Magic Johnson's Marriage is a Hot STANKIN' Mess 🚩

[Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Irvin Magic Johnson and ertha cookie Kelly's Love Story began when they were both students at Michigan State University while cookie was committed to him from the start magic was too busy giving his dangl Lang to every damn body oh hell no this is a story about lies infid two canceled weddings and a health diagnosis that would flip their lives upside down L this is going to be messy before we dive deep into other people's business don't forget to scoop up something to munch on at rrg snacks.com our online concession stand that has an assortment of beef and bacon jerky blue raspberry licorice rrg coffee mugs and gummy sour Bears those gummy bears busting girl as a teenager cookie kelly didn't know much about basketball but after heading off to Michigan State University she found out who magic was because he was the Big Man on Campus her roommate decided she wanted to shoot her shot and cookie didn't care because she had her sight set on another guy on campus anyway one night cookie and her friend Becky who was on the gymnastics team hit up a nightclub Becky was friends with magic so she introduced him to cookie they exchanged hellos and then cookie made a beine for the dance floor by the time they turned on the lights cookie was exhausted she made her way to her jacket which she had left on a table near Magic she quickly told him it was nice to meet him and that's when magic stopped her and said why don't you give me your number this ninja cookie was confused because they had only spoken briefly the whole night but magic told People magazine he was watching Cookie on the Dance Floor the whole night with his creepy ass so cookie knew her roommate was interested in Magic but she gave him her dorm telephone number anyway then they went their separate ways it was time for Christmas break so they went back to their hometowns for 3 weeks when cookie returned to campus she stepped inside her dorm and the phone was ringing she answered it and it was magic of course Lord here we go here we go her roommate gave cookie her blessing and cookie started to fall from Magic immediately she told mocha manstyle website that magic took her to a steakhouse for their first date they chatted away like they were old friends and cookie said she fell in love on the first dat girl it must have been that state good thing it wasn't a Cheesecake Factory things could have turned out different after their meal he asked if she wanted to go to his uncle's house to listen to music when they arrived his entire family was there having a party and Magic introduced cookie to everyone then they sat down on a couch in the living room listened to music and sipped on soda after their first date they were stuck together like glue but they still weren't official one day magic came down with an illness oh L this is getting m cookie stopped by his dorm room unannounced to check up on him and when she walked in there was a girl inside wearing a bath R oh hell no after an awkward silence the girl left and Magic insisted the girl was just a friend but you say she's just the friend but you say she just the friend cookie wasn't really buying it but she told him it was time to Define their relationship and Magic responded you're my girl boy stop lying in an Instagram post magic wrote that after after 3 months of dating he told cookie and his parents that he would marry her but their road to saying I do was a hot stanking disaster cookie found out that magic went to a sorority ball with another girl and once again he told cookie the girl was just a friend come on y'all sing it with me but you say she's just a friend but you say she just the friend oh Magic you show be lying cookie didn't believe it so she put her foot down and told him he needed to choose who he wanted to be with and well magic picked the Sorority Girl over cookie bye ashy the Sorority Girl followed him to Los Angeles when he got drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers as for cookie she finished up her degree at Michigan State moved back in with her mom and brother and landed a job in Ohio she began dating but every time she tried to move on the phone would ring and it was always magic this ninja he dumped the rity girl and told cookie she should move to Los Angeles since she wasn't happy being in Ohio anyway she turned him down but she wasn't done with him entirely of course she wasn't that's just too much like right they began a longdistance relationship and soon after becoming a couple again he revealed to cookie that he was the father of a three-year-old boy named Andre I know you lying this ninja damn magic damn the child was conceived during a period when magic and cookie had broken up and the child's mom was Magic's sister's best friend oh he was just sticking it everywhere huh cookie learned to accept the love child because her love for magic was so strong she better than me girl she is better than me a year later magic and cookie were spending the summer in Michigan when he proposed cookie said yes and an hour after accepting his proposal she drove back to Ohio and Magic went back to Los Angeles oh hell I can see the writing on the wall this ain't going to be good she started planning their wedding and after discussing which church they would have their ceremony end they hung up the phone then magic called her right back and said I can't do it you can't do what Ninja and just like that he called everything off now he need his ass beat after a few years had passed she started dating a new man the man was at her house when the phone rang it was magic of course why she didn't change her number H damn when she told him she was busy with company magic didn't take it well at all even though he was dating someone else at the time this man cookie continued seeing her new man up until New Year's Eve when she realized she was still in love with magic magic called to wish her a happy New Year the very next day and he revealed he was single too he told cookie I want my girl back this ninja and after four years of being a part they decided to rekindle their romance girl I'm getting Whiplash I am dizzy they were still long-distance lovers at the time and Magic suggested she should move to LA so he could determine if she could fit into his lifestyle say what now cookie agreed but she got an apartment of her own and a job to maintain some kind of Independence now you a Smart Cookie you see what I did