The Root; Published By Noah A. McGee
The focus for the last week has been on Michael Oher and his relationship with the Tuohys. Oher claims he was tricked into signing conservatorship documents and Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy allege that Michael is attempting to shake them down of money. It’s a classic battle of “he said, she said,” and there is no clear resolution in sight.
Michael Lewis, the author of the 2006 book “The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game,” (the book the movie was based on) recently gave his thoughts on the situation, saying that Oher has turned down royalty checks from the movie and that the “money is not in the Tuohys’ pockets.”
The Root spoke to Oher prior to his petition against the Tuohys about the 2009 film.
But just days later before he made those statements, a short clip from an interview he did nearly 16 years ago resurfaced on the internet, and it showed him making some interesting and questionable comments about Michael Oher’s college grades and the state of college football at the time.
When he was asked about how Oher was doing at Ole Miss academically, he said, “Google him now, he’s on the dean’s list at Ole Miss, which says a lot about the dean’s list at Ole Miss,” which led to laughs from the crowd in attendance. Read more
