Kobe Bryant White Hot
In a town where celebrity is a common commodity,
the basketballer is a category unto himself
by TOM MURRAY / photographs by RUVEN AFANADOR
styled by JAMES VALERI / produced by HANNAH HARTE
It’s almost 4:30 in the afternoon. In the vast Blossom Room of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, everything is in place for Kobe Bryant’s cover shoot: The photographer and his three assistants have been here since 8 a.m. creating a set for the shoot that is swathed in black duvetyn and dominated by three towering light stands. There is even a Kobe stand-in for adjusting the lighting.
There’s a stylist and a seamstress, a groomer and a manicurist, assistants and publicists galore. A woman from Harry Winston is here with a serious pair of diamond-stud earrings Bryant will be slipping on, along with a rack of all-white designer outfits. There’s just one thing missing—the man himself. He’s running late...actually, not running at all. Flying. In his helicopter. From his home in the O.C. He just landed, a publicist assures. He’s 10 minutes away.
“I knew he’d be late,” says the creative director, completely unfazed by the fact that he now has barely two hours to pull off a job that normally takes at least four. And there’s no wiggle room: Bryant has to leave by 6:30. He’s doing the Kimmel show tonight.
Suddenly, there he is—long, lean, in shades and simple gray sweats, a small entourage in tow. Bryant ambles over, smiling and exchanging hugs, handshakes and fist pumps. The stylist shows him the clothes, and they chat easily in Italian before deciding on the first ensemble. The manicurist starts on his nails, while the groomer rubs moisturizer on his face and head. Not the ideal circumstances to conduct an interview, but on this tightly scheduled day, it’s the only option.
Tom Murray: I have to ask, When you’re in that chopper, do you ever look down on the city, pinch yourself and say—
Kobe Bryant: How the hell did this happen? Absolutely—every time. Like I’m sitting here right now. [Nods toward the two ladies primping him.] You know what I mean? This is dream s--t. Wardrobe that’s all white? This just doesn’t happen. Not for me. This is crazy.
You’re very relaxed. Of course, we’re talking as you’re getting a manicure and a facial before you have your makeup put on. Is this a side of your personality you’d like more people to see?
I think people, especially here in Los Angeles, are starting to understand me a lot more in terms of what I’m like personality-wise. I’m relaxed, laid back, pretty funny, smartass. I like having a good time.
But people don’t often see that.
When they turn on the TV or go to a game, that’s not the side of me they want anyway. They want to win a championship, and that ain’t gonna get it done. [Laughs.] Know what I’m saying? Most of the time when they see me, I’m in that golden armor. We all have different personalities. The competition and the nastiness part of it, that’s a part of my personality, too, you know? It just depends on what environment I’m in.
You take heat because of your demeanor in postgame interviews, especially if you lost.
Well, everybody gets upset. But if I’m being short, I’m being short. It’s not like I’m telling people to go F-off. It is what it is. At the end of the day, you play to win. I do whatever it takes to get my team in the best position of winning, and when it’s over, we’re celebrating again with another parade—then
everybody is happy.
But wouldn’t it benefit you if the media in L.A. saw this side of your personality more?
It probably wouldn’t be helpful for them, because they have to write and sell stories. And you can’t have everybody saying positive things all the time.
It’s just not going to work, even though this is, like, my city when it comes to sports, you know what I mean? You gotta have people on one side of the
fence and people on the other. If not, the story’s not compelling. The people who truly know me know what I’m like. There have been people who try to say things that aren’t fair, and I check them. And then they don’t like me because I checked them.
When you say check them, what do you mean?
Call them out. I’m not going to be a pushover. If I’m going to talk to you, I’m going to talk to you respectfully. I’m comfortable in my own skin. If I’m
upset, I’m upset—write about it. If I’m happy, I’m happy—write about it. I’m gonna just be me, and let them report what they’re gonna report.
When I first met you years ago, you lived in the Palisades. Now you’re in Orange County.
