{"id":4634,"date":"2024-08-21T03:11:37","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T03:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=4634"},"modified":"2024-08-21T03:11:37","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T03:11:37","slug":"after-suing-the-tuohy-family-former-nfl-player-michael-oher-expresses-his-opinions-about-the-film-the-blind-side-in-a-very-direct-manner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=4634","title":{"rendered":"After suing the Tuohy family, former NFL player Michael Oher expresses his opinions about the film \u201cThe Blind Side\u201d in a very direct manner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former\u00a0NFL tackle Michael Oher has shared his feelings about the movie \u2018The Blind Side,\u2019 which was inspired by his life, amid the ongoing drama with his adopted family.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Oher is not at all happy with the way he was portrayed in the film. He believes it made him seem dimwitted, although he went on to have a productive NFL career.<\/p>\n<p>The former Ole Miss player was a first-round pick in the 2009\u00a0NFL Draft\u00a0and remained in the league until 2016, winning a Super Bowl with the\u00a0Baltimore Ravens.<\/p>\n<p>Still, he reckons the film that told his life story negatively impacted him.<\/p>\n<div class=\"google-auto-placed ap_container\">\n<p><em>\u201cThe N.F.L. people were wondering if I could read a playbook,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0he said in an interview with the\u00a0New York Times.<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=KavanFlavius&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfdGltZWxpbmVfbGlzdCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOltdLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2ZvbGxvd2VyX2NvdW50X3N1bnNldCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOnRydWUsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdHdlZXRfZWRpdF9iYWNrZW5kIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9uIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19yZWZzcmNfc2Vzc2lvbiI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfZm9zbnJfc29mdF9pbnRlcnZlbnRpb25zX2VuYWJsZWQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib24iLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X21peGVkX21lZGlhXzE1ODk3Ijp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6InRyZWF0bWVudCIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3Nob3dfYmlyZHdhdGNoX3Bpdm90c19lbmFibGVkIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9uIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19kdXBsaWNhdGVfc2NyaWJlc190b19zZXR0aW5ncyI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdXNlX3Byb2ZpbGVfaW1hZ2Vfc2hhcGVfZW5hYmxlZCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdmlkZW9faGxzX2R5bmFtaWNfbWFuaWZlc3RzXzE1MDgyIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6InRydWVfYml0cmF0ZSIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfbGVnYWN5X3RpbWVsaW5lX3N1bnNldCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOnRydWUsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdHdlZXRfZWRpdF9mcm9udGVuZCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9fQ%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1825206047583109185&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.totalprosports.com%2Fnfl%2Fformer-nfl-star-michael-oher-makes-his-thoughts-on-the-blind-side-movie-extremely-clear-after-suing-the-tuohy-family%2F&amp;sessionId=60a042b4fa005fe868243c6227213736b82b2924&amp;siteScreenName=totalprosports&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1825206047583109185\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-origwidth=\"\" data-origheight=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-pread\">\n<p>Oher, who previously filed a lawsuit against Sean and Leigh-Anne Tuohy, says he refused to watch the movie but was eventually convinced by a teammate.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt\u2019s hard to describe my reaction,\u201d\u00a0<\/em>he remarked.<em>\u00a0\u201cIt seemed kind of funny to me, to tell you the truth, like it was a comedy about someone else. It didn\u2019t register. But social media was just starting to grow, and I started seeing stuff that I\u2019m dumb. I\u2019m stupid. Every article about me mentioned \u2018The Blind Side,\u2019 like it was part of my name.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"google-auto-placed ap_container\">\n<p><em>\u201cIf my kids can\u2019t do something in class, will their teacher think, Their dad is dumb \u2014 is that why they\u2019re not getting it?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-pread\">\n<p>Michael Oher\u2019s lawsuit against the Tuohy family is still ongoing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"autors-widget\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"main-content\">\n<p>Last year, a judge ended the conservatorship he signed with them in high school. But he believes that a lot of money was kept from him while the family profited tremendously off his name.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"idlastshow2\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-post-after\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former\u00a0NFL tackle Michael Oher has shared his feelings about the movie \u2018The Blind Side,\u2019 which was inspired by his life, amid the ongoing drama with his adopted family. &nbsp; Oher &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4634"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4634\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4636,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4634\/revisions\/4636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}