Henson opens up about lying to son
On her podcast, Taraji P. Henson recalled the tough time she experienced telling her son that his father was murdered.
The actor, 50, opened up in Wednesday’s episode of “Peace of Mind With Taraji” about the difficult decision she faced upon learning that her former boyfriend, William Johnson, was killed.
“My son’s father was suddenly taken, murdered, when he was 9, and I didn’t know how to tell him that,” Henson said. “I couldn’t tell him he was murdered.”
Johnson was 33 when he was stabbed to death on Jan. 26, 2003.
The Oscar-nominated, Golden Globe Awardwinning actor confessed to being unable to tell her child, Marcel, the truth. Instead, she lied and said his father “died in an accident.” Marcel, now 26, eventually learned what happened and confronted his mother.
“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,” Henson said.
Therapist Sierra Hillsman then provided tips on how to properly have a difficult conversation with a young child.
Harrison gets his own
bobblehead: “The Bachelor” and “The Bachelorette” host Chris Harrison now has his own bobbleheads thanks to the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum.
“I feel like I’ve finally made it by having a bobblehead,” Harrison said. “These are so fun and the perfect addition to any dramatic event.”
One of the two new items features Harrison sitting next to a rose bouquet and a group of candles. In the other,
Harrison holds a removable rose. They are available exclusively through the Milwaukee-based museum.
Harrison has hosted “The Bachelor” and its spinoffs since 2002.
Couric to guest host
‘Jeopardy!’: Former “Today” co-anchor Katie Couric is joining the roster of guest “Jeopardy!” hosts set to start next week, manning the lectern until the game show finds a permanent replacement for the late Alex Trebek.
Couric, 63, joins former champ Ken Jennings as fill-in hosts, which Sony previously announced they plan to use until finding a new trivia master.
Zeta-Jones joins
‘Prodigal Son’: Catherine Zeta-Jones will star as Claremont’s newest psychiatric resident doctor, Dr. Vivian Capshaw, on the forthcoming
second season of Fox’s police procedural “Prodigal Son.”
The Academy Award, Tony Award and threetime Screen Actors Guild Award winner will appear regularly in the latter half of the series opposite fellow Welsh native Michael Sheen.
“An extraordinary talent, Catherine Zeta-Jones is the perfect foil for the brilliant Michael Sheen,” Michael Thorn, president, Entertainment, FOX Entertainment, said in a statement.
Jan. 8 birthdays: Actor Larry Storch is 98. TV host Charles Osgood is 88. Singer Shirley Bassey is 84. TV host Bob Eubanks is
83. Singer Anthony Gourdine is 80. Actor Kathleen Noone is 76. Guitarist Robby Krieger is 75. Actor Ron Cephas Jones is 64. Actor Michelle Forbes is 56. Singer Jenny Lewis is 45. Actor Cynthia Erivo is 34.