I love Orange County. I get to enjoy L.A. more. Living in L.A., you don’t get a chance to enjoy it, because there’s so much traffic, and it’s so congested.
So, moving outside of it, I get a chance to be close to the water. It’s relaxing, spread out. I can come to L.A. and enjoy it, then go back to the peace and quiet.
How do you like to enjoy L.A.?
We go to restaurants, things like that. I love Koi. Most of the time, after a game, I go across to Katsuya at L.A. Live. And I love Philippe’s.
Yeah! They make a great French dip sandwich!
[Looks confused, then starts laughing.] I don’t know about roast beef. I love the Beijing chicken. That’s my favorite. [Now I’m confused. Bryant, sensing that my inner rube has surfaced, comes to the rescue.] No, man, I’m talking about Philippe Chow—on Melrose.
Ah, of course. So, what else can you tell us about yourself?
I love dogs, I hate bees, I love snakes. And I hate dog s--t. I absolutely hate dog s--t.
So what do you do when dogs poop in front of the house?
Clean it up. [Laughs.]
Wait, you’re out there with a—
Pooper scooper? Yeah, I’ve done it a few times. Every once in a while, you have to.
That helps keeps you grounded, I'm sure, but most would think you’d have someone whose job is to pick up your dog poop.
I do, but they have to have off days. And the dog doesn’t say, “Oh, it’s my walker’s day off, so I’m not gonna s--t today! When they gotta go, they gotta go. And somebody’s gotta pick it up.
You’re playing Guitar Hero at an event with Baltimore Raven Ray Lewis after this. You play a pretty mean air guitar?
Oh, yeah, man—everybody can play a mean air guitar! I’ll be rocking out!
Even against a badass NFL linebacker?
You can’t sack a guitar...but you can’t dunk one either. [Bryant beat Lewis two out of three, despite admitting to never having played the videogame.]
Any songs or bands you like?
“Hells Bells”—a little AC/DC never hurt anybody. Dropkick Murphys get me going, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nirvana...plus, all the regular hip-hop stuff.
The World Cup is around the corner. Are you rooting for any particular players or teams?
I’ll obviously pull for the USA, but I have sentimental ties to Italy. I have a friend who plays for Argentina. [David] Beckham I was pulling for, and it’s
unfortunate what happened [torn Achilles tendon]. But it’s tough to say which team I think is going to win the whole thing.
It’s time for Bryant to head to the set. Music pounds and lights flash every few seconds, and when he’s finished, there’s time for just a final few questions out by the pool.
Do you think about your basketball mortality at all—that one day you won’t be able to do everything you can now?
I feel invincible out there, but it’s a different kind of invincible than when I was younger. Can I jump over two or three guys like I used to? No. Am I as fast as I used to be? No, but I still have the fundamentals and smarts. That’s what enables me to still be a dominant player. As a kid growing up, I never
skipped steps. I always worked on fundamentals because I know athleticism is fleeting.
Have you thought about what you’d do after your playing career that would get the juices flowing as much as basketball?
The game...there’s beauty in it. The motivation comes from wanting to do it the best way you can. So whatever endeavor or field I decide to go into after
I play, I’m going to approach it with the same discipline.
Do you think it might be in the game?
Hmmm, never say never. But coaching, managing, stuff like that—I seriously, seriously doubt that. Heavily doubt it.
Why so emphatic?
I don’t really have any interest. Me going into that would definitely increase my frustrations. But part of my personality is I’m infinitely curious. And finding something else that could get my juices flowing—that’s a bigger challenge.
Time’s up. Bryant has other commitments, then it’s back to the chopper. “What do you think about while you’re up there?” Kobe is asked, as he winds through a throng of admirers.
“I think about a lot of things,” he says. “I think about driving around the streets of Philadelphia as a kid and looking at all the tall buildings downtown and just wanting to be a great basketball player. And then I fast-forward, and here I am, in a helicopter over a city I’ve been playing in for 14 years. That’s pretty surreal.
