
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