Netflix’s documentary ‘Untold’ About Catfishing With Manti Te’o

Netflix’s documentary ‘Untold’ Talks About Catfishing With Manti Te’o

Te’o had an online relationship with a fake girl named Lennay Kekua who he said had died which was also not true.

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Te’o in the Netflix documentary says he got easily persuaded about his fake girlfriend as in 2009 nobody knew what catfishing was.

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Netflix is now making a documentary on the whole episode in which it shows that Te’o’s problem was bigger than just Facebook messages.

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All of this began during his freshman year when Te’o received a Facebook friend request from a girl he believed to be Lennay Kekua.

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He was tricked into believing that she had things in common with him, namely, his Polynesian background and religious upbringing.

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Te’o, in Netflix’s documentary, reveals how the whole scandal shook his self-confidence and affected his football performance and success.

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