“I think about all the fans we have, the houses I’m flying over. Especially when I’m heading to a game, I’m like, How many will watch us play for the next two hours and be pulling for us? That helps motivate me.
“But most of the time...I just sleep.”
TOM MURRAY is upset because he forgot to ask Kobe Bryant for floor seats to a playoff game for him and his two sons. Ha!
See—and hear—which songs set the mood for Kobe's photo shoot
So, what’s the locker-room talk on Kobe’s photo shoot? The L.A. Times’ Lakers blog goes straight to the source...
Set design: Jamie Dean
Stylist Assistant: Brandon Palas
Grooming: Helen Robertson / Celestine Agency
Manicurist: Michelle Saunders / Celestine Agency
Shot on location at Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel
Categories: Feature Story / Interviews / Photos / Pictorials / Sports
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This has to be parody. It is parody, right?
Posted by: Clay Landon | 05/02/2010 at 11:56 AM
I can't believe this piece or the LA Times. Are you serious?
He looks a white hot mess. He is a white hot mess and so is this piece.
Posted by: Ugh | 05/02/2010 at 12:00 PM
Greatest Ever
Posted by: Heisenberg | 05/02/2010 at 12:08 PM
Why are his Tattoos airbrushed off.
Posted by: bizdady | 05/02/2010 at 01:58 PM
nice photo kobe! you're really my idol right from the very start of your career! i hope you have many more good basketball years left! and many more championship rings to come! my only advice for you as an avid fan is right after the playoffs, win or lose let all your injuries get healed so that when next season comes you're ready to compete again against the best' prove to them that you're still at your prime & not done yet!
Posted by: dexter tan fernandez | 05/02/2010 at 09:12 PM
Kobe look mad suspect in these pix..lol
Posted by: LeBronMVPx2 | 05/02/2010 at 09:20 PM
Kobe has just confirmed that he is the gayest arrogent MFer alive. Straight Biatch!!!!!
Posted by: Kobe Hater | 05/03/2010 at 05:40 AM
what on earth is this supposed to be?
Posted by: greg varner | 05/03/2010 at 08:59 AM
I love Kobe, but he looks like a young Eartha Kitt in a hat...
Posted by: drbenk | 05/03/2010 at 09:17 AM
LMAO these are terrible Kobe look a little...........strange.
Posted by: Mike | 05/03/2010 at 09:39 AM
It's what any models would do, but the fact that it's Kobe...many won't get it. Not everybody gets artistry, but it subconsciously sends trends. Kudos, Kobe.
Posted by: Ryan Gucayane | 05/03/2010 at 09:58 AM
for those hatin on kobe...why r u readin the article in the first place if u hate him so much?...exactly...stfu
Posted by: realist | 05/03/2010 at 11:36 AM
Terribe he shud b ashamed of himself for even doin this Rapist thts y Lebron takin the ring this year baby
Posted by: Lanetat | 05/03/2010 at 12:02 PM
kobe looks funny in this pics manly b/c we arent used to seeing him like this but I like it its a whole different side of him. He is confident and smart which makes him great! Go LA Lakers!!!!
Posted by: inesa rchtouni | 05/03/2010 at 12:07 PM
Kobe is a member of one of the secret groups....or a puppet to one of these groups. He is dressed for the Feast of Beltane which is a pagan springtime holiday where Father Sun marries Mother Earth. He is dressed as both father and mother. The ritual is both a fertility ritual as well a ritual of success in all future endeavors.
Posted by: JG | 05/03/2010 at 12:18 PM
Finally an athlete brave enough--confident enough to drag himself into the 21st century stylistically .... incredibly chic.
Posted by: Geo | 05/03/2010 at 12:25 PM
The pictures are so saturated it almost looks like he doesn't have any eyebrows...
Posted by: Obi juan canobi | 05/03/2010 at 12:33 PM
Brilliant styling. AMAZING photos!
I'm seriously impressed that Kobe did this shoot. I still don't have any respect for the man, but I'm impressed.
