Vanessa Bryant Explains Why Daughter Natalia Chose to Miss Kobe Bryant’s Hall of Fame Ceremony

After some fans noticed that Kobe and Vanessa’s eldest daughter did not attend the ceremony, Vanessa took to Instagram the following day to praise Natalia for doing what she could to honor her father, despite her high school senior prom happening to fall on the same day.

We found out earlier Kobe’s parents didn’t attend the event.

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Now we’re learning exactly why Natalia chose to miss the ceremony:

“Natalia almost missed her senior prom last night,” Vanessa captioned it. “When I was a senior in high school, Kobe and I were engaged and he had a playoff game the night of my prom. Kobe didn’t want me going to prom without him and I didn’t want to go without him. When we heard Natalia’s prom night and Kobe’s Hall of Fame night were on the same night, I looked at Natalia and said, ‘well if it’s any consolation, daddy kept me from going to my prom, so it’s only right that he tried to keep you from going to yours.'”

She continued, “Of course we laughed because even in heaven, he’s still trying to make moves and keep the boys away. Natalia’s experienced so much loss, I couldn’t let her miss out on her once in a lifetime opportunity to go to her senior prom. Thank you for flying out to accept daddy’s Hall of Fame jacket and fly home the next morning. #HallofFame #SeniorPromNight.”

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Natalia shared the same selfie to her Instagram Story and added, “Love you.”

There’s no chance Kobe would have wanted her to miss her prom.

You have to admire the Bryant’s for handling this very special moment with total class.

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