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Taraji P. Henson Recalls Telling Her Son His Dad Was Murdered: 'I Just Didn't Have the Words'
Taraji P. Henson is opening up about an emotionally harrowing moment in her life — figuring out how to tell her 9-year-old son that his father had been murdered.
In PEOPLE's exclusive sneak peek at Wednesday's episode of Peace of Mind with Taraji, the actress sits down with co-host Tracie Jade Jenkins and therapist Sierra Hillsman to discuss the difficult conversation she had to have with her son Marcell, who is now 26.
"My son's father was suddenly taken — murdered — when he was 9, and I didn't know how to tell him that," recalls Henson, 50. "I couldn't tell him he was murdered, so I told him he died in an accident."
"Later on in life he found out and he came back to me and was like, 'Why didn't you tell me my daddy was murdered?' And so then we had to get therapy," she continues, then turning to Hillsman to ask how sh
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Taraji P Henson breaks down in tears as she recalls murder of her son’s father
Taraji P Henson has recalled the aftermath of her college sweetheart’s murder, and how she struggled to tell their son that his father had been killed.
The Hidden Figures star disclosed the experience on her new Facebook Watch series, Peace of Mind with Taraji, in an episode about grief and losing loved ones to tragedy.
Henson said that she did not tell her son, who was nine at the time of his father’s murder, the circumstances of his death.
“My son’s father was suddenly taken – murdered – when he was nine, and I didn’t know how to tell him that,” Henson said. “I couldn’t tell him he was murdered, so I told him he died in an accident.”
Through tears, Henson recalled her pain at seeing reports of the murder in the local paper.
“I didn’t have the balls,” she continued. “It wouldn’t come out. It was in the paper and I didn’t know how to tell him. He was stabbed to death, it was the worst way you co
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On her new podcast, Taraji P. Henson recalled the tough time she experienced with telling her ung son that his father was murdered.
The 50-year-old “Empire” star opened in Wednesday’s episode of “Peace of Mind with Taraji” about the difficult decision she faced upon learning that her ex-boyfriend, William Johnson, was killed.
“My son’s father was suddenly taken, murdered, when he was 9 and inom didn’t know how to tell him that,” Henson revealed to co-host Tracie Jade Jenkins. “I couldn’t tell him he was murdered.”
Johnson, Henson’s high school sweetheart, was 33 when he was stabbed to death on Jan. 26, 2003. The Washington brev reported police cited a brutal confrontation over slashed tires escalated and led to his death.
The Oscar-nominated, Golden Globe Award-winning actress confessed to being unable to tell her child, Marcel, the truth. Instead, she lied and said his father “died in an acci