She was blindsided.
Sandra Bullock has been subjected to some rough reviews in the wake of disturbing new claims made by former NFL star Michael Oher, who inspired Bullock’s 2009 film, “The Blind Side.”
The 37-year-old offensive tackle alleged in court documents this week that guardians Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy never actually adopted him, but still profited from his success.
The movie was adapted from the 2006 book “The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game.” Written by Michael Lewis, it tells the story of Oher, one of thirteen children born to a drug-addicted mother, and his rise to football stardom after being taken in by the seemingly generous Tuohy family.
Some armchair commentators are rushing to judgment on social media, insisting the actress, grieving over the recent death of partner Bryan Randall, is somehow complicit in the depressing domestic dust-up.
“Sandra Bullock should give her Oscar back,” slammed sports broadcaster Brandon Walker on X. “She knows she didn’t deserve that s – – t!”
“Sandra Bullock yelled ‘run the dang ball’ a couple times and had the academy trembling on their hands and knees,” a second armchair critic sniped.
“For some reason, the whole blind side was fake thing makes me just hate Sandra Bullock,” stated another online opinionista.
The Post reached out to Bullock for comment.
Almost drowning out the chorus of negativity directed at the “Miss Congeniality” actress, many fans have rushed to Bullock’s defense, claiming that the actress, 59, took a job and is not responsible for anything else.
“Now what y’all NOT gon do is blame Sandra Bullock for that Blind Side mess,” defended one fan. “If that lady fooled everybody, even journalists and the “adoptee” how was Sandy supposed to know? Shut UP.”
“Sandra Bullock starred in the fictionalized adaptation of ‘The Blind Side,’” slammed film and TV reviewer Richard Roeper. “It is totally misguided and unfair to assign blame to her for the new and deeply disturbing allegations about the real-life story.”
“Sandra Bullock has proven time and again how good she is and she just lost her partner to ALS,” another fan fumed. “She didn’t do anything other than play a role with information about the subjects that is now grossly different.”
“Leave her the f – – k alone and pretend the Oscar is for ‘Gravity,’” they added.
Both Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy, who served as inspiration for the Oscar-winning film, have denied the allegations, stating that they are “devastated.”
“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,” said Tuohy, 63.
“We didn’t make any money off the movie,” continued the sports commentator. “Well, Michael Lewis, the [author of the book on which the movie was based] gave us half of his share. Everybody in the family got an equal share, including Michael. It was about $14,000, each.”
According to the Tennessee native, the conservatorship that Oher was put in was to make sure he was eligible to play football at the University of Mississippi.
“I sat Michael down and told him, ‘If you’re planning to go to Ole Miss — or even considering Ole Miss — we think you have to be part of the family. This would do that legally,’” Tuohy said.
“We contacted lawyers who had told us that we couldn’t adopt over the age of 18; the only thing we could do was to have a conservatorship. We were so concerned it was on the up-and-up that we made sure the biological mother came to court.”
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