NFL linebacker Manti Te'o fell victim to a catfishing scandal in 2013 that's now the subject of a Netflix documentary. The same Polynesian identity and culture that drew him to his catfish is now helping him heal years later.
Te’o, whose 2013 ordeal is the subject of a recent Netflix documentary, said his healing involved looking toward the "purest" parts of his culture.National Football League linebacker Manti Te’o says he’s moved past it all — almost. And it’s thanks, in part, to what he describes as embracing the “aloha spirit.”
Te’o told NBC Asian America that as a football player who grew up in a tight-knit Pacific Islander community in Hawaii, it was Kekua’s shared Polynesian identity that was an undeniable factor in drawing him in. He said he felt a sort of unspoken connection with the fictional Kekua, who purported to attend Stanford University and whose Samoan background meant they had the same “pillars of culture.” There was just an understanding between them, Te’o said.
“I’m telling you, I’m not proud and not happy with the decisions I made in that time,” Tuiasosopo said in the documentary. “I don’t care what Manti’s sex life is. I don’t care what Ronaiah’s sex life is. That wasn’t our motivation at all,” Dickey said. “If anyone cared about that stuff, they were wrong to care about that stuff.”
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