Katie Couric to Interview Manti Te'o: Biggest Televised Celeb Interview Ever?

by SodaHead Slideshows Posted 2013/01/21 16:31:52

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Katie Couric-Manti Te'o

Score one for Couric in the fight for celeb interview "gets." The talk-show host will interview the Notre Dame linebacker in his first on-camera TV interview since the fake girlfriend scandal emerged.

Katie Couric-Manti Te'o

Score one for Couric in the fight for celeb interview "gets." The talk-show host will interview the Notre Dame linebacker in his first on-camera TV interview since the fake girlfriend scandal emerged.
Martin Bashir-Michael Jackson

The King of Pop admitted to sharing a bed with children in an interview with British journalist Martin Bashir, which aired on ABC in 2003 (introduced by Barbara Walters).
Oprah-Lance Armstrong

Last week, in what may have been Oprah's Biggest Interview Ever, disgraced cycling champ Lance Armstrong finally admitted to doping -- and lying about doping.
Diane Sawyer-Whitney Houston

In the infamous 2002 interview, the late pop diva told Sawyer that she makes "too much money to ever smoke crack." "Crack is whack," she explained.
Oprah-Tom Cruise

In a 2005 segment on "Oprah," Cruise jumped on Oprah's couch to declare his love for Katie Holmes. And the world never saw him quite the same way ...
Matt Lauer-Tom Cruise

In a 2005 interview, Cruise blasted psychiatry and Brooke Shields and slammed Matt Lauer as "glib."
"Today" show-Charlie Sheen

It's hard to pick the best interview from Sheen's meltdown, but we're partial to the "Today" show clip where he uttered the famous phrase, "Duh, winning."

Katie Couric to Interview Manti Te'o: Biggest Televised Celeb Interview Ever?

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	Katie Couric-Manti Te'o
	Oprah-Lance Armstrong
	Diane Sawyer-Whitney Houston
	Martin Bashir-Michael Jackson
	Oprah-Tom Cruise
	Matt Lauer-Tom Cruise
	"Today" show-Charlie Sheen

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	Katie Couric-Manti Te'o	143 votes	18%
	Oprah-Lance Armstrong	215 votes	27%
	Diane Sawyer-Whitney Houston	74 votes	9%
	Martin Bashir-Michael Jackson	210 votes	26%
	Oprah-Tom Cruise	56 votes	7%
	Matt Lauer-Tom Cruise	20 votes	3%
	"Today" show-Charlie Sheen	79 votes	10%

Score one for Katie Couric in the fight for celebrity interview "gets." The perky talk-show host will interview Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o in his first on-camera TV interview since the mysterious story of his fake dead girlfriend began to unravel, Couric tweeted.

On Friday, Te'o told ESPN that he was not part of an elaborate hoax, but admitted that he "tailored" his stories so people would think he had met "Lennay Kekua," the woman he believed to be his girlfriend but had never met, "before she passed away."

"I wasn't faking it. I wasn't part of this," he said, adding that he had received an apology from alleged hoax mastermind Ronaiah Tuiasosopo, a 22-year-old who lives in California.

Meanwhile, a source told USA TODAY Sports that Te'o's mother had spoken with the person purporting to be Kekua about converting to Mormonism and discussed the Bible with her over text message.

Te'o and his parents will appear on Couric's syndicated talk show on Thursday. But will the interview be more shocking than Diane Sawyer's Whitney Houston interview? Or Oprah's recent chat with Lance Armstrong? From Katie-Manti to Martin Bashir-Michael Jackson, click through our slideshow and let us know: Who landed the biggest celeb interview ever?

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Ev Rom 2013/01/21 20:23:36

Katie Couric-Manti Te'o

+4
This is what makes news now? Pathetic...
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Sid DaBunneh 2013/01/25 06:17:53

Oprah-Tom Cruise

I choose Tombo. Which other interview started a new phrase? Jumping the couch? And how many memes did any of the others inspire? Tombo-Harpo launched a thousand memes.

