EJ Johnson during an episode of Jada Pinkett Smith show, “Red Table Talk” revealed how his father NBA legend Magic Johnson reacted when he came out of the closet.
Cookie Johnson, EJ’s mom who was also a guest on the show said she first noticed her son’s sexuality after observing him and a friend on a family trip to Hawaii.
“We had the talk with Dad and that was a little tough,” Cookie, 59, said. “My husband is the kind of person like he reacts quickly. Everything that came to the top of his head, he just let it out.”
Cookie explained the conversation went south.
“It hurt my feelings and I know it probably hurt [EJ’s] feelings.” Cookie recalled Magic, saying, “This is not what I wanted for my son. And do you realize what you’re saying because the world is not going to like that and do you want to live this life?”
Cookie continued saying;
“Afterwards, I told him, I said, ‘I thought that was a little tough. That wasn’t right.’ Then he didn’t say anything.”
The next dayMagic walked into EJ’s room to speak with him,
“And was like, ‘We’re going to get through this and I just need time.’ And we both started crying a little bit.”
“When he came back to visit he picked me up for dinner,” EJ recalled. “He hugged me so hard. He almost like broke my back. At that point, I was like, ‘We’re going to be OK.’ I could really feel the love.”
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