#MAGIC AND COOKIE JOHNSON WINDOWS#
At the time, he was a big man on campus, and all of the girls in her dorm room were peering out of their windows waiting for him to pick her up. In the same interview, Cookie recounted her first date with Magic. He said, ‘Yes, I will.’ I gave him the number and literally the day I set foot back on campus he called me.” 1978: Cookie & Magic Have Their First Date “I told him I’m not giving you my number because you’re not even going to remember me in a month. Both of them were set to go home for Christmas break the next day. He said, ‘Yeah, by the way, give me your number.’ I’m like what? Cause he never said anything to me the entire night,’” she explained. “The lights came up and I happen to be walking by where he was sitting and I said it was nice to meet you. According to Cookie, Magic didn’t ask her to dance. was standing there by the doorway when I walked in with a friend of mine,” she said. While promoting her memoir Believing In Magic in 2017, Cookie spoke to Mocha Man Style about the first time she met Magic.
#MAGIC AND COOKIE JOHNSON SERIES#
Ahead of HBO’s new limited series Winning Time, which chronicles the rise of the Showtime Lakers in the ‘80s including Johnson’s signing to the team, look back at his and Cookie’s relationship. The NBA star and businesswoman, who met in college, have been together on and off for over 40 years and share two children together. Magic and Cookie have been married since 1991.Magic and Cookie Johnson may have one of the longest-lasting relationships in Hollywood. We’re told that at one point the entire crowd sang “Happy Birthday” to the couple. “We danced for six straight hours and no one sat down,” Magic tweeted. The starry crowd sipped on D’usse cognac cocktails and rosé that “flowed all night” and danced to performances by Chaka Khan and Earth Wind & Fire. He also joked, “I can’t believe you guys just turned 40.”
“I feel that more than ever when I’m around Earvin and when he puts together these wonderful parties and get-togethers … To be honest with you, I’m humbled to be part of it.” “It really is about family,” Riley said during his toast. We hear former NBA star Byron Scott and Magic’s former coach Pat Riley gave “emotional speeches.” to party the night away.Īlong with many of the same VIP guests from day 1, Angela Bassett, Boris Kodjoe, Cedric The Entertainer and Gayle King joined the festivities. for late-night cocktails and dancing.įor the final day of the couple’s extravagant birthday events, the Johnsons and company hit Citadelle at around 6 p.m. Tropez hot spot Le Caves Du Roy Club at Hotel Byblos at around 10 p.m. The following night, Magic and Cookie’s crew hit St. The starry crowd partied until the evening. Jackson, Spike Lee, Sugar Ray Leonard, Micky Arison, Anthony Anderson, Tina Knowles, EJ Johnson, Elisa Johnson, Star Jones and Isabel Dos Santos - were asked to come in “beach chic swimsuits, casual beachwear, sneakers, shorts, or jeans.” The over-the-top bash kicked off on Monday with a welcome party at Nikki Beach for lunch and bottomless La Fete Rosé by the pool.Ī-list guests - including Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez, Samuel L. Tropez this week, an insider told Page Six. Magic and Cookie Johnson celebrated their joint 60th birthday party with an extravagant 3-day affair surrounded by VIP pals in St. Inside Magic Johnson's star-studded 60th birthday bash in St. Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson and Julius Erving all hit same Bahamas vacation spot Theater removes seat so 6-foot-9 Magic Johnson can attend Broadway show
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