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KATIE COURIC ASKS MANTI TE’O IF HE’S GAY, HIS ANSWER SPEAKS VOLUM

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The long-awaed Katie Couric-Manti Te’o terview aired this afternoon, and for people who have followed the story of the bizarre hoax that led to Te’o claimg to have a girliend who didn’t exist, not a lot of new ground was broken: Te’o is stickg to his story that he was a victim, not a perpetrator, of the hoax, while acknowledgg that he did lie to his fay about havg met his nonexistent girliend person, and that he lied to the media even after learng that she didn’t one brief exchange wh the terview has people talkg: Couric asked Te’o, “Are you gay?

REVISG MANTI TE’O AND THE GAY QUTN

Far om , ” Te’o emphasis Te’o placed on beg “far om” gay was strikg.

But when Couric asked Te’o if he’s gay, Te’o took umbrage. But don’t dare ll me gay.

THE BIGGT MYTH ABOUT GAY SEX

And that may say a lot about how a gay player would be treated the Natnal Football League.

Although there have been enuragg stori recently about more acceptg attus NFL locker rooms, we may still be a long way off om a day when a football player uld answer the qutn, “Are you gay?

” wh a simple, “Y” and not fear beg shunned by teammat, downgrad by ach and heckled by bad news is that Te’o seems to thk that if you’re an aspirg profsnal football player, you’re better off beg labeled naive and stupid than gay.

THE NFL IS AAID OF MANTI TE'O BEG GAY, BUT NOT RECG CRIMALS

As a closeted sophomore llege, was eply unsettlg to watch the Manti Te’o story unfold.

IS MANTI TE’O GAY?

Was Te’o volved an elaborate ploy to ver up that he’s gay?

At that pot, there had never been an out gay player the NFL. There were few out gay male pro athlet general.

The gay qutn was treated as an accatn.

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