“We’re devastated,” Tuohy toldDaily Memphianon Tuesday.
“It’s upsetting to think we would make money off any of our children.
But we’re going to love Michael at 37 just like we loved him at 16.”
Quinton Aaron and Sandra Bullock in ‘The Blind Side’.Everett Collection
“We didn’t make any money off the movie,” Tuohy said.
Everybody in the family got an equal share, including Michael.
It was about $14,000 each."
Sean Tuohy, Michael Oher, and Leigh Anne Tuohy.Matthew Sharpe/Getty Images
“We were never offered money; we never asked for money,” he added.
“My money is well- documented; you might look up how much I sold my company for.
The last thing I needed was 40 grand from a movie.
The real Oher went on to play football at the University of Mississippi and for the Baltimore Ravens.
Oher is asking the court to bar the family from using his name and likeness.
As for whether the family would be willing to end the conservatorship, he said, “Of course.
I want whatever Michael wants.”
You’ve got to live in it.
It’s obviously upset everybody.”
They don’t really see the skills and the kind of player I am.")
“Mike didn’t grow up with a stable family life,” Stranch said.
Discovering that he wasn’t actually adopted devastated Mike and wounded him deeply."
Reps for Leigh Anne Tuohy have not responded to EW’s request for comment.
