Ronaiah Tuiasosopo told Dr. Phil Thursday that he's "recovered" from being gay, which led him to mastermind the phony girlfriend fiasco that had college football standout Manti Te'o at the center of the country's attention earlier this month.

“You’ve heard of recovering drug addicts?" Tuiasosopo told Dr. Phil. "It takes a lot of courage to stand and say that to recover from homosexuality and this type of thing.