Looking back on his father’s legacy, he tells Teen Vogue exclusively, “I love talking about my father. He’s bittersweet, but I enjoy talking about him more than he’s sad for me.”
When asked about how she copes with her family, she said, “Do the best you can. For my little sisters, we try to keep that memory for them and we also try to remember to live each day the way they do. I would. “.
Danyel Smith, a teenage contributor to Vogue, said: “He’s having a tough time, but you can only say he has a lot of support around him. I think it makes him very good to talk about his father Kobe Bryant.”
Natalia is no stranger to fame, but she credits her parents for providing her own identity apart from that of her father.
Growing up, my parents made it as normal as possible. Thank God, they did. It’s not ‘Oh, she’s Natalia Bryant, she’s Kobe Bryant’s daughter.’ They often saw me as just Nani Bryant recalled.
Now 18, Natalia shared her prom dress revelation and signature news with IMG models, in addition to going out on her own as CoverGirl.
“She’s 18, she’s on the precipice of everything. She just graduated from high school, she’s on her way to USC as a freshman, she’s ready to go out and become who she is,” he said. Smith.
Natalia is now fulfilling another dream by attending USC this fall. Her mother, Vanessa, shared that it was a “bittersweet discharge,” but that “Dad would be so proud of everything he’s doing.”
WATCH: Vanessa Bryant shares the video of her daughter celebrating USC acceptance
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