I always forget that Kobe Bryant spent a chunk of his childhood in Italy, where his dad played basketball for one of the Italian basketball teams (at a lower level). Kobe speaks fluent Italian and he apparently has fond memories of growing up in Italy. His love of all things Italian really influenced his taste in baby names too. That’s right, Kobe and his wife Vanessa welcomed their fourth child a few days ago. Another girl. Kobe and Vanessa have four girls and I doubt they’ll try one more time for “the boy.” The name chosen for this fourth daughter is… Italian.
Kobe Bryant and his wife Vanessa have welcomed a baby girl!
The couple’s new addition, whom they named Capri Kobe Bryant, arrived on Thursday, June 20, the new dad of four shared on Instagram Friday afternoon.
“We are beyond excited that our baby girl ‘Koko’ has arrived!! #bryantbunch #4princesses #blessed,” Bryant captioned an image sharing his newborn’s name and birth date.
The newest #mambacita joins the couple’s three older daughters: Bianka Bella, 2½, Gianna Maria-Onore, 13, and Natalia Diamante, 16.
Teresa Giudice has a daughter named Gianna doesn’t she? Let me look it up…no, she doesn’t, but her daughters’ names would fit right in with Kobe’s choices (Gia, Gabriella, Milania and Audriana). So, Kobe’s newborn daughter is named Capri but they’re calling her Koko. From the frying pan into the fryer with that one – why not “Cap” or “Pre” or “Cappy” as a nickname? And with all of the Italian names to choose from, they choose Capri?? I guess it’s better than naming her Venice. Although Florence would have been a great name.
Photos courtesy of Instagram and Avalon Red.
I will never forget that he violently raped a young woman.
Yes, is everyone forgetting? How did this go away? I’m not a sports fan and even I remember.
The best way to get rid of these scandals is to keep winning. That has and continues to be priority#1. But he is so talented to be blemished by this. They all forget as long as the $$ keeps rolling in. Why is it so hard to call MJ out on what he has done? Because he is so TALENTED.
Same! My first thought was congratulations, and the second thought was “I wonder if he has raped any other women lately?”
As for the name, it always confuses me when people pick nicknames which have nothing to do with the original name or also have the same number of syllables as the original name. So they doubly confuse me.
My first thought as well. If he raped one I seriously doubt it was the only one. That press conference was the WORST! Never forget the victim. Serious karma that he had 4 daughters.
Does Vanessa still wear that massive ring Kobe bought her when he cheated/sexually assaulted that women in Denver (guess depends on whether you believe it was consensual, I don’t)? I wonder if whenever she looks at it if it was worth it? Anyone remember that press conference?? I think of that whenever I see posts like the one above from her and him.
I remember that press conference very well.
She probably does and thinks, yes – look at my fabulous existence.
Everybody has a price.
They have beautiful daughters. He is scum.
He’s foul and it bothers me (and has done most of my life) that sports stars are held up as gods who can do no wrong. It’s the same around the world, not just in basketball etc here in the U.S.
Australian Rugby and the AFL (Australian Football League) is rife with “boys will be boys” behavior.
It’s bullshit.
I thought he was atrocious before the rape…my Scorpion intuition…NEVA seems to fail me about the human condition….
Congratulations to the rapist and his apologist