Vanessa Bryant is ensuring her daughters have an opportunity to rejoice their father. On March 13, Los Angeles’s TCL Chinese language Theatre honored the late basketball icon by completely embedding his footprints and handprints within the historic theatre’s courtyard and marked the second with a ceremony attended by the star’s household.

Kobe grew to become the primary athlete to imprint his hand and footprints in entrance of the TCL Chinese language Theatre in 2011. However whereas a lot of the movie star hand and footprints on show within the courtyard are switched out sometimes, Kobe’s can be a everlasting addition.

Vanessa introduced her daughters — 20-year-old Natalia, 6-year-old Bianka, and 3-year-old Capri — to the ceremony, which was additionally attended by Lakers President Jeanie Buss and former coach Byron Scott. Previous to the disclosing, Natalia honored her father in a transferring speech shared by Further on YouTube. “When most individuals knew him as a basketball participant or a storyteller, I received to like him as my dad, and let me let you know, he’s the MVP of lady dads, to say the least,” she stated. “Being a dad of 4 ladies is certainly not straightforward, however regardless of the NBA and Lakers schedules, he at all times made positive to help me and my sisters . . . Being his daughter is likely one of the biggest joys of my life, and I hope to proceed to embody and cherish the numerous classes he has taught me.”

She additionally shared that her dad’s ardour for films impressed her to pursue movie in school. “I bear in mind sitting beside him on late nights, whether or not I’d be engaged on a faculty challenge, getting a midnight snack, or unable to sleep. He would at all times be awake, writing, storyboarding, modifying,” she continued. “As I’ve gotten older, I proceed to see the impression that he had on these round him, and the inspiration he has dropped at so many. Dad, you are an icon, a legend, a storyteller, and most significantly, the most effective lady dad any younger girl may ever dream of . . . We’re extraordinarily pleased with you. We’ll love you eternally and at all times.”

Kobe, whose brief movie “Expensive Basketball” gained an Oscar for finest animated brief movie in 2018, tragically died at the age of 41 in a helicopter crash in January 2020. His 13-year-old daughter Gianna additionally died within the crash.

Forward, take a look at pictures of Vanessa, Natalia, Bianka, and Capri at the ceremony honoring their late husband and dad.