Kobe Bryant’s widow, Vanessa, seemingly responded to speculation that she is pregnant for the fifth time. A photo showing Vanessa’s growing baby bump circulated on the blogs over the weekend.
The image angered Kobe’s fans, including one man who called Vanessa out for disgracing her late husband’s legacy by getting knocked up by someone who she didn’t even introduce to the fans first.
Kobe’s fans made it clear: they want Vanessa to stay in mourning for the rest of her natural life. One social media user wrote, “The audacity of Vanessa to lay up under a random while Kobe rolls in his grave.”
Another outraged fan took to social media to express his anger at Vanessa for disgracing Kobe’s legacy by getting pregnant.
“Kobe wife pregnant and y’all females out here defending her,” the man said. He added that women believe she’s allowed to move on with her life.
“Actually, no the f–k she not!” he said. “When you got kids by a muthaf—-r like Kobe Bryant, you ain’t never supposed to disgrace his legacy.”
The man said women whose men died doing hood sh*t are not on the same level as a Vanessa Bryant.
“See this be y’all problem: y’all think she on the same scale as y’all when she not. You gotta understand, you got pregnant by a regular person in the hood who got [killed] by trying to rob the wrong person. Not her. She got pregnant by the Black Mamba [Kobe’s nickname]. She supposed to die a legend just like him.”
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Vanessa seemingly responded to the scandal in her Instagram stories. She shared a meme that shows Rihanna drinking alcohol while snorkeling. Rihanna holds up a manicured middle finger in the image.
Vanessa captioned the meme: “Me protecting my peace, not pregnant & having fun all summer.” She included 2Pac Shakur’s hit song “All Eyez On Me” as a background track in her post.
Fans reacted quickly to Vanessa’s denial. One fan wrote: “That Rihanna meme said it all without her having to say a word. Vanessa ain’t the one!”
Another person wrote: “Omg people really just make up anything.”
Now that Vanessa has confirmed she is not pregnant, speculation turned to concern for her health. If Vanessa is not pregnant, why is her abdomen distended, fans asked.
Abdominal distension could be caused by eating gassy foods such as beans, broccoli and cabbage, dairy products, ice cream, chewing gum, or drinking carbonated beverages and milk shakes.
Medical problems that cause abdominal distension include fluid accumulation from ascites, tumors, or gastric and intestinal disorders.
