OT: Manti Te'o Netflix Documentary
"Untold: The Story of the Girlfriend Who Didn't Exist"... surprised it even took this long.
Promises to be the feel good hit of the summer! I'm already a fan of the deadly-serious soundtrack that would also be appropriate for other monumentally tragic narratives as genocide, war, and nonfunctioning McDonald's soft serve ice cream machines.
Drops August 16th.
Wasn't his girlfriend a cousin of Marcus Tuiasosopo?
Yeah, he put on some weight in that above photo.
"She was an 80's heartthrob, but she has let herself Go."
Still has to be one of the strangest stories.
I suspected ESPN was just trying to create a feel good story. All blew up in their face when it turned out to be a catfish
It really would have been a made for TV story if it was Michael Sam on the other line.
Feel like the Benny Hill theme song would've been a more appropriate soundtrack
*EDIT: on second thought, the Curb theme song would also work here.
With Leon as narrator: “This motherfucker actually thought he was talking to his sweetheart!”
There's a name we haven't heard of in a minute
Haha well said on the soundtrack. I've taken notice that strings, 80s synth,, and good bass/percussion under tracks have really taken over for soundtracks the past couple years. I.e. many or Netflix stuff is sounding similar. Many are good and well produced. Just not always...fitting.
It’s no wonder Netflix is bleeding subscribers…
Is it called "Go Fish"?
yikes. no wonder netflix is circling the drain.
It is up 12 percent today dude
Yeah that was classic Wall St. They put out guidance last quarter that they expected to lose 2 million subscribers this quarter. Then results came in and they "only" lost 970k subs and the stock zooms. Shrewd.
Wall Street is all about managing expectations.
That is one way to put it.
The stock zoomed because the market had priced in a worse case and it wasn't as bad as expected. No one who works at Netflix and has insider information was allowed to trade on the expectation of value before today's announcement. This is how all of this works and it's usually fairly well regulated.
To hell with Manti Te'o and his fictional love interest.
Agreed. Fuck this guy and fuck Notre Dame more.
Far be it from me to dictate what goes on between two consenting adults behind closed doors, but you'd think that Lenny K woulda taken care of the former.
Yeah, and Brian Kelly took care of the latter.
Are we sure the ND Heisman Hype Machine didn't have a role? IIRC, ESPN or TMZ broke the story after awards season.
And golden domers were crying he didn't win the Heisman and go round 1 when his season was entirely based on awful throws into his chest.
Still not as perplexing as the Michigan gameplan against Manti Teo, when Denard was lined up under center eating blitzes all game. That game got Manti a trip to the Heisman Ceremony.
I like this one, too:
We can laugh at the Domers in our lives all over again over this. Manti Te'o can diagnose the wing-t and the wishbone but totally misses the catfish. OOOOOH!
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it would be hilarious if you turned on the documentary and it was a black screen for 2 hours. it never existed.
If it smells like catfish, there’s probably something wrong.
Maybe he blew her up, literally!!!
Meet me in the locker room!!!
Manti is an idiot.
Rudy is an asshole.
Hey, Rudy *WAS* an asshole, he really matured after his trip to Mordor
One does not simply walk onto Notre Dame?
Rudy is more fictional than Manti’s gf.
Remarkable how he was the feel good story for an entire month leading up to the national title game. ESPN plastered him everywhere, he was at the Heisman ceremony, America’s darling.
And then, boom. All gone.
Alabama rings your bell from start to finish, and then we all find out you’ve been catfished by a girlfriend who didn’t exist. You go from being beloved to a laughingstock at the flip of a switch.
Doesn’t seem like a bad guy, but unfortunately was duped and was already an embarrassing enough situation if it was kept private. And now the whole country knows and you’re subject of daily ridicule, memes, and mockery from the talking heads.
I feel bad for him. Can you imagine your most embarrassing moment not only made VERY public but also meme'd, catch-phrased and then have a fucking Netflix documentary made to ensure nobody forgets it?
People have offed themselves over much less humiliation. I cant even imagine what it must feel like for that poor SOB.
Agreed. I feel bad for him too. Imagine if this happened to one of your kids? Domer or not, he didn't deserve this.
I agree in a sense, but the flip side is that prior to (and frankly, even subsequent to) the catfishing, the dude has led a pretty gilded life, full of adulation, and is a multimillionaire thanks to football. I feel bad in the teeniest sense, but then I think that 99.9% of the population would trade places with his life in an instant, and I feel less bad.
Agreed, although to be fair it looks like based off the trailer that he’s participating in the documentary so at least to some extent he’s okay with it.
I’m sure he prefers the whole situation never happened, but he’s not hiding from it anyway, and I’ve got to commend him for that. He could’ve just pulled a Chris Webber and hid away from the documentary entirely.
I’m sure the money that Netflix is paying him probably isn’t bad, either.
All this reminds me of our own mini saga. Anyone remember this?
https://www.michigandaily.com/uncategorized/02-michigan-football-denies…
It was somewhat mischaracterized as catfishing, but basically what happened is the coaches had a grad assistant friend players on social media to teach them how to present themselves on such. Which honestly isn't a terrible idea!
Problem was that Dave Brandon once again had to be the smartest guy in the room and bragged about it to everyone, as he does, and turned a non-story into a story.
I am going to sound like an old dude (which I am) but it’s awfully hard to get catfished when you see somebody at the soda fountain and discreetly inquire about him/her and then make your intentions known politely. When the heck did this stop being a thing? The digital fools get exactly what they deserve. Also, fuck ND and all who go there