Kobe Bryant Joins Twitter Then Deletes His Account

Last night it seemed that NBA mega star Kobe Bryant had become the latest ~~narcissist~~ NBA star to join the wildly popular social networking website Twitter.com. (Raise your hand if you thought Kobe was already on Twitter).

Within the first hour of joining Twitter, the NBA’s bad boy racked up over 18K followers. His @KobeBryant Twitcon was a pic of a black mamba swallowing the iconic tweety bird.

But just a mere two hours after Bryant announced his arrival on Twitter in spectacular fashion — his account was suspended, then deleted. So what happened?

According to super groupie Jill of Jocks and Stilleto Jill blog:

Kobe’s Twitter was mysteriously deleted but word is, that it is temporary and he’ll be back! Per ESPN.com Kobe’s “social media team” jumped the gun in launching his Twitter and he wants to get a better understanding of it before he dives in… OK. ::shrug:: As long as he comes back.

So the Twitter account wasn’t really Kobe’s personal account after all. Just another celebrity promo account. Probably just testing the Twitter waters to push his new clothing line that’s coming in the Fall.

Kobe and Vanessa pose with fashion designer Valentino who was honored with the FIT Couture Council Award yesterday at the Lincoln Center event, kicking off Fashion Week in New York.