Sean Tuohy's Comments on Below Deck About The Blind Side Negotiations Resurface
Sean Tuohy's Comments on Below Deck About The Blind Side Negotiations Resurface
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00:00 I get a call from Steven Spielberg, Harvey Weinstein.
00:02 I had to give him the right to use our name.
00:04 And I said, I'll give you the right to use the name
00:06 if I get to read the script and approve it or unapprove it.
00:09 A clip of Sean Tui on below deck resurfaces
00:13 as his family navigates their blindside controversy.
00:16 Each member of the family
00:18 has received the same amount of money.
00:21 Sean and wife Leanne Tui,
00:23 played by Tim McGraw and Sandra Bullock in the 2009 movie.
00:27 These are all Southern people.
00:29 Boarded the Valor in season five on vacay.
00:32 Leanne and Sean Tui.
00:35 Leanne incidentally had her life turned into a book
00:38 and then a movie called "The Blind Side".
00:40 Football movie.
00:41 Is that the one where they adopt somebody?
00:44 Yes, Sandra Bullock.
00:46 It was a great movie, it was a great book.
00:48 And the family's dinner with Captain Lee now going viral.
00:51 In light of allegations from Michael Orr,
00:54 the former NFL pro who lived with the Tui's
00:56 and inspired the movie, who's now suing them.
00:59 So I get a call from Steven Spielberg, Harvey Weinstein.
01:02 I had to give him the rights to use our name.
01:04 And I said, I'll give you the rights to use our name
01:06 if I get to read the script and approve it or unapprove it.
01:10 And so sure enough, seven months later,
01:12 we get an envelope in the mail
01:13 and it's the script of the movie.
01:15 This comes as we get new details
01:17 about the family's paycheck.
01:19 I think that anytime you're in a limelight like this,
01:22 there's always an opportunity
01:24 to have any kind of controversy.
01:25 ET has learned the Tui's made under a million dollars
01:28 from the movie, which grossed over 300 million
01:31 at the box office.
01:33 You protect his blind side.
01:34 When you look at him, you think of me,
01:36 how you have my back.
01:37 How are Sean and Leanne handling all of this right now?
01:42 Like a death in the family.
01:44 It's a family being fragmented.
01:47 Meanwhile, the family's attorney speaks out
01:49 against Michael's claims, which include an accusation
01:53 that Michael was tricked into a conservatorship
01:56 when he thought he was being legally adopted.
01:58 Michael says it was all a plan
02:00 to avoid sharing profits from the film.
02:03 The problem is he wrote a book in 2011.
02:07 In the book, he says it was a conservatorship.
02:10 If he's saying, well, I was tricked
02:13 when the conservatorship was first signed,
02:18 four years later, he's not complaining about it.
02:20 We wanna know if you would like
02:23 to become part of this family.
02:24 Kinda thought I already was.
02:28 What else?
02:29 Online trolls call for Sandra to return the Oscar she won
02:33 for her performance.
02:34 Sandra Bullock.
02:35 (audience cheering)
02:37 I love stories about passion and love.
02:39 It makes a good film.
02:41 Not so fast, says co-star Quentin Aaron,
02:43 who played Michael, now coming to her defense.
02:47 Nobody should come for her Oscar.
02:49 If you try to come for her Oscar,
02:50 you don't have to come for me.
02:51 You know, I'm gonna be her polar bear.
02:52 I'm gonna stand in between.
02:55 You know, Sandra Bullock is an amazing human being.
02:57 She's going through a tough time herself
02:59 in her life right now.
03:01 And I really think people should just leave her alone.
03:03 I want you to do whatever you want.
03:07 It's your decision, Michael.
03:08 It's your life.
03:09 (upbeat music)
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