Quinton Aaron Confesses the Biggest Mistake He Made With His Spiritual Wife
After a health crisis, The Blind Side star Quinton Aaron is speaking out. In a Good Morning America interview airing Monday, April 20, the 41-year-old lays out the biggest mistake of his marriage to Margarita DeLeon — and says he later learned she was still legally married.
Quinton Aaron, the 41-year-old actor who played Michael Oher in 'The Blind Side,' just told a wild story on Good Morning America about his health scare, his marriage, and how those two things crashed into each other in the worst way.
The reveal on GMA
In an interview that aired Monday, April 20, Aaron told ABC News journalist Steve Osunsami (55) that he only learned his wife, Margarita DeLeon, was still legally married to someone else after he woke up from a four-day coma. He had suffered a spinal stroke in January. According to Aaron, he had always believed DeLeon was divorced — she told him that more than once — and even assured their wedding venue she had the paperwork when they tied the knot at a Los Angeles chapel two years ago.
"That is my biggest mistake."
Osunsami pressed him on whether he verified any of it beforehand; Aaron admitted he did not, and he called that his biggest misstep.
What happened, in short
- Aaron says he believed DeLeon had been divorced for over a decade when they wed in L.A. two years back.
- After his January spinal stroke, he fell into a four-day coma.
- When he woke up, his family told him DeLeon could not legally make medical decisions for him because, according to records an attorney found, she was still married to a man she wed in 1992.
- Per Aaron, that discovery led hospital staff to remove her from his immediate care circle.
- Asked if he loved her, Aaron said yes — and added that, looking back, he would have dug a lot deeper before getting married.
What Margarita says
DeLeon told Us Weekly in February that she considers herself spiritually married to Aaron. She said she is separated from her previous spouse and that both of them are working to finalize a legal divorce so they can move on. She also said she stayed by Aaron in the hospital for seven days, prayed for him, and watched him fight through a brutal stretch. DeLeon claimed no one in his family confronted her at the hospital — adding that, from her perspective, they did not show up.
Someone familiar with the situation pushed back on that last point to Us Weekly, saying DeLeon knows exactly which family member questioned her.
What his family says
Aaron's family told Us Weekly they have serious questions about whether the marriage between Aaron and DeLeon is valid, and they also said they are looking into DeLeon's claim that she is a registered nurse. They said they found details that worried them and intend to investigate further.
How Aaron is doing now
Recovery-wise, Aaron is in physical therapy three hours a day and is aiming to walk again soon. He credits his faith for keeping him steady through the mess.
Bottom line: it is a messy, very behind-the-scenes kind of situation — the kind you only find out about when lawyers and hospital forms get involved — and Aaron says he learned his lesson the hard way.