Posted by: Nathan | 05/03/2010 at 12:54 PM
Can someone explain to me why Koe Bryants looks very Feminine with the head coverings in the two pictures? How did people become so cool with this. These are outfits that noone will ever where, it's seems very suspect. People need to WAKE UP......
Posted by: Kristen Iniquez | 05/03/2010 at 01:03 PM
Kobe did not rape that woman. She admitted it. So all you people talking about he should be in jail...go kill yourselves.
Posted by: leon | 05/03/2010 at 01:09 PM
whover ran this photo shoot must be a laker hater. they set kobe up to look like an idiot.
Posted by: marcus | 05/03/2010 at 01:28 PM
Kobe developed his game in Philly but he didn't learn this there.
Posted by: Brian | 05/03/2010 at 01:31 PM
hahaha gayest pics ever
Posted by: David | 05/03/2010 at 02:16 PM
what the hell
Posted by: James Titan | 05/03/2010 at 02:36 PM
Omg guys lock the doors and hide your children!
Posted by: James Titan | 05/03/2010 at 02:39 PM
lol sporrts are gay too.
Posted by: sarah | 05/03/2010 at 02:45 PM
worst photo shoot ever but possibly the best kobe interview i've ever read. there have been longer interviews but they just recycled the same stuff. Murray actually got something out of him.
Posted by: east nyboer | 05/03/2010 at 02:55 PM
Kobe, dressed as a tampon. How appropriate.
Posted by: Eddy | 05/04/2010 at 11:59 AM
Kobe looks like a queer. I cant believe he even wore those clothes for the shoot! If I looked like that on the cover of a mag I would kill myself.
Posted by: Ken Marapese | 05/04/2010 at 01:51 PM
can someone say "clockwork orange"?
Posted by: louseal | 05/04/2010 at 02:11 PM
KOBE U Look extremely gay..as amatter of fact he looks stupid. Like he let sombody else dress him.
Don't you know Kobe there's no real leaders or creative people @ LA TIMES mag...check out the article. Its completely weird, gay and a Super white hot MESS.
Posted by: tony adams | 05/04/2010 at 02:14 PM
OK WE ALL NO KOBE DOESNT MAKE GOOD OFF THE COURT DECSIONS (COLORADO) THIS IS ANOTHER ONE. THIS IS SO NOT LEFT COAST...OUR CHAMPION. BE REAL YOU LOST A BET & DID THIS FOR A CHARITY WE ALL KNOW YOU DONT NEED THE MONEY...GO LAKAZ
Posted by: PHATMAK | 05/04/2010 at 03:01 PM
Hey Kobe! Those sure are some sexy lips you got there.
Throw on some lipstick and I'd do you! lol
Posted by: Laker4LifedousPart | 05/04/2010 at 03:24 PM
This photoshop pic of this is hilarious. Good laugh
http://hypebeast.com/forum/showthread.php?t=131064
Posted by: Laker4LifedousPart | 05/04/2010 at 03:36 PM
damn kobe!!!! why???.... smh lookin like a slave in old days smh you stil MVP tho.. Lakers!!
Posted by: blackmamba | 05/04/2010 at 03:38 PM
No, Kobe should not be in jail. The girl who lied and said he raped her should be in jail.
Posted by: carra | 05/04/2010 at 04:00 PM
Why are you giving such a fawning profile to a known serial adulterer and accused rapist? The man is trash.
Posted by: Simon G | 05/04/2010 at 04:40 PM
Let's be real, if LeBron pulled some gay ass stuff like this we'd never hear the end of it. I can't wait to see the puppet version of these pics. Kobe sucks and looks like he should be playing for the Sparks! LBJ 4 MVP! Go Cavs!
Posted by: Mark | 05/04/2010 at 05:03 PM
This is a damn shame.
Posted by: 4fizzle | 05/04/2010 at 05:10 PM
Kobe looks like a Willie Wanka Oompa Loompa who fell in the chocolate and got stuck in the stretch machine!! For real, tell me somebody photo shopped these pics. Vanessa, WTF was on your mind lettin your man pose like this? FOR REAL YALL? COME ON!!!! Is this how we distract the other team? I am all for winning the series, but daang yo!!!! I truely love me some Kobe. But I have to draw the line somewhere! Line drawn, in cement Kobe!!!
