Was ‘Blind Side’ A Lie? Michael Oher Says He Was Exploited
In 2009, Tim McGraw played Sean Tuohy, the husband of Sandra Bullock’s Oscar-award-winning performance of Leigh Anne Tuohy, in the huge blockbuster movie, The Blind Side. The film tells the…
In 2009, Tim McGraw played Sean Tuohy, the husband of Sandra Bullock's Oscar-award-winning performance of Leigh Anne Tuohy, in the huge blockbuster movie, The Blind Side.
The film tells the story of Michael Oher, an American football offensive lineman who overcame an impoverished upbringing to play in the National Football League (NFL) with the help of his adoptive parents, Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy.
Now the movie's subject, NFL football player Michael Oher, says in a newly released book and in a Tennessee court petition that a central element of the story was a lie concocted by the family to enrich itself at his expense.
The Shelby County filing also states that Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy, who took Oher into their home as a high school student, never adopted him. Instead, less than three months after Oher turned 18 in 2004, the petition alleges, the couple tricked him into signing a document making them his conservators, which gave them legal authority to make business deals in his name.
ESPN reports that the petition further alleges that the Tuohys used their "power as conservators" to strike a deal that paid them and their two birth children millions of dollars in royalties from a film while Oher got nothing for a story. The Oscar-winning movie earned more than $300 million.
In the past, the Tuohys, who have not committed to the suit, have denied making much money from the movie, saying they received a flat fee for the story and did not reap any of the movie's profits.
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McGraw recently wrote his thoughts on many subjects in an article Esquire's "What I've Learned" feature. Tim discusses his family, his early life, and the fact that his wife, Faith Hill, helps him stay sober. McGraw quit drinking in 2008.
Tim says that people often ask him how he could have a relationship with his father, former pro baseball player Tug McGraw when he grew up without the "millionaire baseball player." Tim didn't know his father until he was twelve when his mom first told him who his dad was. McGraw said. "When I found out Tug McGraw was my dad, it gave me something in my little town in Louisiana, something that I would have never reached for. How could I ever be angry?"
Country music superstars over the decades have often branched out from singing and recording and making music videos to the Hollywood world of movies. Recording stars that became movie stars include Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Glen Campbell, and many more.
That hasn't changed over the years as even today, country music's brightest stars extend their talent to movies and TV, and we look at twelve stars who made that bridge successful.
Lainey Wilson
Rick Kern/Getty ImagesAUSTIN, TEXAS - MAY 07: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Lainey Wilson performs onstage during the Daytime Village at the 2022 iHeartCountry Festival at the new state-of-the-art venue Moody Center on May 7, 2022 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Rick Kern/Getty Images for iHeartRadio)
Tim McGraw and Faith Hill
Gabe Ginsberg/Getty ImagesLAS VEGAS, NEVADA - DECEMBER 11: Tim McGraw and Faith Hill attend the world premiere of "1883" at the Encore Beach Club at Encore Las Vegas on December 11, 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Gabe Ginsberg/Getty Images for for Paramount+)
Dolly Parton
Erik S. Lesser/Getty ImagesATLANTA - JUNE 9: The stars of the movie "9 to 5", (L to R) Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda and Dabney Coleman reunite for the 8th Annual Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention gala June 9, 2003 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Erik S. Lesser/Getty Images)
Randy Travis
Vince Bucci/Getty ImagesHOLLYWOOD - SEPTEMBER 29: Grammy Award winning singer and actor Randy Travis poses by the star at the ceremony honoring him with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on September 29, 2004 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Vince Bucci/Getty Images)
Trace Adkins
Angela Weiss/Getty ImagesHOLLYWOOD, CA - APRIL 29: Actor Trace Adkins arrives at the premiere of TriStar Picture's 'Mom's Night Out' at TCL Chinese Theatre IMAX on April 29, 2014 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Angela Weiss/Getty Images)
Blake Shelton
Rich Fury/Getty ImagesLOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 27: Blake Shelton attends STX Films World Premiere of "UglyDolls" at Regal Cinemas L.A. Live on April 27, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Rich Fury/Getty Images)
Dwight Yoakam
Giulio Marcocchi/Getty ImagesHOLLYWOOD, CA - MAY 26: Actor Dwight Yoakam attends "Raising Helen" Premiere on May 26, 2004 at El Capitan Theatre, in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Giulio Marcocchi/Getty Images)
Carrie Underwood
Christopher Polk/Getty ImagesLOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 06: Singer Carrie Underwood poses in the audience during the People's Choice Awards 2010 held at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on January 6, 2010 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images for PCA)
Reba
Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesLOS ANGELES - AUGUST 15: (L-R) Actors Joanna Garcia, Steve Howey, Melissa Peterman and Reba McEntire pose at the premiere of Twentieth Century Fox' s "Supercross: The Movie" at the Wadsworth Theater on August 15, 2005 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
Billy Ray Cyrus
Paul Hawthorne/Getty ImagesNEW YORK - FEBRUARY 09: Disney Channel actors Miley Cyrus and her father Billy Ray Cyrus poses as Stars of the Disney Channel appear at Splashlight Studios February 9, 2006 in New York City. (Photo by Paul Hawthorne/Getty Images)
Toby Keith
Frank Micelotta/Getty ImagesHOUSTON - JANUARY 30: (L-R) Country western recording artists Willie Nelson and Toby Keith pose for photos at a press conference to announce pre-game activities for Super Bowl XXXVIII at the Reliant Center in Houston, Texas, January 30, 2004. (Photo by Frank Micelotta/Getty Images)
