isn't a Netflix docuseries about Manti Te'o. It's also not a story about his famous catfisher, Ronaiah Tuiasosopo. In Te'o's words, it's story that answers lingering questions — from sides — about the most famous and controversial catfish case ever, and Te'o knew it'd be incomplete without his catfisher's cooperation.The 31-year-old former Notre Dame and NFL star spoke to ET's Kevin Frazier on the heels of dropping on Netflix, and Te'o reacts to Ronaiah — now a transgender woman who goes by Naya — participating in the docuseries in which she offers her thought process points of view.Te'o said seeing Naya in the two-part docuseries (streaming now on Netflix) was the first time he'd ever heard her side of the story, but her appearances didn't come as a total surprise.
In fact, Te'o practically orchestrated it.«I'm grateful that Naya was able to go on there, and I'm sure it wasn't comfortable for Naya as well, but I wanted it,» Te'o tells ET. «I told [ directors] Tony Vainuku and Ryan Duffy I wanted it to be story.
That’s what was so great. Everybody said it's my story. No, I wanted it to be story. [Because] when this thing comes out I don’t want it to just be one-sided.
I didn’t want it to just be me. I wanted it to be everybody. And again, it was the entire truth and I think that's what people really love about it.
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