Untold

source: Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn't Exist

A wild but well told story, the documenters did a good job of staying unbiased and giving both party's their due air time. Hearing both side simultaneously makes it easy to understand where each person was coming from. You cant help for Manti, catfishing gone way too far.

I've never watched an NFL game (I watch real football!) nor heard of Manti T'eo before. That meant I could watch this without knowing the outcome first. It was enjoyable, but it was also similar to an episode of Catfish. What made this for me was Manti himself. What a lovely chap. 7/10 for the programme. 10/10 for Manti.

Manti Teo's story was was excellent, but the directors didn't put the wrapping paper on an otherwise excellent documentary. 1) Naya is not held accountable whatsoever. She has no remorse and the producers never pressured her to see if she understood the gravity of the situation or what she did. A huge miss. She gets off easy. 2) The media is let off easy as well. They ruined this guys life, take none of the blame for not fact checking anything and get off scot free. 3) Where the hell is the video package at the end showing Manti Teo having some success in the NFL or talking about how he's married with a child. It just ends with him crying and cutting to an ad. Absurd!

This is yet another example of how a catfish has no real repercussions for their actions. I feel so much empathy for Manti Te'O. It's almost impossible to understand what it's like to be catfished and it's always those of who have been there that end up with all the repercussions. That catfish just went on with life but cost Manti so much.

The way this documentary is organized does keep you glued if you initially know nothing about it. You stick to it wanting to find out why such a seemingly smart, accomplished guy would fall for this. The answers do come slowly, but the ending leaves a lot to be desired. I just hope that Manti Te'o gets some form of redemption now that he has realized his mistakes, stupidity, and losses. The offender, though, deserves zero sympathy. It's good to hear from the horse's mouth what compelled him/her to do this, but I hope his/her appearance on this documentary only leads to his/her own reputation to further spiral downwards, as a form of karmic retribution.

This documentary should have been the opportunity for Manti to speak out, but it was vastly overshadowed by his perpetrator's attempt to justify her actions because she was a confused person at the time. Just because you are a part of a marginalized group does not make you a good person. 'Naya' is a deeply disturbed person who created an elaborate scheme (on purpose!) to satisfy her own needs - which she admitted in the series. She shows absolutely no remorse, made no apology and really doesn't take any accountability for the sick, twisted web of lies she weaved. Oh, and she involved a CHILD in this fake relationship persona she crafted. Sick, grotesque are the best words I can use to describe her and I don't feel they adequately sum up what an evil and manipulative thing she did to Manti. She had every opportunity to come clean and take ownership, but didn't. She even had the nerve to be upset with Manti for releasing the voicemails she left him so he could try and prove how convincing she was as a woman over the phone. How is this not victim blaming?! Add on the morally-deprived so called "journalists" at Deadspin who feel there is a time limit on someone's choice to respond to their personal life and the other major media outlets like CNN and Sports Illustrated and trusted names like Katie Couric and Anderson Cooper who not only regurgitated the lies but were part of the camp who went as far to question Manti's sexually and the sheep-like mentality of the general public who will just believe everything they hear......I mean, how can you not feel for the poor guy? Was he naive - yes. Did he deserve to be publicly ridiculed and crucified, ultimately leading to ruining his life? I hope the the majority would agree that the answer is a clear NO.

Discover who you really are inside by stalking, catfishing and nearly ruining a man's life! That person isn't mentally ill they are weak, passive aggressive, selfish, resentful and live in a fantasy world. I don't remember any of this as it happened. I wish I never had. This could have been 15 minutes.

...the amorphous midgender criminal. But liked the parts with Manti. Would've been MUCH better without "Lennay" the liar having so much screen time. She/he is hard to look at.

I had somewhat sympathy toward that Ronaiah guy up until the moment he imitated a dying girlfriend's breath stunt on the phone FOR MORE THAN A MONTH!!! What is this? How deeply troubled you must be to carry something like this on? It would be more decent if he just cut him loose or ghosted him. I don't care if he is a transgender. I don't care if he is an alien from Saturn. He is just a bad person. There is a good expression "someone's heart is in the right place" His heart is in the very wrong place.