Manti Te'o Girlfriend Hoax: Twitter Runs Wild With Jokes and Teoing Memes
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Twitter erupted after Notre Dame said their star linebacker, Manti Te'o, was duped into an online relationship with a "woman" whose "death" was then faked by the perpetrators of the hoax.
Te'o and his fake girlfriend have now been immortalized in the twitterverse as a punch line. Here's just a sampling of jokes targeted at Te'o.
These Te'o jokes are all very funny but let's all try and remember that a person who never existed is dead.
— Seth Meyers (@sethmeyers21) January 16, 2013
An AMBER ALERT has been issued forManti Te'o's girlfriend. Please look closely at the pic so we can ID her. @ nflrt twitter.com/Handsome1819/s…
— The Sports Junkie (@Handsome1819) January 16, 2013
I had a fake girlfriend like Manti T'e'o in college, but at least I had the decency to use the picture that came with my wallet.
— Uncle Dynamite(@UncleDynamite) January 16, 2013
I had a fake girlfriend like Manti T'e'o in college, but at least I had the decency to use the picture that came with my wallet.
— Uncle Dynamite(@UncleDynamite) January 16, 2013
Manti Te'o's girlfriend was the Mayan calendar's Playmate of the Year.
— Matt Thomas (@SportsMT) January 17, 2013
On the bright side for Manti Te'o, his relationship was probably better than any Taylor Swift has had.
— Faux John Madden (@FauxJohnMadden) January 17, 2013
AJ McCarron's girlfriend will be featured in an SI Swimsuit issue. Manti Te'o's girlfriend will be featured on Myth Busters.
— Emily Noonan (@EmilyNoonan) January 17, 2013
Manti Te'o says it has been his SIMS girlfriend all along, but he felt like she was real
— Evil Mike Tomlin (@EvilMikeTomlin) January 17, 2013
I'm glad Manti Te'o's fake dead girlfriend isn't around to see this.
— Julius Sharpe (@juliussharpe) January 17, 2013
Manti Te'o will meet even faker girls once he's an NFL millionaire.
— Schindizzle (@Schindizzle) January 16, 2013
When does Manti Te'o's get his sit down with Oprah?
— Frank Isola (@FisolaNYDN) January 16, 2013
Along with the tweets have come a Te'oing meme or lots of photos of people posing with their invisible girlfriends.
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