Actor Quinton Aaron was hospitalized after falling in his Atlanta home, per TMZ.
Aaron’s manager said that he was taken to the hospital on Jan 25 after he fell while walking up the stairs in his apartment last week. The outlet reported that the actor’s legs suddenly stopped functioning.
The Veterans Aid Network said that medical expenses are “piling up” and his family needs financial assistance for his “medical needs.”
“As he fights one of the hardest battles of his life, let’s surround him with that same love,” the group added.
A GoFundMe was created to raise funds for Aaron’s family amid his health journey and ongoing medical treatment. The page noted that he is “on life support due to a severe blood infection.” The page added that Aaron was fighting “for his life.”
Updated report
In an update to TMZ, his manager confirmed that Aaron is now stable and has been communicating with his team and his family. They added that doctors weren’t sure what caused the fall as of yet, and said medics were still doing tests.
The fall comes after Aaron revealed a 200lb weight loss in October 2025. Sharing side-by-side pictures of himself on Instagram, he wrote in the caption: “I am overwhelmed and blessed to announce that I have reached another cool milestone in my life. Today, when weighing myself, I noticed that I reached the 200-pound marker.”
Aaron said he wanted to lose a further 55 pounds to reach his target weight.
The Bronx native played alongside Sandra Bullock in the 2009 film, The Blind Side. He depicted the life of ex-Super Bowl champ Michael Oher.
His journey from an impoverished childhood to a legend was long seen as one of the most inspiring stories in sports history.
Blindsided Adoption
In 2023, Michael Oher shocked fans when he sued Leigh Anne Tuohy and her husband Sean Tuohy, alleging that rather than adopt him, the couple had actually “tricked” him into a conservatorship that gave them full control of his finances.
“The lie of Michael’s adoption is one upon which Co-Conservators Leigh Anne Tuohy and Sean Tuohy have enriched themselves at the expense of their Ward, the undersigned Michael Oher,” court documents state.
Oher claimed to have never received a penny from the film adaptation of The Blind Side. The Tuohys refuted his allegation, claiming profits were shared equally between family members.
A judge dissolved their conservatorship over Oher in 2023 and a legal battle between the former NFL star and the Tuohys continues.