Cookie Johnson Sits Down With Oprah

Cookie Johnson Sits Down With Oprah To Talk E.J. Coming Out The Closet, Magic Having HIV, And More [Video] - Page 5

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Cookie must be a strong woman…being that she stuck with Magic through all of this!

Before NBA legend Earvin “Magic” Johnson told his wife, Cookie, that he had HIV, he called her to say they had to talk. Here’s what went through her mind.

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