VIDEO: Magic Johnson Shares HIV Regrets

In an interview with the Los Angels Times, Magic Johnson expresses regret over his 1991 decision to retire immediately after he learned that he had contracted HIV. Suggested Reading Have You Heard the Story of James Brown, The Most Sampled Artist Ever? Black Celebs With the Most Lavish California Homes! The Most Outrageous Car Transformations…

In an interview with the Los Angels Times, Magic Johnson expresses regret over his 1991 decision to retire immediately after he learned that he had contracted HIV.

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“If I knew what I know now, I wouldn’t have retired,” he says.

He also discusses the betrayal he felt when some of his fellow players expressed an unwillingness to play against him because they were afraid of contracting the virus.

Read more at the Los Angeles Times and the Huffington Post.

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