{"id":840223,"date":"2026-09-08T04:54:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T04:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/840223\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T04:54:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T04:54:15","slug":"quinton-aaron-returning-to-acting-after-life-threatening-health-scare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/840223\/","title":{"rendered":"Quinton Aaron Returning to Acting After Life-Threatening Health Scare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Quinton Aaron<br \/>\n                          Returns to Acting After Health Scare<br \/>\n                          New Gig Hits Close to Home<\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                        Published<br \/>\n                              September 7, 2026<br \/>\n                            5:40 PM PDT\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260907_3b9a8f7fbef04d18997d5864606e8b87\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:2de1592f-748f-476e-812c-e28b46f41bdc\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/3b9a8f7fbef04d18997d5864606e8b87_md.jpg\" alt=\"main-Quinton-Aaron-ig-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/quinton-aaron\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Quinton Aaron<\/a> is getting back in front of the camera after his terrifying health scare &#8230; and his comeback project is hitting pretty close to home.<\/p>\n<p>Sources familiar with the deal tell TMZ &#8230; &#8220;The Blind Side&#8221; star has landed his own vertical microdrama based on true events from his life, with much of the story centered around his relationship drama.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_png_20260218_e5683b06fb6d442ca8a47cebd62a5228\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:2de1592f-748f-476e-812c-e28b46f41bdc\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/e5683b06fb6d442ca8a47cebd62a5228_md.png\" alt=\"Quinton Aaron sub getty\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re told the project is still in development, but Quinton is expected to start filming soon.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;ll run 60 episodes &#8212; each about 2 to 3 minutes long &#8212; on Atwist, a new vertical platform working with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/kevin-hart\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kevin Hart<\/a>&#8216;s Hartbeat and Upscale Productions on a slate of short-form shows and films.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Quinton will act in the series in some capacity &#8230; though we&#8217;re told he&#8217;s still deciding whether he wants to play the character inspired by himself.<\/p>\n<p>Our sources say Quinton landed the gig through his manager, who has a connection with the production company.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260416_00d82b3b34c144319d8273c2048c292e\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:2de1592f-748f-476e-812c-e28b46f41bdc\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/00d82b3b34c144319d8273c2048c292e_md.jpg\" alt=\"Quinton-Aaron-Eyedeal-Image-Productions-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>More importantly, this marks Quinton&#8217;s first acting role since the major health crisis that landed him in the ICU earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>As TMZ previously reported &#8230; Quinton <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/01\/29\/quinton-aaron-suffered-spinal-stroke\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">suffered <\/a>a spinal stroke and was placed on life support before making major strides in his recovery, including getting his tracheal tube removed and regaining his ability to speak.<\/p>\n<p>            Play video content<\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/63d9d930f25b46d196587237c7403604_md.jpg\" alt=\"quinton-aaron-kal-04-16-2026\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/><\/p>\n<p>He later told TMZ he was intubated and in a coma during the ordeal &#8212; and even said he had a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/04\/20\/quinton-aaron-saw-jesus-during-coma\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">vision <\/a>of Jesus before waking up in the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re told Quinton is doing much better now &#8230; and he&#8217;s pumped to get back to work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Quinton Aaron Returns to Acting After Health Scare New Gig Hits Close to Home Published September 7, 2026&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":840224,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[88],"class_list":["post-840223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=840223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840223\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/840224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=840223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=840223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=840223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}