Manti Teo has finally spoken publicly to "heal" thecatfish fishing scandal that hijacked his life 10 years ago, Line says. Bakker said in an interview.
Theo was with the Saints in 2017 on "CBS Morning" when teammate Cam Jordan brought many players to a Jay-Z concert and the rap star said, " You can't heal what you don't reveal."
"Random for everyone. It may have been a nasty word, but for me at the time it hit me like a bunch of bricks.I needed to uncover it," said Theo.
"At this point, I challenged myself to speak openly and have difficult conversations if anyone asked or questioned about it. And I felt empowered to do so. Get out of talking about it.”
Te'o participated in the Netflix two-part documentary The story, titled "Untold: The Girlfriend Who Never Existed." In 2012, when the linebacker was a senior at Notre Dame, he said his grandmother and girlfriend Renai Kekua had died.Theo was said to have had a serious car accident before being diagnosed with leukemia. I was only in touch with Kekua virtually.
The following year, Deadspin reported that the person behind Kekua's online her persona was Ronaiah Tuiasosopo, a native of Seattle.
"He didn't know what to believe," said Theo. "You wouldn't expect someone to say, 'Hey, someone died,' and three months later say, 'Someone's alive.' What do you do with that information?
He told CBS He once bought a plane ticket to see Kekua there.
"The excuse was, 'Oh, my family is sick.' Someone was in the hospital." he said. "And for my part, I don't go, 'Prove it.' Bears 2020. He added that he felt the story overshadowed his grandmother, who died during the 2012 season.
"If there's anything I want to do, I've lost that kind of respect for my grandmother over the last 10 years," he said. "Because I lost her grandmother."