there in 1990 after one year of being back together they headed to Miami for NBA Allstar Weekend and Magic proposed to cookie again she said yes and he began planning a lowkey wedding for them she ordered her dress from New York City and Magic told her all she needed to do was show up at the ceremony oh no now what woman doesn't want to plan her own wedding this ninja don't know nothing about planing no wed and then one day while sitting in his car in front of Cookie's apartment magic told her I can't do this this ninja is crazy damn not this again he asked for the five karat ring back but cookie was more annoyed than devastated she refused to give him the ring and told him we can cancel the wedding but we're staying engaged you cannot humiliate me again Gary you already look goofy as hell according to People magazine magic announced the end of their engagement to the Press by saying wouldn't get married until he divorced himself from the game of basketball when is that going to be however cookie had a plan of her own she still showed up to his games called him to confirm dinner plans and carried on as if nothing had happened cookie had her eyes on the prize didn't she she said magic tried to ignore her at first but soon enough he fell back into their normal routine cookie said that every now and then he would lean over and jokingly whisper in her ear give me that ring and she would respond nope they sound like dumb and dumb cookie was aware of Magic's yearly solo trip to the Bahamas when he would recover from the grueling playoffs at the end of every season but the weekend before his trip he would also throw a pool party this time the party was going to be at the home he and cookie built together magic was already living in the home and cookie planed to move in after they tied the knot no wives were allowed at the party and Magic had a strict all male invite list aside from some exotic dancers and groupies for entertainment the other players wives called cookie and begged her to convince magic to cancel the notorious party cookie tried but magic wouldn't budge in her Memoir cookie said he hung up in her face numerous times deep down inside she wondered if he would end their relationship again girl you should have ended it or moved your ass into that house 3 days later he called her from the Bahamas he didn't confirm whether the party took place or not but he did tell her that after thinking things through he was ready to get married ninja are you sure this time cookie told him to leave leave the Bahamas hop on a plane back to LA and they could jet off to Vegas to seal the deal but magic told her she deserved way more than that on September 15th 1991 they got married in a Michigan Church People magazine reported Detroit Pistons player Isaiah Thomas whom magic used to greet on the court with a kiss was one of his groomsmen a kiss in front of 275 guests they set their ey do and then they headed to Malibu for a quick honeymoon cookie joined her new husband in Paris to watch him play in the preseason exhibition games while there she took a pregnancy test and found out they were expecting they returned to Los Angeles and then magic and his teammates headed off to another preseason game against the Utah Jazz less than two months after getting married cookie received an unexpected call from Magic telling her he was on his way home and he had to tell her something she wondered why wasn't he in Utah like he was supposed to be is he going to break up with me again probably he revealed to her that he tested positive for HIV while while undergoing an insurance policy exam through his tears he told cookie he understood if she wanted to leave him but there was no way cookie was going to give up on him she didn't even care how he acquired it even though there were a lot of rumors floating around some people were convinced he contracted the virus from a man While others blamed his Reckless lifestyle Pamela McGee a former USC and Olympic basketball player as well as one of Magic's Good Friends toy LA Times knowing his flamboyant lifestyle it was bound to happen soon or later she added that magic was a womanizer and a major player magic admitted to Sports Illustrated he didn't know when where or which woman gave him the virus but he did say that before he got married he truly lived the bachelor's life after cookie and their unborn child tested negative for the virus she committed herself to helping magic get his health back on track he told People magazine that if cookie had left him during that time he probably would not have survived because of um the HIV virus that I I have attained uh I will have to retire from the Lakers uh today he was forced into retirement in 1991 in June 1992 she gave birth to their son EJ they wanted to have more children but there weren't enough advancements in medicine to allow her to conceive naturally without infecting herself or their unborn baby so when EJ turned two they adopted a baby girl and named her Elisa magic desperately wanted to return to basketball and cookie wanted him to hang it up and get over it or she would leave him oh now she got a backbone magic told the LA Times that to get her to change her mind he gave her a million doll and she finally agreed to allow him to return that'll do it that'll do it when they hit the 10year mark of their marriage cookie told Oprah Winfrey she was busy raising their kids both of whom were diagnosed with attention deficit disorder while magic was busy building his businesses she said his ego was getting bigger and bigger and they were drifting apart in 2001 they quietly separated for 2 weeks before deciding to devote themselves to their marriage in 2019 they celebrated their 28th wedding anniversary by posting sweet messages for each other on social media in her message cookie wrote that they have an undying love that's uniquely theirs as for magic he told cookie that marrying her was one of the best decisions he had ever made this ninja with the best medical care in the world and a cocktail of medicine magic has managed to keep his HIV at an undet detectable level and he has never developed AIDS he and cookie have become high-profile advocates for HIV awareness and prevention although many might Define their relationship as struggle love magic and cookie are still going strong after 32 years of marriage and we wish them nothing but the best

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Id: 6EtgGzkq2O0

Length: 12min 53sec (773 seconds)

Published: Sat Dec 23 2023