Netflix · 16 August 2022 · Documentary film · 2 parts
Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn't Exist
This two-part sports documentary revisits Notre Dame football star Manti Te’o’s online relationship and the public controversy that followed. Interviews with Te’o and Naya Tuiasosopo form part of its account of the events and their effects.[Netflix Media Center] [People]
Interviewees
2 publicly named · coverage checked 8 November 2026
Showing 2 of 2
Lennay Kekua is described as the fictional online identity at the center of the story, not as an interviewee. Archival news and sports figures are excluded.[Netflix Media Center] [CNN]
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Timeline
2022-08-16
Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn't Exist released on Netflix[Netflix Media Center] [People]
Episodes
- Episode 1: Part 1
- Episode 2: Part 2
Netflix presents the film in two parts.
Credits
- Directors
- Ryan Duffy, Tony Vainuku[Awful Announcing]
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Sources
- Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn't Exist — Netflix Media Center, publication date not recorded. Accessed 2026-11-08.Official production sourceHigh reliability
- Manti Te'o Featured in New Netflix Documentary About Catfishing Hoax — People, published 2022-07-19. Accessed 2026-11-08.News organisationMedium reliability
- How the team behind Netflix’s ‘Untold’ reframed the Manti Te’o girlfriend hoax — CNN, published 2022-08-16. Accessed 2026-11-08.News organisationHigh reliability
- Maclain and Chapman Way talk ‘Untold Vol. 2’ — Awful Announcing, published 2022-07-19. Accessed 2026-11-08.News organisationMedium reliability
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