Super Soul Special: Cookie Johnson: Why She Stood by Magic Through It All

29 Jan 2025 • 30 min • EN

Original Air Date: September 6, 2017  Cookie Johnson, wife of NBA legend, entrepreneur and philanthropist Earvin “Magic” Johnson, opens up about how her deep faith and spiritual beliefs have guided her through some of life’s darkest challenges. She reveals how her husband’s HIV diagnosis brought her to her knees, and how she found the strength to stand up again. Cookie also discusses how she reconciled her Christian faith with acceptance of her gay son, E.J.

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