Vanessa Bryant Pays Tribute to Kobe Bryant’s Dad Joe After His Death | Kobe Bryant, Vanessa Bryant | Just Jared: Celebrity News and Gossip

Vanessa Bryant is reacting to information of her father-in-law’s demise.

On Tuesday (July 16), it was revealed that the late Kobe Bryant‘s dad Joe “Jellybean” Bryant handed away on the age of 69 after “lately suffered an enormous stroke.”

Later that day, Vanessa, 42, took to her Instagram Story to react to Joe‘s passing.

Hold studying to seek out out extra…“Sending our condolences upon listening to the information of my father in regulation’s passing,” Vanessa wrote. “We hope issues would’ve been totally different. Though the instances we spent collectively have been few, he was at all times candy and good to be round.”

“Kobe cherished him very a lot. Our prayers exit to household,” Vanessa concluded whereas including a white coronary heart emoji.

When you didn’t know, Kobe, who died in January 2020 on the age of 41, had a really sophisticated relationship along with his mother and father. Joe and spouse Pam didn’t attend Kobe and Vanessa‘s marriage ceremony in 2001 and the late Lakers participant later battled his mother and father over the sale of things from his highschool profession and early days with the Lakers.

Kobe‘s mother and father claimed they wanted to promote the objects as a way to purchase a house, however Kobe claimed he by no means gave them permission to take action.

Then in 2016, Kobe mentioned in an interview with ESPN that he hadn’t spoken to his mother and father in three years. It’s unknown if Kobe and Joe made amends earlier than Kobe‘s demise.

We’re sending our ideas and condolences to the Bryant household throughout this tough time. We now have sadly misplaced many stars in 2024.