Manti Te’o’s Many Smiles

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When you think of what Manti Te’o allegedly experienced, its pretty easy to understand the emotions one would feel in his situation, if they were duped as he said he was.  You’d experience a lack of trust, self-doubt, and some pretty intense humiliation for falling for such a stun for so long.  You’d feel sadness and anger that the one you thought you “loved” and “mourned” never really existed.  You’d feel completely insecure and likely would have problems talking to people admitting how foolish you were. 

But oddly, Te’o seems to experience NONE of these emotions.

Watch his interview with Katie Couric with the volume off and tell me if you see any of these emotions…

I took some screenshots randomly through his interview. I think you’ll find them quite telling about how Te’o really feels about all of this…

Faces don’t lie! 

It’s a little shocking, isn’t it?  He sure looks like a victim of a sick, twisted hoax.  NOT! 

I’m amazed at how he is “protecting” his perpetrator, too. If you notice he doesn’t say anything negative about him at all nor does he ask any tough question, or demand he come out and speak the truth.  Hmmm…I wonder why?

To read all of my thoughts on Manti Te’o, click on his name below in the labels.

Some of my thoughts on Manti Te’o

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Before Manti ever spoke out on Katie Couric, he was a known liar and he admitted as much.  Not only did he lie once, he did it repeatedly.  According to ABC and CNN, he did three interviews after knowing the truth where he continued to perpetuate the lie voluntarily–where he continued to support his perpetrator in their game against him instead of calling him out or at least remaining silent in an attempt to coverup what happened.  It defies logic.

The first time was on December 8, 2012. The second one was December 11 (a newspaper interview which I have not located according to ABC news), and the last was with the New York Post on December 30  (scroll down to see quote).

Why would Manti, if he was legitimately duped by a scammer, continue to talk about the scam as if it never happened?  He is in essence supporting the perpetrator by doing this!

Manti never tells us that he was in denial about what happened.  He said he was confused, but if he was confused, why didn’t he demand answers from the perpetrator and/or keep silent until he figured it all out?  That is what honest people would do.

No, instead Manti does something that makes no sense –he keeps volunteering to talk about the fictitious person Lennay who he knew didn’t exist.  Honest people who were victims of this “story” Manti wants us to believe he was a victim of would never do this. Ever. It’s absolutely mind-insulting rubbish!  When we are embarrassed, we stop talking and we retreat. We don’t keep furthering the lie we’ve been told because it is flat out too painful.

This story isn’t just a story of a man who falls for a woman on internet, she dies and he finds out she is alive.
Oh no, its much more grandiose than that.  A man falls madly in love for a woman who he NEVER MEETS, she gets into a car accident and nearly dies, but he NEVER cares enough to go see her ever, and offers every excuse under the sun as to why they couldn’t arrange to meet (and they aren’t even logical reasons). Then she gets cancer.  Yeah, really! And then goes into a COMA–amazingly horrible luck, wouldn’t you say, and she miraculously comes out of he coma when he is talking to her on the phone (WHAT ARE THE ODDS?), and she then gets sent home from the hospital.  She leaves him a voice message that day, all feminine and sweet and sounding in good health (but oh don’t forget she is a man), and then, oops, she dies overnight unexpectedly.

You’d think that was quite a story, wouldn’t you?  But oh no, that is not the half of it. SHE actually calls him back and says SHE is alive.  That is huge, but finding out you weren’t in love with a woman BUT A MAN, wouldn’t that be equally or even more DEVASTATING?

If you notice, however, Manti never talks about his conversation with the GUY who duped him. He conveniently forgets that. He talks about HER calling him back saying she was alive but nothing else.  Yes, he conveniently forgets so many things, I could write a novel about this twisted individual. He has no memory of any actual conversations. He only recollects concepts and not conversations.

If people were to put themselves in Manti’s shoes and buy his “story” which is all it is, they would see that few people would come out unscathed and smiling like Manti. No, if we were duped for months by someone like Manti was, a normal honest person would come out seriously affected and likely emotionally damaged. They would have a horrible time trusting people again. They would feel outrageously and off-the-charts stupid and dumb. They would have no self-esteem to even be seen in public let alone talk about it. To simply say the word “Lennay” would be so painful it would bring people to dripping tears, if not even suicidal. But not Manti. He is always the exception time and time again, and when we see this many exceptions, the chances that this is a sick out-of-control lie skyrocket, folks, and we are on the moon already.

Imagine you were just told you won the lottery in an email and you believed it.  You tell the world that you have won a million bucks.  You get so happy, feel so good and then boom, you find out it was a scam. You didn’t win anything.  You were taken by an Algerian scam.  Are you going to go on TV and do interviews about other things AND bring up how you are still a winner?  Clearly you can see the insanity of this!  Of course you wouldn’t, if you were honest! If you were part of the scam, well, you might just keep perpetuating the story.

When I watched Katie Couric, every single word and movement of Teo wreaked of deception.  There wasn’t a sentence that supported the truth. Not one.  I will write about that next.

I feel so violated by Manti Te’o

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I just finished watching the hour long show with Katie Couric, and I can’t believe what I just saw.  I am speechless.