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AL 2013/01/23 23:08:20

Katie Couric-Manti Te'o

Te'os not just a victim here! Because he said himself,that he met her face to face in California when he played Stanford! That blows this whole victim excuse in itself! I believe he used this story to pump up his team mates,and help him to win the best college player status as well!

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t.eliot, topbard 2013/01/23 18:21:12

Martin Bashir-Michael Jackson

I would actually vote David Frost - Richard Nixon.

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Darr247 2013/01/23 17:31:58

Oprah-Lance Armstrong

+1
With Today-Charlie Sheen 2nd.

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Glen McLeod 2013/01/23 17:17:50

Oprah-Lance Armstrong

+1
yeah the lance armstrong interview has gotta be it. At least for me.

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shiva 2013/01/23 16:52:24 (edited)

Martin Bashir-Michael Jackson

+2
BY FAR!!! I remember the sheer controversy surrounding this one when it aired. I was barely a teen then--and laughed my ass off the whole way through because of how dysfunctional it was. Really it was sad to see this once great entertainer morphed into an extravagant freak of nature. Martin Bashir might has well should have been walking alongside a zoo animal. It was so sad that Martin had Michael CORNERED the entire interview....the fact he even had to is sad. To have to wake a grown man up from a fantasy life that he shouldn't be living because he has children and responsibilities is a f'ed up thing to have to do. MJ had no business taking care of children.

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Manster 2013/01/23 15:36:02

Matt Lauer-Tom Cruise

+1
This poll needed a "NONE OF THE ABOVE" or "OTHER" option,because I'd say the David Frost -Richard Nixon interviews were the biggest and most historic of all of the interviews with celebrities.

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Marcus Clark 2013/01/23 01:11:26

Oprah-Lance Armstrong

+2
Why are they even wasting publicity on this joker? He doesn't deserve any publicity..

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mae 2013/01/22 22:47:37

Diane Sawyer-Whitney Houston

This is not even an interview. Te'o is not a celebrity, and Couric is on Mission Rescue Manti. The one who should be interviewed is Tuiasosopo. What was he thinking?

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I Love this country 2013/01/22 19:53:06

Oprah-Tom Cruise

That was definitely funniest.

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jabberwocky 2013/01/22 16:45:16

Martin Bashir-Michael Jackson

I don't really care.

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Tordgaard 2013/01/22 11:58:32

Katie Couric-Manti Te'o

+1
I actually feel badly for this young man - so, I voted for him on this poll. The rest of them just crave(d) attention ... okay, maybe Michael wasn't an attention hog.

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JackoClubs 2013/01/22 10:59:59 (edited)
Bob 2013/01/22 08:39:16

Oprah-Lance Armstrong

So narcissistic.

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oral 2013/01/22 07:45:30

Oprah-Lance Armstrong

Yeah i liked it so much

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ssmithix 2013/01/22 02:24:22

Martin Bashir-Michael Jackson

Seems like there MUST be better ones than what's on this list

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BigMac to ssmithix 2013/01/22 05:44:34

+1
Your not kidding. ah, leave the kid alone!

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Nekosarethebest 2013/01/22 01:43:10 (edited)

"Today" show-Charlie Sheen

Oprah and Elie Wiesel... DOES IT COUNT?

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Charles White 2013/01/22 01:10:36

Martin Bashir-Michael Jackson

I voted for Bashir and Jackson! ! ! That was the first and only time that WE THE PEOPLE got an up close and personal view of Mr. Jackson lifestyle. This is my far the best celebrities interviewed ever! ! !

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TimothyBrianFoley 2013/01/22 00:34:05

Oprah-Lance Armstrong

she asked pretty tough questions he gave such harsh answers

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codenamev 2013/01/21 23:11:30

Matt Lauer-Tom Cruise

+2
I don't know about biggest, but certainly one of the strangest.

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QC 2013/01/21 21:41:27

"Today" show-Charlie Sheen

Most interesting at least...

