Vanessa Bryant clears the air about daughter Natalia’s absence from Kobe’s Basketball Hall of Fame ceremony

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The late basketball star Kobe Bryant was officially inducted into the NBA’s Hall of Fame Induction over the weekend and his wife Vanessa stepped in to accept the honour at the ceremony.

While the whole Bryant family was in attendance on the special day, their daughter Natalia was missing from action. Now, Vanessa is explaining her absence.

Taking to Instagram, the former model wrote: “Natalia almost missed her senior prom last night. 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,.