The day Taraji P. Henson had to tell her son that his father was killed

Actress Taraji P. Henson -

Marcell Johnson, 26-year-old son of Taraji P. Henson, was just 9 when his father, William LaMarr Johnson, was killed.

The

actress

had been unable to tell the truth to the little boy, who only learned much later what had really happened to his father.

“I couldn't tell him he was killed, so I told him he died in an accident.

He later found out the truth.

He came back to me and said "Why didn't you tell me daddy was murdered?"

And we had to go to therapy, ”she said during an episode of the Facebook Watch

with her guest, the therapist Sierra Hillsman.

A deep crisis

“It was in the papers and I didn't know how to tell her.

He was stabbed to death.

It's the worst way you can die.

And I just didn't have the words.

I didn't know how to tell a 9 year old, ”continued Taraji P. Henson.

The

star has long

 used her notoriety to raise awareness of the issue of psychological issues within the black community.

It is also for this purpose that she launched her show, she who faced a deep depression following the death of her son's father.

"I have the impression that there is a crisis in the mental health of the black community and that there was an urgent need to create something in order to be heard by as many people as possible", The 50-year-old actress explained during a stint on the NBC

for the launch of her program.

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