One Life Star's Child Visits All My Children
Kassie DePaiva by Yolanda Perez/ABC
One Life to Live star Kassie DePaiva (Blair) is letting her 10-year-old son James Quentin - aka JQ - do a guest stint on
All My Children. "But I'm not pimping out my child here!" she assures us with a laugh. "There were just too many positives about this to say no."
JQ, who was born deaf, can hear with the aid of cochlear implants. The three-day role (airing Sept. 20, 21 and 24) ties into a plot that has Kendall (Alicia Minshew) devastated because her little son Spike has lost his hearing in an accident. "Kendall has a conversation with Jason [JQ] backstage at Erica Kane's talk show and thinks he's just an average kid," reports DePaiva. "Later she's shocked to find out he's deaf."
Mom can't tout the implants highly enough: "Without them, JQ wouldn't be able to hear a bomb go off. With them, he's just a regular kid having a wonderful life. It's miraculous." -
Reporting by Michael Logan