Posted by: Toni | 05/04/2010 at 08:56 PM
all you guys know you enjoyed looking at him, and i guarantee! you looked several times, none of you could even afford anything he had on except the wrist and head band. He looks hot, everyone's gonna be trying to cop this look this summer, back up haters!!!lol
Posted by: T Hop | 05/04/2010 at 08:59 PM
Wow! LMMFAO! I wonder what the rest of the lakers think of this shoot. Kobe how my ass taste?!?!
Posted by: m | 05/04/2010 at 09:05 PM
Kobe said it best "when we’re celebrating again with another parade—then everybody is happy". It does not matter whether you understand him or not, we love him when he brings yet another ring. Ha, Ha, Ha, to all you haters...why you reading this about him???
Posted by: Javi626 | 05/04/2010 at 09:10 PM
All I have to say is, I like the purple Lakers' version better. Sneak preview:
http://www.shallownation.com/images/grace-jones.jpg
Posted by: MJ | 05/04/2010 at 10:42 PM
I'm a Die HARD Lakers fan, and I hate these pictures. Even Kobe hated them, according to his comments on them after tonight's game. This article is great, it really is a new side of Kobe we don't get to see whilst on the court. Also, like stated earlier, that slutty girl ADMITTED Kobe didn't rape her, people just want to find something against the best player the NBA has seen in decades or maybe ever!
Posted by: nab z. | 05/04/2010 at 10:54 PM
How does Kobe not know what Phillipes is ? C'mooon
Posted by: sarah | 05/04/2010 at 11:27 PM
LMAO !!! WTF is this ??!! WHo the hek styled this? I like fashion but this is not HOT!!! The hat looks like sumtin from the south @ the end of slavery days and the head scarf makes him look like he a middle eastern brawd!! Key word he looks like a BRAWD .
Posted by: white hot = White NOT | 05/05/2010 at 12:01 AM
Oh. My. God. I'm a fan, but I couldn't resist: http://tinyurl.com/27btlph
Posted by: Sabrina | 05/05/2010 at 06:11 AM
omgthat is SO BAD
Posted by: LOL | 05/05/2010 at 06:15 AM
Tom Murray is an idiot that lost all credibility when he put the last sentence about floor seats to a playoff game. Get Real Tom - how unprofessional!
Posted by: Cash | 05/05/2010 at 07:51 AM
The concept is daring. It brings out the beauty and strength in Kobe's face. It also helps break the stereotypes that are so associated with race, careers and fashion and that is way cool!!
Posted by: Christine Wheeler | 05/05/2010 at 09:22 AM
I am in TEARS at these comments! And why did they edit his skin tone to look EXTRA chocolatey so the white would pop?? LOL!
Posted by: Ms Parker | 05/05/2010 at 10:13 AM
Kobe is the best there is and the best there ever is in the NBA!! There's always gonna be haters, tryna pull people that are up there in their game down to be miserable like themselves, coz they ain't got no lives, and are mostly LOSERS! LOL! Who are you to judge him? ONLY GOD can judge him!! Newhootz, these pictures are hot!! The Interview was awesome!! Love that you do think about us, your fans, and we do motivate you before a game!! =] You're the BEST, always will be the BEST!! There's only ONE BLACK MAMBA, that's YOU!! GO LAKERS!! ~BLeed PuRpLe & GoLd BaByEE~ I LOVE L.A.
Posted by: PuRpLe & GoLd | 05/05/2010 at 11:10 AM
He looks like kunta kinte lol
Posted by: J | 05/05/2010 at 12:28 PM
they are fashion pictures. i can see why sports people wouldn't get it, but damn, i dont even like kobe, but i like this set.
Posted by: tayriley | 05/05/2010 at 05:11 PM
Bravo, Kobe, for doing something so different and unexpected.
