Two Days After He Knew It Was A Hoax, Here’s Manti Te’o Talking About Losing “My Girlfriend” [[Update]]: Also On 12/9
Te’o was speaking to a reporter before the Heisman trophy ceremony in New York City. The video, which comes via South Bend’s local CBS affiliate WSBT, was recorded on Dec. 8, two days after the Notre Dame athletic department said Te’o learned of the supposed hoax. Update. He also mentioned her Sunday December 9th.
On December 8th he said: “I don’t like cancer at all. I lost both my grandparents and my girlfriend to cancer.”
Via: Andrew Kaczynski
On Sunday December 9th Te’o said his girlfriend “made me promise, when it happened, that I would stay and play.”
Here’s the December 9th quote according to the LA Times.
The 2012 season was a Manti Te’o story book, although not all of the chapters were positive. On Sept. 12, within hours, he was given news that his grandmother in Hawaii and his girlfriend at Stanford had died, the latter after a battle with cancer.
He said girlfriend Lennay Kekau “made me promise, when it happened, that I would stay and play,” Te’o said Sunday night.
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erinkcorbett 4 months agowait… so in one interview he says she died from complications while she was in a coma from a car accident and now she died of cancer? poor imaginary girl…
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Andrew Kaczynski 4 months ago
He told Notre Dame December 26th. ND says he found out it was a hoax December 6th.
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emaka 4 months ago
Even with just 2 days learning that it was all just one big joke don’t you think it still hasn’t sunk it yet? That he’s still processing it with his emotions. That there are lame ass people that exist to play on people’s feelings and sadly they don’t care. He’s young and he’s trying to figure things out. He not only is trying to be strong for himself to face this humiliation but also for the sake of Notre Dane and his family.
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