[BigHairedAristocrat]

Originally Posted by punch it in

But he was asked to do the interview, and it was because of his supposed inspirational story. You are making it sound like he asked to do an interview on tv about his girlfriend.
Edit: remember by my belief he really thought she died and so he told people. Of course thats going to be news when u are a bigtime athlete and it comes on the heels of his grandmothers death. Other nfl players arent public about their relationships because their is no story there. The media created the story and asked him to be on tv. When you have already lied to your family and friends whats the diff if u lie to a bunch of people you dont know?

It doesn't matter who asked for the interview - if you go on tv and lie millions of people, you deserve to be criticized for it later. And the timeline of events indicated he continued publicaly perpetuating the hoax when he knew it was a lie. Te'o is either a liar, incredibly stupid, or both. Whatever the case, he's demonstrated poor decision making and he can't hide that from nfl teams.