I happen to think he looks amazingly sexy and hot in some of those pictures. He looks stunning in all-white.
Frankly, I don't understand what all the fuss is about...
Posted by: Saproducts | 05/05/2010 at 10:42 PM
Stop it!!!!! Stop it right now! This is a side of Kobe fashion that I don't like.
Posted by: Lola | 05/06/2010 at 07:36 AM
I guess people shouldn't read about celebrities if they are not fans of them right? According to the genius called "realist". He looks horrible and extra feminine. He probably looked better in the sweats he came to the shoot in...
Posted by: Jody | 05/06/2010 at 07:44 AM
These pictures aren't bad. Someone said this is what models do, it is just different from the Kobe that we know. So true! How can you possibly hate a man with that much game and success. If it was Lebron would you say the same thing? STOP HATIN!!
Posted by: mela | 05/06/2010 at 12:41 PM
i just lost like 50% of respect i have for kobe like whatta fag
Posted by: woowhahhaha | 05/06/2010 at 07:36 PM
Kobe is getting ready for his new career after LeBron uses that silly scarf to wipe up Kobe's ass.
Posted by: lbgrrl | 05/07/2010 at 01:40 AM
What's the big deal? Yeah, only the first photo is pretty bad, but the rest are okay.
Posted by: Harvey T. | 05/07/2010 at 11:14 AM
Kobe...more like the Queen of Nairobi!
Posted by: PDubs | 05/07/2010 at 11:52 AM
The pictures are hot no matter what people think. Now I have noticed many choose to for forget about famous white man name Lawrence of Arabia. Yes Lawrence had a dark tan with bright blue eyes as he rode dressed in all white. Peopl around the World looked at his picture and he was great. Well folks Kobe didn't need a tan and he's hot in white. Now I'd say Kobe looks better then Lawrence. Life is funny as Egypt Queen Cleo named the most beautiful woman in the World was black but the good old US used white ladies to play the part. Few want to admit Jesuse had color becauae of the part of the Worldhe lived.
Posted by: Jackie | 05/07/2010 at 01:22 PM
Kobe, you should have seen this coming. This is nauseating to look at. I am glad you distance yourself from these photos. Any reasonable man would.
Posted by: Jet Black | 05/08/2010 at 11:07 AM
Kobe is a handsome strong, exceedingly remarkable athlete. The pics are gorgeous and he is a physically centered exceptional man. I loved the pictures. Bravo Kobe, it took courage and he is the most couragious athlete in Basketball!! Yes, yes , yes!
( Uh I just wish I could get him to stop and sign my KOBE / Heisler book and my Lakers bag at the exit/enter rail!!)
Hooray for Kobe - just gorgeous pics and fun article!! He is tops as a world athlete forever, and can do what he pleases - the more pics of Kobe the better.
So next, how about his beautiful wife Vanessa, dress her up in perfect classic clothes and she will be a hit too, especially with their children included. Yeah go for it. So more Kobe - marvelous!
Sally Mac - ever a Lakers fan w/ Tickets to see it all.
Posted by: Sally MacAller | 05/08/2010 at 05:06 PM
Great interview, and even better pictures! I have no idea what some people are complaining about. Kobe is in his element.
Posted by: LakersFan84 | 05/09/2010 at 07:20 AM
After listening to Kobe's comments I think it nows tends to be about publicity. Wouldn't they get his okay on a pictorial spread? However it went down, I'm feeling how his body looks wrapped tight in a couple of the pics.
Posted by: Miss Denise | 05/09/2010 at 04:42 PM
I never did like Kobe...he's always been a Punk and guess what he looks like now...that's right, a Punk who dry snitched on Shaq. I wouldn't pay money to watch him play. I hate the "Fakers" more and more everyday I hear his name.
Posted by: Mike | 05/09/2010 at 06:00 PM
LOL! cant...stop...LAUGHING!! LMFAO! Kobe you're the man but I have no clue what you're supposed to be in these pictures.... LOLWTF!!
