Magic Johnson Says Revealing HIV Diagnosis To His Wife Was ‘The Toughest Thing I’ve Ever Had To Do In My Life’

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Magic Johnson is getting candid about life with HIV. In a new interview with “CBS Mornings” on Thursday, the basketball legend opened up about his diagnosis 30 years ago, and his enduring marriage to wife Cookie. READ MORE: Billy Porter ‘Never Felt Joy Like This Before’ After Revealing His HIV-Positive Status “It’s still the toughest thing I’ve ever had to do in my life,” he said of telling his wife he had HIV. “It was hard because I loved her so much and I hated to hurt her.” With the state of the disease treatment at the time, Cookie said that she was most worried about what would happen to her husband: “It wasn’t how he got it that was important to me.