'Celebrity Apprentice' star Holly Robinson Peete and her husband, retired NFL quarterback Rodney Peete, opened up to Redbook magazine about dealing with their son, R.J.'s diagnosis of autism.

"We went through this emotional connection, and we just cried in each other's arms. We didn't know what the hell this autism thing was. We were both in denial for a few weeks."

Rodney adds: "I stayed angry and blamed the doctor and was still in denial—while Holly basically rolled up her sleeves and did what needed to be done."

Holly talked about what she and Rodney learned as a couple while trying to deal with R.J.'s autism.

"The problem with autism is that you don't know if things are going to come out fine. You just have to tweak the expectations. And that's what I knew I needed Rodney for—I needed a partner in that journey. We still have our issues, but there's never any talk of our marriage being over, or any of that stuff we used to talk about."

Adds Rodney: "It's Team Peete."

I can't even IMAGINE what dealing with something so serious must be like.

Rodney talked about how the whole experience changed him as a person.

"It made me let my guard down and be vulnerable. That was hard for me, because I had been expected to be strong and show confidence always—when you're a quarterback, that's what you've got to do…In retrospect, it's also made me think how ironic it is that my whole life has been spent on team sports…That's what it takes, a team, and that's what Holly was trying to get me to understand."