Magic Johnson and his wife Earlitha “Cookie” Johnson are enjoying summer trips together.
The couple, who are just a month away from celebrating their 33rd wedding anniversary, are known for their annual luxury yacht trips during the warmer months, along with a bevy of famous faces.
Magic Johnson embarks on a luxury yacht vacation with his wife Cookie, friends Samuel L. Jackson and entertainer Cedric
However, in recent weeks, Magic (64) and Cookie (65) have been finding time for each other.
“We had a wonderful day today in beautiful Venice, Italy!” the billionaire and former professional basketball player wrote on August 7 on Instagram a carousel of himself and his longtime love.
For the cover image, the husband and wife posed under a gondola sign wearing matching red looks as one of the famous ships docked in the canal.
Magic Johnson reflects on a ‘wonderful week’ of solo time with wife Cookie on yacht vacation
Magic wore a white Dior T-shirt with a red logo and matching shorts. Cookie stood next to him smiling in a crimson dress and sandals and a black Hermes Constance bag.
The photos that followed included one of the businessmen smiling for a picture after they sat on board, as well as videos showing the scenery from the ride.
On Thursday, August 8, he and his wife shared more pictures from Italy.
“Today we enjoyed an excellent lunch at Belmond Cipriani in the Cipriani Hotel! Now it’s time to settle down and watch the Olympics 🍿,” the former Olympian captioned another set of photos. Johnson was a member of the 1992 USA Men’s Basketball Team, nicknamed The Dream Team. They won gold in Barcelona.
As with the previous pictures, Magic showed the couple posing together – this time adding a few slides of the long-time couple having lunch together on the water from the hotel’s restaurant.
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Before taking time for just the two of them, Cookie and Magic spent time abroad with friends.
Their notable group included a couples trip with LaTanya and Samuel L. Jackson, John and Vicki Palmer, and Entertainer Cedric and Lorna Wells.
“Today we had an amazing day exploring Palma de Mallorca, Spain with our friends! We visited one of the largest Mediterranean Gothic churches in Spain that took over 400 years to build,” Believing in magic wrote the author in one of his titles.
Magic Johnson and friends in Ibiza.
Magic Johnson/Instagram
The group’s travels caught the eye of many, including Jimmy Kimmel, who began Photoshopping himself into their vacation photos to hilariously live vicariously through friends.
“¡Buenos Días from Ibiza! #MagicSummer,” Kimmel, 56, captioned a July 2 Instagram post in which he added himself alongside a photo of Magic and Cookie on a yacht.
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After the late-night talk show host’s subsequent spoof post, Samuel, 75, jokingly called out Kimmel for not contributing financially to the group trip.
“@jimmykimmel still has Alligator Arms when the check arrives!!” the Secret invasion wrote the star under the altered image.
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