Vanessa Bryant Shares How Daughter Capri Is Following in Kobe Bryant’s Footsteps
Vanessa Bryant will always honor her late husband Kobe Bryant’s legacy.
More than five years after the NBA star died at age 41 in a helicopter crash alongside his and Vanessa’s 13-year-old daughter Gigi Bryant and seven other people, his wife paid tribute to the pair on what would have been Kobe’s 47th birthday.
“We love and miss you and Gigi so much,” Vanessa wrote on Instagram Aug. 23 alongside a throwback photo of her kissing the basketball legend on the cheek. “Sending our love to you. Happy birthday, baby.”
Vanessa’s emotional tribute to Kobe comes just one month after the 43-year-old—also mom to Natalia Bryant, 22, Bianka Bryant, 8, and Capri Kobe Bryant, 6—shared a glimpse into how their youngest has been following in his athletic footsteps.
“Like father, like daughter,” she wrote on a July 24 Instagram post, which featured a split image of Capri—whose middle name is a nod to her dad—emulating Kobe’s stance while holding a basketball. And if her spot-on pose wasn’t enough proof, Vanessa also referred to her little one as, “Baby Mamba” and her nickname “KoKo Bean.”