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Ronaiah Tuiasosopo: Confused, Possibly Gay

Posted on January 30, 2013 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

According to Manti Te’o , he is not gay. In fact, he is far, far, far from gay . But Ronaiah Tuiasosopo? The man who has admitted to being behind the Manti Te’o girlfriend hoax that rocked a school and a country? Ronaiah Tuiasosopo Interview Tease In a preview of the interview that will run later this week, Dr. Phil appeared this morning on The Today Show and said of Ronaiah: “Here we have a young man that fell deeply, romantically in love,” he says, adding of the taped Q&A: “I ask him straight up… was this a romantic relationship with you? And he says, ‘Yes.'” So Phil followed up: “I said, are you then, therefore, gay? And he says, ‘Well, when you put it that way, yes.'” But the psychologist said Tuiasosopo then “caught himself” and clarified: “I am confused.” That much is certain. Phil says the 22-year old admitted to running the scheme, accepting responsibility but also saying a handful of life experiences have “damaged” him across the board. That much, sadly, is also certain.

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Diane O’Meara Identified as Fake Manti Te’o Girlfriend, Furious at Ronaiah Tuiasosopo

Posted on January 23, 2013 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Unbeknownst to her, Diane O’Meara played a critical role in the Manti Te’o girlfriend hoax. O’Meara, a 23-year old marketing executive in Los Angeles, appeared on The Today Show this morning and confirmed her photo was the one used – without her knowledge – in creating Lennay Kekua . The photograph (below) was taken off her Facebook page by Ronaiah Tuiasosopo and passed off as Kekua to Te’o. O’Meara adds that Tuiasosopo called to admit his role in the scheme and apologize for it the day this bizarre story broke. “I don’t think there’s anything he could say to me that would fix this,” said O’Meara. O’Meara went to high school in California with Tuiasosopo, but emphasizes that the pair is not close. He has not spoken out since this scandal hit, but may do so this week. Te’o, meanwhile, will give his first on-camera interview to Katie Couric Thursday.

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Diane O’Meara Identified as Fake Manti Te’o Girlfriend, Furious at Ronaiah Tuiasosopo

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Ronaiah Tuiasosopo Solely to Blame for Manti Te’o Girlfriend Hoax, Source Says

Posted on January 18, 2013 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

An anonymous source tells ESPN that the Manti Te’o girlfriend hoax was perpetrated entirely by Ronaiah Tuiasosopo , and that the star Notre Dame linebacker played no role at all in the widely-publicized scam. The unnamed woman alleges to be an acquaintance of Tuiasosopo. She told the network that this 22-year old California resident phoned her in early December and offered up a tearful confession. “He told me that Manti was not involved at all, he was a victim… The girlfriend was a lie, the accident was a lie, the leukemia was a lie,” said the woman. “He was crying, he was literally crying, he’s like ‘I know, I know what I have to do.'” Tuiasosopo supposedly said he had “Catfished” not just Te’o, but multiple others as well over the years. Outside the Lines , meanwhile, spoke to a pair of individuals who also claim they had a hoax pulled over on them – both by Tuiasosopo and both using the name Lennay Kekua. Tuiasosopo has not commented publicly since this story came out and his name became linked with Te’o, Kekua and the entire sordid mess. The original Deadspin.com article cited Tuiasosopo as playing a role in the situation, but also quoted an insider who was “80%” sure he had been working with Manti. So now the question remains: Whish is more likely, Te’o being Catfished or Te’o Catfishing the media?

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Ronaiah Tuiasosopo: Behind the Manti Te’o Girlfriend Hoax?

Posted on January 17, 2013 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

With Manti Te’o expected to speak later today and address the girlfriend hoax that has left a country baffled, let’s turn our attention for a moment over to Ronaiah Tuiasosopo . A 22-year old whose relatives include a pair of former NFL players, Tuiasosopo played high school football in California and is reportedly a huge fan of USC. Many believe he has either been working with Te’o on this cover-up or he’s the “Catfish” behind the scam and has been posing as Lennay Kekua for years in order to punish Te’o for choosing Notre Dame over USC. The original Deadspin article that broke this hoax lists Tuiasosopo as the individual who obtained the photo that was believed to be Lennay, the one associated with her Twitter and Facebook accounts (above). TMZ, meanwhile, has posted a long article that details the story of a Notre Dame fan who thought she was interacting online for weeks with Lennay’s sister – but when she arranged to meet the sibling at a football game, Tuiasosopo showed up instead. Ronaiah “made it seem as if he was a member of Kekua’s family,” the TMZ report reads, with that site’s source providing it with the phone number she was given to call Lennay’s sister. It is registered to a man named Titus Tuiasosopo, Ronaiah’s dad. Tuiasosopo has not spoken about his alleged connection to the hoax yet, but the question at this point doesn’t seem to be whether or not he was involved. Merely whether or not he was working with or against Manti Te’o.