Posted by: Jaime | 05/09/2010 at 08:19 PM
In the words of Eddie Murphy: He's not the most masucline-looking fellow in the world.
Posted by: RoJo | 05/10/2010 at 08:27 AM
bwahahahahahahahahahaha
GO SUNS
LUCK THE FAKERS
Posted by: r€nato | 05/10/2010 at 08:59 AM
I'm a black gay photographer. And this spread is really PATHETIC. I can hear all of the ridiculous people involved saying "fabulous" as the shoot progressed. A white story with KOBE is a good idea...the styling is a BAD JOKE. Sorry, but VERY FEW men can pull off these looks....and an NBA basketball player is not a high fashion model. What's even more surprising is that one of my favorite photographers, Ruven Afanador, shot this "hot white mess" as somebody called it. In the opening photo he looks like a well dressed African fruit vendor who one would see on the side of a dirt road someplace. Or perhaps half of an organ grinder DUO. Either way, it's another affirmation that very few in the fashion business know how to present black men in a sophisticated manner. With the exception of maybe two shots, THIS SPREAD IS A BAD JOKE. And it's sad that Mr. Bryant doesn't realize how ridiculous he looks. The joke is definitely on HIM.
Posted by: Dodsworth | 05/10/2010 at 10:53 AM
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Posted by: Cheap Lakers Tickets | 05/11/2010 at 03:18 AM
Dude.. lame as hell!
Posted by: wood | 05/11/2010 at 04:30 AM
Get da hell out of here!!!
These photos are HORRIBLE,
the retouching is HORRIBLE,
Kobe's a HORRIB:E model with the sme facial expression the whole time,
This "style" (term used loosely) is HORRIBLE,
and on top of that, he looks gayer than The Sound of Music under a rainbow.
FAIL
Posted by: THIS guy | 05/11/2010 at 11:22 AM
Kobe I just want to say that I love you man!
PS: Bras your secrete admirer.
Posted by: alex | 05/13/2010 at 11:39 AM
Hey! The pics are different. I admit that a few of them I dont like, but there's a few that look okay. These are photo's from a photo shoot to promote the clothes he's wearing. As for his past, folks get over it. We all have done something that the world will hate you for. Besides, only he & she knows the truth. Kobe has become a very good man. Stop disliking him because you're jelous of him.
Posted by: Kim Green | 05/13/2010 at 11:59 PM
kobe, kobe, kobe. what a stupid you are.
Posted by: foofoo | 05/16/2010 at 10:33 PM
WTF!!!!! all I know is his name is kobe and hes gay. Gay! Gay!! Gay!! A gay sambo
Posted by: Rell Mill | 05/18/2010 at 11:35 AM
he looks gay
Posted by: Corey | 05/20/2010 at 08:58 AM
haha, all the above lebron james commentators can stop watching the lakers since lbj is watching KOBE for some tips on TNT while sipping on some koolaid
Posted by: ed | 05/21/2010 at 03:05 PM
Look like he's on the down low. He's only important too himself. His ego smells like his left hand, Sugar Honey
Ice Tea, now flush the toilet.
Posted by: Truth | 05/31/2010 at 11:35 PM
What a total loser. What a loser. Down low, down low, looks like Kobe takes it in the coolie. Is the pitcher white or black?
Posted by: Mick Russom | 07/13/2010 at 01:25 AM
That's really nice! Well, the clothes. The way they altered Kobe's face is just horrible.
Posted by: palzileri | 07/19/2010 at 10:58 PM
i give you pobs kobe that took some balls to do. i mean you could wear whatever the hell you want. just keep flashin those rings and sooner or later people will understand that you dont care what they think. keep doin' work kobe
Posted by: Lakermania24 | 07/23/2010 at 01:23 PM
respect
Posted by: Lakermania24 | 07/23/2010 at 01:26 PM
Not that I would wear it, but I think he looks pretty cool in that gettup!
Posted by: Los Angeles Lakers Tickets | 07/29/2010 at 07:04 AM