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Having watched both episodes of Dr. Phil with Ronaiah Tuioasosopo, I am just flabberghasted at this story. There are so many lies flying around that it is absurd, and keeping them all straight is a real challenge--even for someone like me. Let me explain.
Some people are compulsive or pathological liars--that is when they talk they find it easier to lie than to tell the truth. It's as if these people are compelled to lie, and that lying feels more natural to them than being honest.
If you've ever talked to a confessed compulsive liar, they will tell you that they don't know why they do it. Even worse, they are often aware that they can tell the truth because there is no consequence for doing so, but they lie anyway-- for no reason at all. Read about compulsive liars here.
I believe that Ronaiah is likely on of these people. For him, I suspect, it is equally as easy to lie as it is to tell the truth. Another person you may remember who clearly did this was Casey Anthony. She could lie as easily as she could tell the truth. There was no difference. If anything, there is a comfort in being deceptive for these people, which drops their clues to deception at times.
It doesn't mean they don't leak clues--both Casey Anthony and Ronaiah Tuioasosopo leak clues, but they won't leak clues in every lie they tell, if that makes sense, because there is little pressure on them like normal people. It's a completely different ball of wax, if you will.
With normal liars, its quite easy for me to pick out the truth and the lies and delineate them. With a compulsive liar, I can pick out many of the lies, but when I see compulsiveness, I am hesitate to trust what comes across as believable. Thankfully there are not a lot of compulsive liars.
Ronaiah is smooth as can be with Dr. Phil. I was amazed at how he turned around his perpetrator confrontation and managed to make himself out the victim. That's quite an incredible feat, wouldn't you say? The twists and turns in this story just do not support reality, no matter how you slice it and he keeps coming up with story after story, if you want my opinion.
Worse, did you catch what he leaked with his words? Dr. Phil asked if he had ever forgotten to use the Lennay voice with Manti?
Ronaiah said, “I’m not trying to be funny, but that’s a rookiemistake.”
Clearly, Ronaiah does not consider him to a be a rookie liar! Wow.
I think that says it all.
Dr. Phil even calls Ronaiah out on the senseless lies he told to him in the video above--where it served absolutely no purpose for Ronaiah to lie to Dr. Phil-- think compulsion!
According to Dr. Phil, when Ronaiah met him, he told Dr. Phil that he had called him before and watched his show, which he later confessed was all nonsense. Dr. Phil has to remind him a second time! Go to the time 34:10 in the video above. Classic compulsion.
Even with all of this, I still do not trust Manti Te'o and his story. I do not believe Te'o is just a blind victim in this story. There is so much more that will hopefully come out in the coming months, if not years...
Last, while someone may be a compulsive liar, it by itself is not a diagnosis. You can read more here.
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Ronaiah Tuioasosopo was on Dr. Phil last night and what I saw wasn't a surprise. I saw a man who, if you want my opinion, shared a lot of attributes with a woman we all know well: Casey Anthony. Dr. Phil even called him a "scam artist". Yes, I think that is accurate.
But do I think that he is the "mastermind" of the Te'o hoax? No, I don't. Was he a player? Yes. Were there more than two players (Ronaiah and Manti) who concocted this story? Yes. Ronaiah revealed that in his interview with Dr. Phil. He leaked it out, if you caught it!
Do I believe Ronaiah was in love with Manti? No, I don't believe him--not at all. Do I believe Ronaiah believes he is gay? No, I don't.
Ronaiah is someone who can look you straight in the face and say something he knows is not true--without any hesitation. But you don't even have to see through that to spot his dishonesty.
I have said from the beginning that the voicemails of Lennay are that of a woman, and the true test for Ronaiah would be to demonstrated that voice--exactly as Dr. Phil did, and as you can see in the video, he can't do it. Who is surpised?
According to Dr. Phil's experts, the chances that was Ronaiah's voice is one in ten million. And what that tells us is Manti never heard a woman on the phone all these months as he tells us, and that means his story is deceptive as I have said from day one! Yes, these two talked and they knew who they were talking to--I have no doubt about that.
