The Blind Side scandal

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Anonymous wrote:All the proceeds of the movie should have gone to him. Family was really rich then and he had not made lots of money in NFL. Team Oher!

Why? It's their story as much as his.

No one would care about them without Michael Oher. That’s the big difference. He’s the Beyoncé of the group.

What's unique about his story other than them?

If Oher is nothing special, then why can't Leigh Ann stop using his name when promoting herself? If she's so accomplished, why does she need to keep referring to herself as Oher's "mom"? The reality is that no one would give any damn about the Tuohy's without Oher.

Rags to riches tales are a dime a dozen in the NFL. The Tuohys were already rich when they met him. He needed them more than they needed him.

You’re trying to deflect. No one would care about the Tuohys without Michael. There would be no book and movie without Michael. That’s a fact.

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Families drift apart.

Why is no one asking whether they acted like parents and treated him like family at the beginning and for 10 years after that or more.

Curious whether he will say they dropped him years before.

But so far the articles suggest he dropped them and tried to get money. He was upset at the movie. Fine. But was it the family who dropped him?

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I know he was upset at the movie.

Has anyone read the book? It is exactly the same making him look dumb and all?

The Tuohys nor Lewis had any control over the movie and Hollywoods creative license. But they did have control over the book. So I am curious

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Anonymous wrote:All the proceeds of the movie should have gone to him. Family was really rich then and he had not made lots of money in NFL. Team Oher!

Why? It's their story as much as his.

No one would care about them without Michael Oher. That’s the big difference. He’s the Beyoncé of the group.

What's unique about his story other than them?

If Oher is nothing special, then why can't Leigh Ann stop using his name when promoting herself? If she's so accomplished, why does she need to keep referring to herself as Oher's "mom"? The reality is that no one would give any damn about the Tuohy's without Oher.

Rags to riches tales are a dime a dozen in the NFL. The Tuohys were already rich when they met him. He needed them more than they needed him.

You’re trying to deflect. No one would care about the Tuohys without Michael. There would be no book and movie without Michael. That’s a fact.

Michael is not interesting on his own. They need each other. Fact. Otherwise he’s another lineman.

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Anonymous wrote:I know he was upset at the movie.

Has anyone read the book? It is exactly the same making him look dumb and all?

The Tuohys nor Lewis had any control over the movie and Hollywoods creative license. But they did have control over the book. So I am curious

Nope not true. Michael Lewis and Sean Tuohy are friends. He had say. Sean Tuohy bragged on Below Deck that he had final approval over the script. They knew and approved and his portrayal.

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Anonymous wrote:All the proceeds of the movie should have gone to him. Family was really rich then and he had not made lots of money in NFL. Team Oher!

Why? It's their story as much as his.

No one would care about them without Michael Oher. That’s the big difference. He’s the Beyoncé of the group.

What's unique about his story other than them?

If Oher is nothing special, then why can't Leigh Ann stop using his name when promoting herself? If she's so accomplished, why does she need to keep referring to herself as Oher's "mom"? The reality is that no one would give any damn about the Tuohy's without Oher.

Rags to riches tales are a dime a dozen in the NFL. The Tuohys were already rich when they met him. He needed them more than they needed him.

You’re trying to deflect. No one would care about the Tuohys without Michael. There would be no book and movie without Michael. That’s a fact.

Michael is not interesting on his own. They need each other. Fact. Otherwise he’s another lineman.

This is some serious revisionist history. Michael Oher would have had book deal offers without the Tuohys based on his story.

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Anonymous wrote:All the proceeds of the movie should have gone to him. Family was really rich then and he had not made lots of money in NFL. Team Oher!

Why? It's their story as much as his.

No one would care about them without Michael Oher. That’s the big difference. He’s the Beyoncé of the group.

What's unique about his story other than them?

If Oher is nothing special, then why can't Leigh Ann stop using his name when promoting herself? If she's so accomplished, why does she need to keep referring to herself as Oher's "mom"? The reality is that no one would give any damn about the Tuohy's without Oher.

Rags to riches tales are a dime a dozen in the NFL. The Tuohys were already rich when they met him. He needed them more than they needed him.

You’re trying to deflect. No one would care about the Tuohys without Michael. There would be no book and movie without Michael. That’s a fact.

Michael is not interesting on his own. They need each other. Fact. Otherwise he’s another lineman.

This is some serious revisionist history. Michael Oher would have had book deal offers without the Tuohys based on his story.

