Magic johnson gay

No, Magic Johnson was not bisexual; he got the virus through unprotected sexual encounters with multiple women. During his HIV announcement speech, he tried educating people that anyone can get HIV regardless of their sexual orientation.

A few years after that, Magic accused Isiah Thomas, a player with the Detroit Pistons, of spreading rumors about Magic being gay or bisexual. Magic still played in the Olympics and, in , returned to the Lakers as a coach. However, he resigned once the season ended, returning as a player in for one season.

The couple never kept it secret that their son, Earvin Johnson III, who goes by E.J., is gay, but Cookie and Magic Johnson explained how they came to terms with it.

EJ, who voices the character Michael Collins on The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder reboot, said that he had come out as gay to his friends before opening up to his parents. “They were the last people that I really had to talk to about it,” Johnson told Variety.