Manti Te'o conducted his first interview since it was revealed that his deceased girlfriend was a hoax. And during the interview with ESPN's Jeremy Schaap, Te'o denied being behind the hoax (via Brett McMurphy of ESPN).Former Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o, who has kept a low profile following the news that his girlfriend never existed, spoke Friday evening, saying that he was the victim of the hoax, not one of its perpetrators. "I wasn't faking it," he said in anIf the Notre Dame linebacker at the center of the "girlfriend hoax" story indeed constructed an elaborate cover story for his gay closet, as so many gay men do in worlds that demand they be heterosexual, the emotional jolt ofNotre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o insisted he had no role in the bizarre hoax involving his "dead" girlfriend and told ESPN on Friday night that he was duped by a person who has since apologized to him. In an off-camera interview with ESPN on FridayMany aspects of the life story of Manti Te'o's supposed girlfriend are similar to events in the life of Ronaiah Tuiasosopo who according to reports was the person behind the hoax.
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