What story? Football player from broken home, with low GPA goes to college, plays football, does well, goes to NFL. Yawn.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Those people always seemed sus to me. I don't think that emotionally silly depiction in the movie did them any favors.

Yup. Disgraceful if this is true. It always sickens me with frauds get away with their con - in this case, the frauds made a ton of money, got fame off of this scam, AND made themselves look like caring angels in a hit movie. Sickening.

[Anonymous]

I was on the fence on who to believe but have seen that Michael wrote in his 2011 memoir that he definitely KNEW that he had signed conservator papers…..not adoption papers as he is now claiming.

So I am compelled to believe he is broke now & looking to get some $$.

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Anonymous wrote:All the proceeds of the movie should have gone to him. Family was really rich then and he had not made lots of money in NFL. Team Oher!

Why? It's their story as much as his.

No one would care about them without Michael Oher. That’s the big difference. He’s the Beyoncé of the group.

What's unique about his story other than them?

If Oher is nothing special, then why can't Leigh Ann stop using his name when promoting herself? If she's so accomplished, why does she need to keep referring to herself as Oher's "mom"? The reality is that no one would give any damn about the Tuohy's without Oher.

Rags to riches tales are a dime a dozen in the NFL. The Tuohys were already rich when they met him. He needed them more than they needed him.

You’re trying to deflect. No one would care about the Tuohys without Michael. There would be no book and movie without Michael. That’s a fact.

Michael is not interesting on his own. They need each other. Fact. Otherwise he’s another lineman.

This is some serious revisionist history. Michael Oher would have had book deal offers without the Tuohys based on his story.

NP. No way. His story isn’t unique without the Tuohy’s. Book deals don’t just happen. You need an agent, etc. He’s nothing special, and would not have pursued it on his own.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was on the fence on who to believe but have seen that Michael wrote in his 2011 memoir that he definitely KNEW that he had signed conservator papers…..not adoption papers as he is now claiming.

So I am compelled to believe he is broke now & looking to get some $$.

I think this is pretty obvious.

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Anonymous wrote:I was on the fence on who to believe but have seen that Michael wrote in his 2011 memoir that he definitely KNEW that he had signed conservator papers…..not adoption papers as he is now claiming.

So I am compelled to believe he is broke now & looking to get some $$.

I think this is pretty obvious.

I think so too. I also read that he thinks his portrayal in the movie hurt his NFL career so he is probably bitter.

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Anonymous wrote:All the proceeds of the movie should have gone to him. Family was really rich then and he had not made lots of money in NFL. Team Oher!

Why? It's their story as much as his.

No one would care about them without Michael Oher. That’s the big difference. He’s the Beyoncé of the group.

What's unique about his story other than them?

If Oher is nothing special, then why can't Leigh Ann stop using his name when promoting herself? If she's so accomplished, why does she need to keep referring to herself as Oher's "mom"? The reality is that no one would give any damn about the Tuohy's without Oher.

Rags to riches tales are a dime a dozen in the NFL. The Tuohys were already rich when they met him. He needed them more than they needed him.

You’re trying to deflect. No one would care about the Tuohys without Michael. There would be no book and movie without Michael. That’s a fact.

Michael is not interesting on his own. They need each other. Fact. Otherwise he’s another lineman.

This is some serious revisionist history. Michael Oher would have had book deal offers without the Tuohys based on his story.

What story? Football player from broken home, with low GPA goes to college, plays football, does well, goes to NFL. Yawn.

True. It is all too common in the nfl.

[Anonymous]

The delusion in this thread. Coming from a working class family or being raised by a single mom (which is relatively common) is not the same as being in foster care and homeless and still making it. That is very rare. Oher was getting awards for football in 2003 and moved in with the Tuohys in 2004. He was prospect before they forced themselves into his life. Eve Leigh Anne says he would have made it without them. Michael, like any teenager, wanted a family and he believed they actually cared for him. They do not. They are Ole Miss boosters and nothing more.

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Anonymous wrote:The delusion in this thread. Coming from a working class family or being raised by a single mom (which is relatively common) is not the same as being in foster care and homeless and still making it. That is very rare. Oher was getting awards for football in 2003 and moved in with the Tuohys in 2004. He was prospect before they forced themselves into his life. Eve Leigh Anne says he would have made it without them. Michael, like any teenager, wanted a family and he believed they actually cared for him. They do not. They are Ole Miss boosters and nothing more.

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This isn’t about money. It’s the fact that they lied to him. In the book he even says they told him that a conservatorship is “the same exact thing” as an adoption. They lied to him (and the world) about what it was and their relationship to him.