Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn't Exist

Directed by Ryan Duffy and Tony Vainuku, the 2022 documentary explores the story of how Manti Te’o got catfished. Born in Hawaii, Manti Te’o was an All-American football superstar whose life only revolved around his family and football. That was until he met his girlfriend online. As a prodigious football player and a college student, the media scrutinised his life and found out about his online relationship, which was with a catfish, and posed a threat to his future. This documentary reveals the gruelling details of the ordeal that Manti Te’o had to face because of the media by an interview of him and the person behind his catfish girlfriend’s account, Ronaiah ‘Naya’ Tuiasosopo.