Who is Michael Oher? Is He Married?

Everything to know about Michael Oher's personal life: The NFL star is a father to four!  

Michael Oher is a retired football player. In his eight-season-long career as an offensive tackle in the NFL, Oher represented the Baltimore Ravens, Tennessee Titans, and Carolina Panthers. Despite his stellar streak in the field, the chances are you know Oher as the subject of a blockbuster film, The Blind Side.  

The 2009 sports drama, The Blind Side, starring Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw, and Quinton Aaron was supposedly based on Oher's life. The movie that affirmed our belief in humanity was revealed to be nothing but based on lies. For years fans believed the movie's side of the story until recently when Michael accused the Tuohy family, who are shown as his savior in the film, of misleading him into conservatorship.   

Michael Oher and The Blind Side Controversy!   

The retired NFL star and the Oscar-winning movie, based on his life, are both hot topics right now. The complete controversy surrounding the long-released film, Oher, and the ones in question, the Tuohy family, have been in the spotlight ever since Oher revealed the real story, which was not long ago.   

The media and fans have been routinely following any further developments in the story, and things are only getting more interesting. Earlier last month, the former NFL star filed a suit against the Tuohys, claiming that they put him under a conservatorship and benefitted millions from the deception. A Tennessee judge recently signed an order to end Tuohy's power over Oher. 

Oher's accusations against the Tuohys go beyond the alleged conservatorship drama. Oher's side of the story is anything but a representation of the film. The John Lee Hancock-directed film showed Michael as a struggling runaway kid who had no place to go.   

The Tuohys come into the picture as the parents Oher never had. The flick hits audiences' emotions in all the right places as it tells how Leigh, played by Bullock, and Sean Tuohy, played by McGraw, take in the helpless Black kid, provide him with unconditional love, adopt him, and eventually, launch his football career.  

Oher, in his suit, cited the exact opposite. Michael's petition read, "Where other parents of Michael's classmates saw Michael simply as a nice kid in need, the Tuohys saw something else: a gullible young man whose athletic talent could be exploited for their own benefit."    

A judge signed to end Tuohy's conservatorship over Oher!  

Not only that, Oher allegedly never got a penny from the movie's success. Whereas the Tuohys, who wrote the preceding book, The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game, reportedly received $225,000 each and 2.5% of the film's net proceeds. Although the Tuohys have "vehemently denied" allegations made by Oher, the controversy and the fiasco have garnered the movie, and its star casts a lot of hate.  

Is Michael Oher Married?  

Many are probably unfamiliar with Oher's life beyond what the movie depicts. Oher is a happily married man and a doting father to four kids. The former Super Bowl winner may have endured a hard start early in his life and career, but he now lives a king-sized life with his wife, Tiffany Roy, and their enormous brood.   

As you'd recall in the movie, Oher goes to the University of Mississippi to study criminal justice. It was there during college when he would come across the love of his life. Michael was still navigating his ruse of a relationship with the Tuohys when he was dating Roy, and the blockbuster movie was yet to hit the screen.  

Oher and Roy started dating around 2005. Roy was Michael's strongest support system when he was carving his very promising, yet challenging career in the sport. The couple may have had their share of ups and downs in the decades-long relationship, but they never once became a subject of media scrutiny.   

It was after sixteen years of togetherness, several compromises, and two biological kids later that Oher put a ring on Roy's finger. The pair got engaged in July 2021 and walked down the aisle on November 5, 2022. "To hear Mike express his feelings in front of 200-plus people was astonishing and romantic. I really felt like a true Queen," Roy said at the time.  

The pair share two kids of their own. Their first, MJ, was born in 2013, the same year Oher won his Super Bowl Championship. "When my son was born, everything changed. My life was centered around him," Michael wrote in his book, When Your Back’s Against the Wall: Fame, Football, and Lessons Learned through a Lifetime of Adversity.  

The duo's second, Naivi, whose year of birth remains a mystery, is the apple of Michael's eye. He describes Naivi as the "greatest gift in my life." The retired NFL star is also a doting bonus father to Roy's two kids, Kobi, and Kierstin, from her previous relationship."Kobi and Kierstin, bringing you in as my own taught me patience and helped me grow into the man I respect today," Oher wrote.  

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