{"id":2482140,"date":"2026-06-30T16:42:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T16:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2482140"},"modified":"2026-06-30T16:42:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T16:42:07","slug":"actor-aaron-lazars-family-shares-gofundme-amid-als-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/actor-aaron-lazars-family-shares-gofundme-amid-als-battle\/","title":{"rendered":"Actor Aaron Lazar&#8217;s Family Shares GoFundMe Amid ALS Battle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Actor <strong>Aaron Lazar<\/strong>\u2019s family has launched a GoFundMe <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/eric-dane-stephen-hawking-and-more-celebrities-who-battled-als\/\">amid his battle with ALS.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAaron Lazar has inspired audiences as a singer and actor,\u201d a message read via a newly launched GoFundMe. \u201cBut to those who love him most, Aaron is a devoted father to his two teenage sons, a loving son and brother, and a loyal friend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The statement shared that Lazar has been \u201cin the fight of his life against ALS\u201d since 2022, adding that the \u201cterminal neurological disease that progressively steals a person\u2019s ability to walk, speak, eat, use their hands, and breathe on their own.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is currently no cure for ALS. Most people would see this diagnosis and its burdens as the end of a dream. Yet Aaron has chosen a different path, dedicating himself to what he calls \u2018The Impossible Dream,\u2019 his commitment to living with hope, determination, faith, and love,\u201d the caption read. \u201cBut determination alone cannot overcome the heartbreaking realities of ALS.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The message continued, \u201cAaron has lost the use of his legs, arms, and hands. He requires a BIPAP machine to breathe and a full-time caregiver at his side to help him throughout the day and night. With his increased needs, the cost of full-time caregiving, medical equipment, and specialized therapies has grown to more than $300,000 every year. Aaron\u2019s ability to generate income for his family is severely limited. He needs help to stay in the fight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The statement shared that the GoFundMe aims to help provide Lazar and his children \u201cwith stability, comfort, and peace of mind while ensuring these enormous financial burdens do not stand in the way of his journey.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cEvery donation directly supports Aaron\u2019s medical care, allowing him to focus on what matters most: spending meaningful time with his children and the people he loves, and empowering Aaron to continue his brave, hopeful fight,\u201d the caption read. \u201cPlease join us in supporting Aaron.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/pictures\/aaron-carters-ups-and-downs-through-the-years-timeline\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/aaron-carter-ups-and-downs-through-the-years-feature.jpg?crop=0px%2C16px%2C2000px%2C1130px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/aaron-carter-ups-and-downs-through-the-years-feature.jpg?crop=0px%2C16px%2C2000px%2C1130px&amp;resize=200%2C113&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/aaron-carter-ups-and-downs-through-the-years-feature.jpg?crop=0px%2C16px%2C2000px%2C1130px&amp;resize=300%2C169&amp;quality=62&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/aaron-carter-ups-and-downs-through-the-years-feature.jpg?crop=0px%2C16px%2C2000px%2C1130px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/aaron-carter-ups-and-downs-through-the-years-feature.jpg?crop=0px%2C16px%2C2000px%2C1130px&amp;resize=600%2C338&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/aaron-carter-ups-and-downs-through-the-years-feature.jpg?crop=0px%2C16px%2C2000px%2C1130px&amp;resize=800%2C450&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/aaron-carter-ups-and-downs-through-the-years-feature.jpg?crop=0px%2C16px%2C2000px%2C1130px&amp;resize=900%2C506&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/aaron-carter-ups-and-downs-through-the-years-feature.jpg?crop=0px%2C16px%2C2000px%2C1130px&amp;resize=1000%2C563&amp;quality=47&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/aaron-carter-ups-and-downs-through-the-years-feature.jpg?crop=0px%2C16px%2C2000px%2C1130px&amp;resize=1200%2C675&amp;quality=47&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/aaron-carter-ups-and-downs-through-the-years-feature.jpg?crop=0px%2C16px%2C2000px%2C1130px&amp;resize=1600%2C900&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/aaron-carter-ups-and-downs-through-the-years-feature.jpg?crop=0px%2C16px%2C2000px%2C1130px&amp;resize=1800%2C1012&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/aaron-carter-ups-and-downs-through-the-years-feature.jpg?crop=0px%2C16px%2C2000px%2C1130px&amp;resize=1920%2C1080&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Aaron Carter Ups and Downs Through The Years\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/pictures\/aaron-carters-ups-and-downs-through-the-years-timeline\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Revisiting Aaron Carter&#8217;s Ups and Downs Through the Years<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tAaron Carter had dealt with his fair share of ups and downs through the years. \u201cI learned there\u2019s a very valuable lesson in growing up as a young star and then being about to come out on the other side,\u201d the \u201cI Want Candy\u201d singer exclusively told\u00a0Us Weekly\u00a0in April 2017 of when he started performing [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The fundraiser has a goal of $500,000, with more than $290,000 raised at the time of publication. The GoFundMe was created on June 21, the same day that Lazar celebrated his 50th birthday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m 50 and more grateful than ever for my amazing friends!\u201d he wrote via <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZ27y8qGeYk\/?hl=en&amp;img_index=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> at the time, sharing clips of Josh Groban leading a singalong with another video showing Norm Lewis and Michael Minarik with the same idea. \u201cThank you @joshgroban @thenormlewis @mayajominarik I love you boys! Thank you everyone for all the birthday love!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actor Aaron Lazar\u2019s family has launched a GoFundMe amid his battle with ALS. \u201cAaron Lazar has inspired audiences as a singer and actor,\u201d a message read via a newly launched GoFundMe. \u201cBut to those who love him most, Aaron is a devoted father to his two teenage sons, a loving son and brother, and a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2354101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[24003,21738],"class_list":["post-2482140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-celebrity-news","tag-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/The-Valleys-Zack-Warns-Theres-More-Amanda-West-Drama.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2482140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2482140"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2482140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2482141,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2482140\/revisions\/2482141"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2354101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2482140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2482140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2482140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}