Taraji P Henson: If I was going to get married, it had to be for love

The 45-year-old actress said she wants to set a good example for her son, Marcell, 22. “If I was going to get married, it had to be for love, because I wanted Marcell to see that kind of love, the kind I yearn for. That old couple crooked and bent over but still holding hands.

I know that kind of love exists and I’m not going to stop until I have that,” she said. Henson is a single mother. She got pregnant in high school while Marcel’s father and her boyfriend William Johnson. was murdered in 2003.