Kobe Bryant Spoke Spanish Thanks To Latin TV

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

Kobe Bryant's unexpected death has shocked the world; even, in the last installment of the Grammys, he was paid tribute. With the death of the former member of the Lakers basketball team, more details about his personal life come to light. Now it was revealed that the athlete, who was married to the woman with Mexican roots, Vanessa Cornejo, spoke Spanish fluently because he learned it in a particular way: watching Latino television programs.

The also known as the Black Mamba, once revealed, in an interview, that due to the influence of his wife, he saw soap operas such as La madrastra and the broadcast of Sabado Gigante with Don Francisco that helped him perfect the way of speaking that language. Even when he announced his retirement, he was able to give interviews in Spanish to Latino media and followed the soccer games of the Mexican National Team.

“Latino fans are very important because when I got here, those fans were the fans who hugged me the most, with a lot of passion. So I say 'give me two years, three years, I'm going to speak a little bit of Spanish', Bryant explained in Spanish during a press conference. “And now my Spanish is not very good, but I can speak a little bit. So they mean everything to me. Having a wife who is Latino is also very significant, and my daughters.”

In 2001, Kobe Bryant married Cornejo and liked to take vacations on the beaches of Los Cabos, Mexico. From that sentimental relationship four daughters were born, Natalia, Gianna María, Bianka and Capri; the last with only six months of age. Her second daughter, known as Gigi, followed in her footsteps in basketball so her father called her Mambita and registered the name in Spanish. Unfortunately, the young lady was traveling with him in the helicopter that collapsed and also lost his life.