This is one of the most unbelievable interviews I think I have seen in every sense of the word.

It was so surreal if I didn’t know any better I’d think I just took some psychedelic drug. I know I did not, but man that interview was beyond bizarre.

Tell me you saw through him. Please?  I need that for my sanity right now.

To say I’m disgusted would be an understatement. If you sit here next to me right now, I couldn’t wipe that expression off my face if I tried–not for all the tea in China. 

Just wow.

I’ve watched hundreds of people in interviews over the years, and this one is one of the most disturbing I’ve seen in a long time.

Does that give you a sense of what I think of Manti? 

Steve Harvey Full of Emotion

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This is a great video where Steve Harvey gets surprised on his show.  His reaction in this video is fascinating to watch because at first you don’t know what is going on.  You can see Steve is getting overwhelmed but he is tense so you can’t help but wonder if this a positive connection or a negative one.

What is the first time you know before Steve says a word if this is a positive or negative experience for him?

Stop reading this if you want to look and come back.

Granted, the stranger in the video says, “Do you still love me baby?” so you get a huge hint there, but Steve’s reaction really makes you wonder if he feels the same way, doesn’t it?  So at what point does he confirm this is a positive experience for him?

At point thirty-three into the video, Steve turns his head and as he does there is a very slight upturn of the lips (very slight) and then five seconds later (point thirty eight), we see sadness envelope Steve in the eyes. They droop dramatically.  Then a second or two later the tears come and his eyebrows, while very bushy, go oblique.

When his friend says, “I’m waiting for my answer buddy” I’m on the tip of my toes.  What is Steve going to say?  He then lifts his eyebrows, which shows his second positive response, and third, the tone of his voice cues up positively when he says back, “Hey man”.

When Steve starts talking about his struggles, you can feel the pain in voice, can’t you?

This is a great emotional video, and a beautiful story about how one man helped out another in need and Steve never forgot that.

I have had three absolutely beautiful human beings support me in my efforts to share my abilities with others.  When I thought no one would ever see what I could do or ever believe in me, these three men did and it has been through their constant belief in me, support and encouragement that doors and opportunities have opened for me.  I saw one of them yesterday and the other back in November. One I have yet to meet, but I am looking forward to the day I get too.  These three men believe in me, give me confidence and encourage me when I need a lift and even when I don’t. Their spirits have each touched me deeply and I value them tremendously.  They have been so generous and kind to me. I will always be grateful.

My three heros are Steve, Demetri and Daren.  Thank you for being there for me. Thank you for believing in me.  Your support means the world to me, and I will never, ever forget what you three have done for me.  I only hope I can return your generous spirit back to you in other ways…

Lie Expert Opinion on Lance Armstrong

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Look at the face of Lance Armstrong in his interview with Oprah last night.  Do you see a man who is upset and hurting that he  viciously bullied people and treated not only his friends and teammates pathetically, but he lied to the world?  Does his face show any regret?

While I would never rely on a still shot to tell me the whole story, Lance has no problem cracking a smile through his entire interview, and worse, he didn’t show an ounce of sadness or regret the entire time. Instead he flashes contempt several times over.  Watch this clip.

Yeah sure, Lance sat down with Oprah and decided to state the obvious for which he could no longer deny to any sane person, but was he sorry for what he did?  I don’t believe so.  Was he sorry he got caught and is paying the ultimate price?  I believe so.

Lance seems actually pleased with what he could pull of, if you ask me.  He is still arrogant, which is one of my biggest indicators someone a high propensity to lie.  He is nowhere near humble–even with all he has been through–which is shocking if you ask me.

And worse, I has highly disturbed that Lance admitted in so many words that he lacked a conscience. When he was asked if he ever felt wrong about what he did, he said no.  When he was asked if he ever felt bad about it, he replied no–scarier.  When Oprah asked did you ever feel like you were cheating?  He said no — scariest.  Yes, this is very scary as he should feel differently now, but clearly his emotions support that he feels the exact same way as he always did. He feels no guilt, shame or regret.  That’s chilling!

While Lance said some of the right words, he also was still notably evasive and refused to discuss certain topics or people.  When someone comes clean — all the way clean — they don’t use these tactics, and these were tactics. When it came to talking about Betsy Andreau, look at what Lance said, “I don’t want to take that on.”  His words say it all. Is that the response of someone who is coming clean and honest?  I don’t think you need me to answer that. He also didn’t want to talk about Dr. Ferrari.

Lance also wanted us to believe he just gave the UCI two checks for $125,000 but they were not to influence his drug test results. When Oprah pointedly asked him in the interview why he gave the money to the organization since we know now know his original reason was a lie, Lance struggled to answer the question. Lance struggles to answer several questions–clearly stuttering for words.  He finally said “because they asked me too”.  I don’t think anyone will ever buy that–and he wants us to accept his apology?

Lance tells us who he is and the picture he himself paints of himself is of someone who is ugly, flawed and untrustworthy.   He even says, “I’m a flawed character…”  As Oprah always says, when someone tells you who they are believe them!

Check back for more. As I see snippets of the interview, I may analyze some for you in the coming days.