Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn't Exist is a Netflix original documentary that follows how former NFL linebacker, Manti Te'o’s, life and career were altered. From a well-respected and highly sought out All-American Notre Dame linebacker to an internet meme.
This two part documentary did a great job of clearly playing out both sides of this complicated and rather sad story of two people who were lonely and looking for companionship. Unfortunately one of those people was not being truthful about who they were and it ended up causing a media firestorm.
I remember clearly when Manti Te'o entered the 2013 NFL draft and all the controversy surrounding his personal life. The jokes and memes were everywhere. What I didn’t know was just how bad things got for him. And how devastating it was, seeing everything played back. He really took the brunt of the criticism for being catfished. People were so obsessed with his sexuality and thinking he lied to get a better draft stock or attention, when in reality he was the victim. And sadly he still struggles with the trauma that caused ten years later.
What I took away from this documentary film was that we all as a people and the media we support need to be more thoughtful of how we talk about people. We really have no idea what is going on in other people's lives and should be more considerate of that.
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