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Must-see morning clip: “Manti” explains on SNL

Bobby Moynahan's Te'o says his fake girlfriend was devastated to hear she didn't exist

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(AP/Joe Raymond)
(AP/Joe Raymond)

Saturday Night Live’s cold opening spoofed not only Lance Armstrong’s tepid apology, but the bizarre Manti Te’o hoax. In a spoofed Piers Morgan episode, Morgan (Taran Killam) asks Te’o (Bobby Moynahan) whether the hoax has been “devastating to deal with.”

“It is, but it’s even more devastating for my girlfriend, Lanay… A couple months ago she called me up and was like, ‘hey, I have bad news, I’m dead,” explained SNL’s vacant-eyed Manti.

 

By Natasha Lennard

Natasha Lennard is an assistant news editor at Salon, covering non-electoral politics, general news and rabble-rousing. Follow her on Twitter @natashalennard, email nlennard@salon.com.


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