Nev Schulman, the creator of both the movie and TV series Catfish (which has been the natural comparison for the crazy Te'o hoax story) talked to MTV News about the whole situation.
"My reaction is, quite frankly, no different from my reaction on the show. It doesn't really change anything for me that this victim is a high-profile football player. I think it can and obviously does happen to anyone," Schulman said. "When you make a connection with someone online, oftentimes it feels a little limited, but also safe. And people, strangely, are more comfortable sharing information about themselves sometimes with strangers online, simply because it's someone who is outside of their normal circle of friends, much in the same way you share things with a therapist. People get very close with these online friends.
"I very much got sucked into a relationship — it wasn't my intention, but it happened to me — and it happens slowly over time," he continued. "And, of course, when you read an article all at once where it reveals all these stories and all these details, it seems crazy, but in the process of it, as it happens very slowly, things don't seem so crazy. And then, of course, when you look at it all in one snapshot, it does sort of seem kind of unbelievable."
You can read more from Schulman over at MTV.com.