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Mike 2013/01/21 21:02:08

Katie Couric-Manti Te'o

+2
They couldn't have found a better socialistic spinster to conduct this interview

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Ev Rom 2013/01/21 20:23:36

Katie Couric-Manti Te'o

+4
This is what makes news now? Pathetic...

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↓←↑♣→NV... to Ev Rom 2013/01/21 22:27:45

+3
It made the news because what happened to him is happening to many people now a days, he just happens to be a star player for notre dame and one of the top 5 for the nfl draft. Being catfished happens more often than you think.

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Morrison to ↓←↑♣→NV... 2013/01/21 23:19:34

+3
Catfished? Is that term they use when men chat up "pretty girls" on the Internet only to find out much later they've been chatting with 270 lb Larry from a trailer in Alabama? Awwww. Poor poor Manti. I hope his hand isn't sore.

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↓←↑♣→NV... to Morrison 2013/01/21 23:29:21

+1
It was a documentary called Catfish: The movie, about a guy who fell for girl he met online who he chatted with for a while, he decided to go and find her and brother and friends documented the whole thing (wasn't the girl he thought she was) which led to Catfish: The TV show which documents other people's lives in online relationships and has now became a term and you can guess what it is, Catfish: someone who pretends to be someone they're not using Facebook or other social media to create false identities, particularly to pursue deceptive online romances.

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Morrison to ↓←↑♣→NV... 2013/01/21 23:32:29

Maybe I'm just an old-timer, but this has been going on since we all first hooked up our 56k modem to the phone line and dialed up AOL. Didn't realize it finally got a name.

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↓←↑♣→NV... to Morrison 2013/01/21 23:41:10

+5
It's just named after the documentary. To be honest I feel for the guy, he seems like a nice kid and happens to be a victim of this.

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Morrison to ↓←↑♣→NV... 2013/01/22 00:13:03 (edited)

Thanks for the link - but I stay as far away from the sludge on MTV as I can. I'll just take your word for it. I don't know enough about the story to judge the guy. He sure manipulated a lot of people with his story. Maybe he's just foolish, maybe a victim, maybe an idiot. I have no idea. It's difficult for me to even imagine having someone in my life that I officially called my "girlfriend" to friends and family - and this was someone I'd never seen, never met in person even once, never spoke to them verbally.., only letters typed on a screen. I realize there is a certain connection that can develop through the written word, but typically a romantic type boyfriend/girlfriend requires and seeks out more than that pretty quickly. Have you heard how long they were "together?" I'd be curious to know.

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↓←↑♣→NV... to Morrison 2013/01/22 01:25:27

+2
I guess his freshman year. And I stay way from MTV but that's the only show I watch, it's really interesting
Here's a timeline of his "relationship"
http://abcnews.go.com/m/story...

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MadMax 2013/01/21 20:13:50

Martin Bashir-Michael Jackson

This list is pitiful.

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Chris Dobrowolski 2013/01/21 19:53:29

Oprah-Lance Armstrong

I think that was the most shocking video

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Hey_hou 2013/01/21 19:37:17

Oprah-Tom Cruise

The very best interviews are with czech hockey players xD
tak určitě = so surely
http://www.youtube.com/watch?...

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joe mauro 2013/01/21 19:32:09

"Today" show-Charlie Sheen

+1
its actually ed murrow and humphrey bogart

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Gloria to joe mauro 2013/01/21 23:24:47

Sounds smokey!

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joe mauro to Gloria 2013/01/22 03:45:08

+1
lol it was

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ṃεταllïс_ḋќ[сhατвøχ] 2013/01/21 19:17:10

Martin Bashir-Michael Jackson

+1
People are making way too much of a big deal out of this.It is unlikely a lot of people will even remember this scandal in the future.

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Monty to ṃεταllï... 2013/01/21 20:08:33

+1
why is this still news?

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ṃεταllï... to Monty 2013/01/21 21:38:58

+1
ESPN has nothing better to do.

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