Manti Te’o has one of the most bizarre stories of any college football or NFL player. He was the victim of a very publicized catfishing scandal that made him the target of cruel and harmful attacks on social media.
However, that was over ten years ago, and it would have likely been mostly forgotten if not for the Netflix documentary “Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn’t Exist,” which told the entire story.
Now, after an eight-year playing career that ended in 2020, Te’o has switched to television and will even occasionally appear on “Good Morning Football”. On Friday, he made his first appearance, having a friendly game of trivia about Notre Dame football with Kyle Brandt.
It led to this hilarious moment of Te’o saying, “I haven’t Googled myself since 2013…. for obvious reasons.”
If you were wondering if Manti Te’o has Google Alerts for his name. Well… https://t.co/7XWIGNhUFK pic.twitter.com/sDJd5r33qu
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He was clearly joking about the catfishing situation, which got everyone in the studio and online laughing.“It is refreshing Manti can laugh and have a good sense of humor about himself,” one commenter said
“He is a great guest, and its nice to see people come out of the other end of a bad situation and be able to laugh about it,” said another.
Despite how horrible the situation was, it’s great to see he has made some sort of peace with it.
Manti Te’o Had A Pretty Solid NFL Career
When all that drama was happening, Te’o was nearing the end of his college career and getting ready to join the NFL. If not for it, he would have likely been a first-round pick but instead fell to No. 38 with the San Diego Chargers.
