Vanessa Bryant Speaks Out Following The Deaths of Kobe & Gianna Bryant

Nobody expected Vanessa Bryant to speak out with the amount of grief she is dealing with in losing a husband in Kobe Bryant and a 13-year-old daughter in Gianna Bryant.

She shocked everybody when she posted on Instagram a lengthy statement on what her family is dealing with.

Vanessa Bryant speaks on the deaths of Kobe and Gianna

"…it's impossible to imagine life without them. But we wake up each day, trying to keep pushing because Kobe, and our baby girl, Gigi, are shining on us to light the way." pic.twitter.com/gHdVJZ7AlS

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) January 30, 2020

Following the deaths of her husband and daughter, Vanessa Bryant changed her Instagram profile picture to a beautiful photo of them embracing each other.

vanessa bryant changed her ig profile picture and i am NOT okay pic.twitter.com/dk1MLXuimu

— Roni Valentine (@ronndotcom) January 29, 2020

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The photo was taken while Bryant was warming up with Gianna during the NBA All-Star Game in Toronto in 2016.

Kobe and Gianna — along with two of her basketball teammates and their family members, an assistant coach, and the pilot of the helicopter — were on their way to a youth basketball game at Kobe’s Mamba Sports Academy when the chopper crashed in foggy conditions in Calabasas.