"I hate fake people. It's like they're not there when you're talking to them," says Manti Te’o in this Funny or Die eHarmony parody.
If the whole Manti Te'o debacle has got you scratching your head because you don't have time to read large, uninterrupted blocks of text ... here's a cartoon!
The Manti Te'o girlfriend hoax story is the weirdest thing to happen since the Charlie Sheen spin-out. People keep looking for photos of her, and we found a few to prove that she does exist. Check them out after the jump.
By now, you’ve probably heard the bizarre tale about how Manti Te’o’s late girlfriend was made up. A sham. Completely unreal. Kind of like Notre Dame’s chances in the national championship game against Alabama.
Manti Te'o story and his fake girlfriend (pictured hugging above) transcends sports. Everyone wants the real story. So they go to the only credible news source available -- the internet.
Many people felt for Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o when he lost both his grandmother, and his girlfriend in a span of just a few hours. As it turns out, the whole girlfriend thing was totally made up.
In early September, Notre Dame linebacker and Heisman Trophy candidate Manti Te’o—just days after learning of the death of his girlfriend—led the Fighting Irish to an emotional upset of then-#10 Michigan State. However, in one of the most bizarre twists we’ve seen in college football, it now appears that the whole story about a dying girlfriend was a hoax.
While all eyes in the college football world will be on Saturday night’s presentation of the Heisman Trophy, Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o holds a big lead in postseason hardware after taking home three trophies—including two national player of the year awards—during last night's college football awards show. He has now won six major awards since the end of the regular season.