Katie Couric to Interview Manti Te'o: Biggest Televised Celeb Interview Ever?
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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 to Interview Manti Te'o: Biggest Televised Celeb Interview Ever?
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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.
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?
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 20:23:36Katie Couric-Manti Te'o
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- Monty ṃεταllï... 2013/01/21 21:39:59
+1i guess notreply - twhiting9275 2013/01/21 19:14:05Oprah-Lance ArmstrongTe-who?reply
- codie.paul 2013/01/21 18:43:25 (edited)Martin Bashir-Michael JacksonNone of those are bigger then Mikey. Come on. Seriously. It will be big for the fans. And be big in general but not that big. A lot of people probably forgot about it by now. Either that or they dont know who he is. And before the story broke out i didnt. But then again im not a ND fan. But i will say i really dont think at all he was gay, nor do i think he knew the girl was fake at all.reply
- mrcharlesjohnsonjr 2013/01/21 18:19:24Martin Bashir-Michael JacksonKatie is going to eat him alive.... I believe he knew that the woman was fake.... Word on the "street" is that he's really gay.reply
- carlton.johnson700 2013/01/21 17:55:18Oprah-Lance Armstrong+1really ? The biggest interview ? If you can recall this interview a year from now then perhaps it is the biggest but I doubt if alot of Americans will still remember - or wish to remember - the fact that a Notre Dame linebacker was hoaxed into thinking his online girlfriend had died. While it is a sad occurrence - it says a great deal about our society that we are addicted to 'news' like this that effected 1 person instead of volunteering to help the 10s , 100s or 1,000s of people in this great Nation with food, shelter, justice.reply
- mrcharl... carlton... 2013/01/21 23:54:08
do you watched the 700 club?reply - carlton... mrcharl... 2013/01/22 14:44:23
No - why do you ask ? I am familiar with it but I do not watch Pat Robertson and the 700 Club.reply - mrcharl... carlton... 2013/01/22 15:36:51
Because your name has 700 at the end... I thought you were a fanreply - carlton... mrcharl... 2013/01/29 20:32:06
it just turns out - that that was the number chosen for me - not a fan - I prefer more open minded discussions --reply
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