On Tuesday, Netflix debuted a documentary in its Untold series titled, The Girlfriend Who Didn’t Exist, detailing Manti Te’o’s catfishing ordeal. The response has been overwhelmingly positive, with Te’o finally getting some support across the country.
On Saturday, the former Notre Dame linebacker took to Instagram to thank everybody who has offered him messages of support over the past few days.
“I just wanted to come out here real quick to give a heartfelt thank you to everybody who has come through and has shown so much love to me and my family, for your messages, for your comments,” Te’o said in the video. “It’s been amazing to me to hear the battles that we’re all facing, the challenges that we’re facing in our lives at this time and how the documentary has given some of us hope, the extra push just to keep going, if there’s anything that I wanted from this thing was just to give some of us hope who needed it, to tell those who needed some love that they’re loved, and to help them to forgive.”
The release of this documentary may just change how he is viewed since the catfishing ordeal.
Te’o has made a total of 307 tackles in his NFL career. He is now married to Jovi Nicole Engbino, a personal trainer and beauty consultant.
