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WATCH: 5-Year-Old Daughter Does Adorable Kobe Bryant Impression as Wife Vanessa Takes Her Family to the Lakers Legend’s Childhood Country

Published 07/16/2022, 11:18 PM EDT

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Vanessa Bryant is on holiday with her family in the country of Italy where her husband, the late great Kobe Bryant, spent a lot of his childhood. Meanwhile, the Black Mamba’s five-year-old daughter Bianka Bella amazed the internet with an adorable impression of her father. In fact, BB made a face that looked exactly like Kobe Bryant in the middle of a Lakers game while complaining about the boat ride.

Vanessa Bryant is currently on a vacation with her kids in Italy. Currently, they are enjoying the beautiful island of Capri. Incidentally, Kobe and Vanessa Bryant’s youngest daughter is also named Capri.

Kobe Bryant’s daughter BB does an impression of her dad

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Vanessa Bryant posted an adorable clip of her daughter Bianka Bella complaining of a boring boat ride in Italy. The clip starts with Vanessa asking, “That was the worst?”. BB replies in an exhausted voice, “Yeah, I can’t“.

As it turns out, she clearly isn’t enjoying her boat ride in Italy. “Mom, next time we go to Italy please do not take us on the boat ride“, she makes herself extremely clear.

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Okay, babe“, Vanessa obliges. Afterward, Bianka made an annoyed facial expression exactly like Kobe in the middle of a game. “Tell us how you really feel, BB #echo (w/ Daddy’s face at the end) “, Vanessa wrote in the caption.

Kobe Bryant in Italy

Kobe Bryant left the United States at the young age of six to settle in Italy with his family. The Los Angeles Lakers legend’s father Joe ‘Jellybean’ Bryant had accepted an offer from the Italian basketball club Sebastani Rieti.

Joe Bryant put an end to his eight-year NBA career for a better paycheck. As a result, a young Kobe had to leave his home in Houston to settle in the hilltop Italian city of Rieti.

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Meanwhile, Kobe used to be present in his father’s games regularly. During intervals, he used to wipe the sweat off the floor and do tricks with the ball in between. The crowd would be amused by a young Kobe Bryant’s skills.

As it turns out, those experiences would prepare Kobe Bryant for his superstardom in the future. It would also give him a taste of performing for a crowd.

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Satagni Sikder

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Satagni Sikder is an NBA writer for EssentiallySports. He has a Master's degree in English from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, and has been following the NBA since 2017. Moreover, he supports the Dallas Mavericks, and unsurprisingly, Luka Doncic is his favorite player.
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Veer Badani