Ronaiah gives so many hot spots to the story he tells us on Dr. Phil that I could literally write a book about him, like I could on Manti Te'o.
One of my favorite clues is how both of these men talk in third person when they are giving us "fudge", and then go back to first person when they recount something true! It's fascinating to watch.
I also can't help but notice how Ronaiah is manipulative and thinks on his feet as he talks most of the time. He is not a man who talks from the heart -- a good indication of sincerity.
Ronaiah leaked out the real reason he did what he did--to help out his friend -- yes, that is the truth.
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When you think of what Manti Te'o allegedly experienced, its pretty easy to understand the emotions one would feel in his situation, if they were duped as he said he was. You'd experience a lack of trust, self-doubt, and some pretty intense humiliation for falling for such a stun for so long. You'd feel sadness and anger that the one you thought you "loved" and "mourned" never really existed. You'd feel completely insecure and likely would have problems talking to people admitting how foolish you were.
But oddly, Te'o seems to experience NONE of these emotions.
Watch his interview with Katie Couric with the volume off and tell me if you see any of these emotions...
I took some screenshots randomly through his interview. I think you'll find them quite telling about how Te'o really feels about all of this...
Faces don't lie!
It's a little shocking, isn't it? He sure looks like a victim of a sick, twisted hoax. NOT!
I'm amazed at how he is "protecting" his perpetrator, too. If you notice he doesn't say anything negative about him at all nor does he ask any tough question, or demand he come out and speak the truth. Hmmm...I wonder why?
To read all of my thoughts on Manti Te'o, click on his name below in the labels.
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I could literally write a book on the hotspots of Manti Te'o. Here are a couple of my favorite ones. It's Manti talking to Katie Couric yesterday. Katie Couric said, "Was this intoxicating for you, in a way, Manti?
Mantireplied, "I think, for me, the only thing that I basked in was that I had an
impact on people; that people turned to me for inspiration. And I think
that was the only thing I focused on."
He continued...
"My
story, I felt, was... a guy who.... in
times of hardship and in times of trial, um, really held strong to his faith, held
strong to his family, and I felt that
was my story."
What is so interesting about this statement is that he talks about his life as a "story". A story is usually a tale, or plot.
Notice how he doesn't talk in first person about himself. He suddenly is a character: A guy, not "me" or "I". Who talks like this about themselves? This is highly unusual byitself.
Isn't it odd how he sums up everything that happened to him so easily after being through so much trauma? Most people can do that after what he's been through, but he sure can see clearly, can't he? It's his plot: "a guy who in times of hardship and in times of trial, held strong to his faith...and family."
Is that what his story is really about, or was that what he was "selling" us?If I didn't know any better, I'd have no idea that he was a man who was scammed by one of the most embarrassing scams of a lifetime: a man impersonating a woman and he falls for it and in love, and he doesn't even rank that? It's laughable, if one is to believe this is true!
“I kind
of tailored my stories
to have people think that yeah, he
met her before she passed away so people wouldn’t think I was some crazy dude.”
"He" being "Te'o". There he goes again talking about stories and characters!!! Clearly, Te'o knows how to use first person just fine when it comes to real experiences -- when people might think "I was some crazy dude."
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I just finished watching the hour long show with Katie Couric, and I can't believe what I just saw. I am speechless.
This is one of the most unbelievable interviews I think I have seen in every sense of the word.
It was so surreal if I didn't know any better I'd think I just took some psychedelic drug. I know I did not, but man that interview was beyond bizarre.
Tell me you saw through him. Please? I need that for my sanity right now.
To say I'm disgusted would be an understatement. If you sit here next to me right now, I couldn't wipe that expression off my face if I tried--not for all the tea in China.
Just wow.
I've watched hundreds of people in interviews over the years, and this one is one of the most disturbing I've seen in a long time.
Does that give you a sense of what I think of Manti?
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