. >> now to michael oher, the former football player is making his first public comments since suingouple that helped him to become a household name. this morning, the man at the center of the 2009 oscar nominated hit the blind side is opening up in a candid interview. super bowl champ michael oher, speaking out for the first time since filing a lawsuit against the tuohy family, who took him in as a high school student. >> we want to know if you would like to become part of this family. >> kind of thought i already was or telling the new york times about the complex, ongoing court case in which he alleges the tuohys took advantage of him, depriving him of millions at the age of 18. >> or, says he thought he was signing adoption papers, but it ended up being a conservatorship, allowing the tuohys to take advantage of his finances. for nearly 20 years, he tells the new york times, the first time i heard i love you, it was sean and leigh anne saying it, adding, when that happens at 18, you become vulnerable. you let your guard down and then you get everything stripped from you. the now