Vanessa Bryant is tackling rumors about her non-public life with just a little assist from the Rihanna playbook.
The widow of NBA legend Kobe Bryant shut down on-line hypothesis she’s pregnant together with her fifth baby by sharing a photograph of Rihanna wanting significantly unbothered, drink in hand, to her Instagram Tales.
“Me protecting my peace, not pregnant & having fun all summer,” Vanessa Bryant wrote, alongside a handful of cheerful emojis.
A second later, she added a second Rihanna meme with the caption: “I’m not mean, I’m just not the one.”
Rumors that Vanessa Bryant was anticipating a baby with an unnamed 27-year-old basketball participant started popping up on-line late final month, although the supply of the hypothesis is unclear.
The philanthropist and former dancer hasn’t publicly been in a romantic relationship since the 2020 demise of Kobe Bryant and their daughter Gianna in a helicopter crash.
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She and her late husband additionally share three different daughters: Natalia, 22, Bianka, 8, and Capri, 5.
Previous to Vanessa Bryant’s witty response, the rumors had sparked a good quantity of discourse over the social expectations positioned on widows. The implication that the 43-year-old had moved on to a brand new romance 5 years after Kobe Bryant’s demise drew criticism on social media, with some oddly suggesting she had an obligation to remain single to guard her late husband’s legacy.
“Bashing Vanessa Bryant, Kobe Bryant’s wife, for being pregnant is just insane to me. Genuinely, she is a widow,” one TikTok person stated Monday. “What do you all expect widows to do? Life keeps going, life keeps moving. Who said that she couldn’t heal and she couldn’t go ahead and continue to live life?”
Added one other: “This lady is allowed to love again … you all do know that a lot of men, they move on the next month, the next year, the next week, the next minute. So, really, why does it matter? It’s literally been half of a decade.”
New romance or not, Vanessa Bryant gave the impression to be staying true to her pledge by taking in a day at Disneyland.
On Monday, she shared a brief video on Instagram exhibiting her together with her daughters on the Anaheim, California, theme park.
