“It was the worst way for you to die.”
Taraji P. Henson spoke about a difficult moment of truth between her and her son, Marcell.
In a preview of Wednesday’s new episode of her series “Peace of Mind with Taraji”, the 50-year-old actress revealed how her son discovered that his father, William LaMarr Johnson, was murdered when Marcell – now 36 – he was just a child.
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“My son’s father was suddenly taken and murdered when he was 9 and I didn’t know how to tell him that,” said Henson. “I couldn’t tell him that he was murdered, so I told him that he died in an accident. Later in life, he found out and came back to me and said, ‘Why didn’t you tell me that my father was murdered? ‘And then we had to go to therapy. “
After asking for advice to talk to children about similar situations, therapist Sierra Hillsman said that parents need to explain that “sometimes there are situations where people do bad things to other people”.
“I didn’t have the courage. I didn’t. I wasn’t going to leave. I hid it. I read it, actually …” replied Henson, choking. “It was in the paper and I didn’t know how to tell him. He was stabbed to death, it was the worst way for you to die. I just had no words. I didn’t know how to say a 9 year old.”
The full episode will investigate how Henson overcame the pain of suddenly losing his son’s father after an episode on Tuesday in which she joined King Von’s former Asian doll and Pop Smoke’s brother Obasi Jackson to talk about the sudden loss.
Watch that episode below:
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