The former Los Angeles Lakers legend and wife
Cookie say they support their son who is spotted stepping out with rumored
boyfriend.
Magic Johnson's son, Earvin
"E.J."Johnson III, was spotted walking and holding hands with an
unidentified man on the Sunset Strip on Monday, April 1. TMZ reported the news
and claimed the man was E.J.'s boyfriend.
E.J., wearing a fur coat and carrying a handbag,
and his mystery man were heading into a club when he was asked by the site
about the new Los Angeles Dodgers season and the Los Angeles Lakers' playoff
chances. "I'm going to hope and pray for them, too, because I always root
for my Lakers," he said of his father's former team.
Meanwhile, parents Magic and Cookie showed
their approval and support to their son. "Cookie and I love E.J. and
support him in every way," the 53-year-old former Los Angeles Lakers
player said of his 20-year-old son. "We're very proud of him."
E.J. wasn't the first Johnsons to be rumored
as a gay. Revealing his HIV status back in 1991, Magic was rumored as either
gay or bisexual, and had contracted HIV by having sex with an HIV-positive male
partner. He then retired in the same year and became a vocal advocate for
HIV/AIDS prevention and funding ever since.
"So I'm working hard to continue to
educate minorities about HIV and AIDS and we've got to band together. We're too
fragmented right now, but if we can do that, we're going to do well," he
said in a 2011 interview. "Homophobia is still an issue everywhere, but
especially in the black community. When people are scared to talk about it,
that's how the disease spreads."
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