I honestly believe that Manti is gay. Lets pretend he says "yes im a ****". There will be alot of NFL teams that would pass on him. Just my guess but i do not think NFL players would want an openly gay guy on the team. This would effect his draft pick status, maybe falling to the 2nd or 3rd rounds and not making as much money.
Strange as it may sound, the entire "Te'o is gay" hypothesis actually comes across as less likely now that I've heard these voicemails and learned that the speaker was reportedly Tuiasosopo in disguise. I finally heard the recordings (thanks to the link above). Those voices do not sound at all like an effeminate man, they sound like a woman. So if Te'o was truly attracted to whatever he heard on the other side, he was attracted to a woman. That we have since discovered the voice belonging to a man is irrelevant: in Te'o's head, he was talking to a female. So to me, it suggests he prefers women.
Tino, in her mid-20s, lives in Pago Pago, American Samoa. She works for her dad’s construction company and is described by relatives as vivacious and flirtatious, but very involved in the church. In a profile on the social networking site BEBO from 2008, she lists “acting” as a hobby.
ABC News’ @mattgutmanABC took Manti Te’o voicemails to audio experts. They say it’s impossible it’s a man talking. On @GMA.
If true (and I don't see why it wouldn't be) LOL AT YOU at the following people:
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Originally Posted by OMGDaGagaLady
Ok so that was Tui on the phone voicemails? Going into it knowing that it was a man, made that chick sound kinda not chick-ly. Biased tho....
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Originally Posted by brandoncla
Also, is it just me or is that voice not super questionable? That does not sound like any female voice I've ever heard, and I'd be questioning that thing from the very beginning..
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Originally Posted by TomfooleryU
Yeah, I mean I went into it knowing it was a man, but definitely sounded like if a friend of mine was pranking me pretending to be a chick we knew. Yada yada confirmation bias, but would bet a lot Manti's gay and it's gonna come out.
Also, Tino lives in American Samoa, while Te'o's phone number for Lennay Kekua was reportedly an area code for Southern California, where Ronaiah lives.
The Post reached out to Tino's father, who used a curious choice of words:
Her dad, Bob, declined to talk about the situation, saying, "I don't want to divulge anything."