The True Story Behind The “Blind Side”

Leigh Anne Really Did Fake Michael’s Baby Photo

In real life, Leigh Anne Tuohy wanted to show a baby photo from Michael Oher’s past during his high school graduation ceremony. His drug-addicted mom didn’t have any photos to share so she faked it. Leigh Anne took to the internet where she searched for photos of black babies. She eventually found a photo she thought looked adorable and passed it off as belonging to Michael’s past. The picture appeared in the senior program at graduation but it was not blown up on the stage as we witnessed in the movie. We’re going to consider those graduation programs a collector’s item at this point.