He's known for having a relationship with a fake girlfriend, but Notre Dame football star Manti Te'o has sat down with a real-life woman and confessed he continued to spread the myth after he learned his dead girlfriend was a hoax.

Te'o made the admission in an interview with Katie Couric, which will air on Thursday on her nationally syndicated talk show.

Manti was joined by his parents, Brian and Ottilia, for the interview, and Couric also had questions for them. At one point she said to Manti's father, "Now many people writing about this are calling your son a liar. They are saying he manipulated the truth, really for personal gain."

Brain Te'o responded, "People can speculate about what they think he is. I've known him 21 years of his life. And he's not a liar. He's a kid."

Source: ABC News