ATLANTA — Quinton Aaron, best known for playing Michael Oher in “The Blind Side” film, is learning to walk again and move on with his personal life after he suffered a stroke.
Aaron was hospitalized in Atlanta with a severe blood infection and was briefly put on life support earlier this year. He later said in an April interview with ABC News that the infection led to a spinal stroke.
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The actor also revealed that he learned his wife was married to another man and couldn’t make any legal decisions on his behalf. Now months after that shocking discovery, Aaron tells US Weekly that he and his now-ex-wife, Margarita DeLeon, are no longer speaking.
“When I was intubated, I was dealing with depression and anger and all these different emotions. So I got to this point where I had to completely shut all of that out. In order for me to move forward, I needed to completely remove her from my life. So that’s what I did,” he told the magazine.
Aaron said he doesn’t feel the need to speak to his ex-wife anymore. Instead, he is focused on “constant journey of self-discovery.”
“We learn something new every day. This new version of me is someone who’s going to bring to light everything that might be hidden in the darkness. I don’t claim to be someone who knows everything, but I will give the answers I do have because I feel it’s my duty to help people in the best way I can,” he told US Weekly.
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