Magic Johnson Cookie Johnson

According to this documentary magic and cookie have had a lot of scandal in their relationship and we re not even talking about the hiv stuff magic told her he had hiv two months after marrying her.

Magic johnson cookie johnson. Often regarded as the best point guard of all time johnson is also considered to be one of the greatest players in nba history. Born august 14 1959 is an american retired professional basketball player and former president of basketball operations of the los angeles lakers of the national basketball association nba. Magic and cookie johnson s love is built to last and this week they re celebrating the glue that keeps them strong. Magic johnson s wife cookie johnson recalls the moment her nba star husband told her he was hiv positive.

Cookie johnson the wife of retired basketball great magic johnson has revealed that she fell to her knees when her husband first told her he had contracted hiv in 1991. The legendary couple just made 29 years of marriage. Earvin magic johnson jr. He was raised in the pentecostal christian faith.

Believing in magic is her story. Earvin johnson iii was born on june 4 1992 in beverly hills california to earvin magic johnson and earlitha cookie johnson née kelly. Magic johnson with his wife cookie in june. While cookie was committed to him at the start it took magic over a decade to realize she was the right woman for him.

The filmmaker explored how the couple met and eventually married. She shares her story in a new memoir believing in magic. In her new memoir cookie johnson wife of nba legend earvin magic johnson shares details of her marriage motherhood faith and how an hiv diagnosis twenty five years ago changed the course of their lives forever. A new documentary about magic and cookie johnson was recently released on youtube.

He has an older brother andre and a younger sister elisa. The pair have been married almost exactly 25 years despite discovering barely six weeks after the wedding that magic had hiv.