With an incredible true story that even Hollywood couldn’t ignore, Michael Oher decided to use his influence to provide opportunities for others in need. He launched the Oher Foundation in 2016 to help disadvantaged children like himself by providing academic scholarships and mentorship opportunities. He also told his story himself, not through a scripted movie but rather through a memoir. Oher released his book, “I Beat The Odds: From Homelessness, to The Blind Side, and Beyond” in 2011 and another in 2023 called “When Your Back’s Against the Wall: Fame, Football, and Lessons Learned through a Lifetime of Adversity.” In his second book, Oher addressed the darker moments in his complex personal history. In 2017, the football player faced a misdemeanor assault charge for allegedly attacking an Uber driver in Nashville, Tennessee. The charges were later dismissed. Later that year, Oher posted a disturbing and since-deleted photo on Instagram of ten prescription pill bottles with the caption, “All for the brain smh.”
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Through all the hardships, Oher persevered and wanted to inspire others to never give up. “The things that were against me, I can look back and say, ‘I proved them all wrong,'” he told People. “I’m thankful for what I’ve created now,” Oher added. This included creating a family. In 2022, Oher married Tiffany Roy, his girlfriend of 17 years and the mother of their two sons and two daughters. “He is a stand-up dad and no one can top him,” Roy told People.
