Manti Te’o Isn’t Exactly The Kind Of Guy I Pictured Having An Imaginary Girlfriend

I’m not a big sports guy, so it’s taken me a little while to figure out what everyone has been talking about. However, I’ve finally looked enough to find a few things out. Conclusion? I have to say that Manti Te’o isn’t really the sort of guy I imagined having an imaginary girlfriend.

Now, I’m still not sure whether Te’o was in on the hoax or not. This still seems up in the air. If so, my opinion of him would go down and I’m not even sure what to think about that. If not, then I feel bad for the guy because his pain would not have been fake. Even in that case, though, he isn’t exactly the sort of guy I’d imagine having an online relationship that turned out not to be real.

I’m sure you all know (or can click the link about, Manti Te’o supposedly had an online girlfriend named Lennay Kekua who supposedly died of leukemia just hours after Te’os grandmother died (my certain sympathy to him for his grandmother who was most certainly real and most certainly did pass on). Only, turns out the girl wasn’t real. It still seems uncertain whether Te’o knew or not.

Regardless, isn’t it supposed to be nerdy dorks like me that invent imaginary girlfriends or get taken in by fake girls online? Remember Brian Johnson’s girlfriend in Breakfast Club? “She lives in Canada, met her at Niagara Falls. You wouldn’t know her.” But, Te’o isn’t a nerdy little dork. He may be just a college player for now, but he’s an immensely charismatic football star. He’s a jock, one of the cool kids.

I mean, I feel bad for the guy if he got taken in (though not bad if he made things up). Still, it seems weird for this to be happening to a jock star instead of some schmo like me (incidentally, my wife is real).