Magic Johnson’s Son EJ Was Forcibly Outed as Gay at 20 Then Left Church Parents Regularly Attend

Contents:

• MAGIC JOHNSON ON LEARNG TO ACCEPT HIS GAY SON EJ: ‘HE CHANGED ME’
• MAGIC JOHNSON SAYS SON EJ G OUT AS GAY 'CHANGED' HIM: 'HE WAS JT SO PROUD'
• MAGIC JOHNSON’S SON EJ WAS FORCIBLY OUTED AS GAY AT 20 THEN LEFT CHURCH PARENTS REGULARLY ATTEND

MAGIC JOHNSON ON LEARNG TO ACCEPT HIS GAY SON EJ: ‘HE CHANGED ME’

“Very European, ” says EJ Johnson, the son of Magic Johnson, as he rells when he me out as gay to his father. I’m gay, but I didn’t want to tell my parents. Durg the nversatn, EJ, who me out as gay 2013, told hostJt Sylvter, "I like myself the way that I am.

MAGIC JOHNSON SAYS SON EJ G OUT AS GAY 'CHANGED' HIM: 'HE WAS JT SO PROUD'

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While EJ, who is also the son of Magic’s wife Cookie Johnson, said he was out to all of his iends, but that his parents were “the last people” he spoke to about Johnson, the son of basketball legend Magic Johnson, spoke about what was like g out as gay to his father. "The former NBA player, who beme an activist for HIV/AIDS rearch after he publicly announced his HIV posive stat 1991, spoke to The New York Tim  2020 about how he ially thought might be hard for EJ given the stigma around gay men and HIV. Over the years, Magic and Cookie have been open about their rponsibili as parents — like when Magic told Ellen DeGener that he was "so happy" when their son EJ me out as gay.

MAGIC JOHNSON’S SON EJ WAS FORCIBLY OUTED AS GAY AT 20 THEN LEFT CHURCH PARENTS REGULARLY ATTEND

EJ publicly me out as gay 2013, though he me out to his fay several years earlier.

In 2014, EJ told PEOPLE that, although his parents "pretty much already knew" that he was gay, they were worried about the public's reactn. EJ Johnson is proudly gay and isn't aaid to let people around him know.