Kobe Bryantis adding another little princess to his family — and he couldn’t be happier.
The former Los Angeles Lakers player, 40, and wifeVanessaannounced Tuesday on social media that they willbe welcoming their fourth child togetherlater this year.
While opening up about his “little princesses” in April 2017 toExtra, Bryant said his wife was hoping for a son to join their daughters one day — in fact, “I think Vanessa wants a boy more than I do,” he revealed.
“I hear boys are just walking tornadoes. We’ll see,” added the basketball legend.
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The following July, Bryant admitted toExtra, “Guys keep teasing me” about being a father of only girls.
“My friends say, ‘Ittakes a real man to make a boy,’ ” said the athlete. “I’m like, ‘Dude, it takes a king to make a princess … get in line.’ ”
“It’s pretty cool for me ’cause it’s Daddy’s little princesses,” he quipped.
But it’s also thanks to his daughters that Bryant hasn’t found himself too far from a basketball court in retirement — albeit, on the sideline as their coach. It’s a role he’s having a lot of fun with, he told PEOPLE, but one he also values for allowing him toteach his girls in a new environment.
“A valuable lesson that I can teach them is what it means to pursue excellence and the commitment level that comes with that,” he said of being a coach.
“At the same time, making things fun and challenging, and learning new things. But they’re having a blast. They’ve gotten extremely, extremely good over the course of the last year, and are continuing to work and get better, man. It’s been fun.”
source: people.com
