We expect more from you, Gayle, why y'all attacking us? We your people! The rapper, 48, said: 'What do you gain from that? I swear to god, we the worst. Her acceptance draws a line under the war of words started by Snoop Dogg in an emotionally charged video to his 39million followers. The rapper - real name Calvin Broadus Jr - later backtracked and apologized for the remarks. He said branded King a 'funky, dog-haired b****', demanding she 'back off before we come get you.' There is a memorial service for the two scheduled at Staples Center in Los Angeles on February 24.įlashpoint: The rapper said he was wrong in launching into a diatribe against the CBS correspondent after she asked WNBA icon Lisa Leslie how the 2003 rape allegation Bryant even became friendly with O'Neal's 20-year-old son Shareef, and the two had a text message exchange on the day of the fatal crash.īryant and Gianna were buried last week in a private ceremony near the family's Newport Beach, California home. O'Neal and Bryant patched things up on several occasions over the years. 'So, once we figured it out, that's all that mattered to me,' Shaq added. I tell people, after we won our first championship, who is the little guy that jumped in my arms? Roll the tape.'Īt that point, NBC rolled footage of 7-foot-1 O'Neal and the 6-foot-7 'little guy' Bryant celebrating their victory over the Indiana Pacers in Game 6 of the 2000 NBA Finals. 'But the key thing we have for each other is respect. 'It was just – you know, same problems that me and Charles have, same problems that me and Kenny have when we're at work.
'It wasn't real-life problems,' O'Neal said. 'A lot of people thought we had problems,' said the 47-year-old O'Neal.
But it was the real Kobe, flaws and all, that we should love' Death often immortalizes the ideal rather than the real. IHall of Famer and former Lakers star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (far right with Bryant) wrote about Kobe's complicated legacy in a piece for The Hollywood Reporter: 'We can love and respect Kobe without canonizing him as perfect. CBS' Gayle King, for one, took intense criticism for asking WNBA legend Lisa Leslie about the 2003 sexual assault allegations during an on-air interview. The topic has resurfaced following the recent helicopter crash that claimed the lives of Bryant, his daughter Gianna, and seven others. The accuser, who was never publicly identified, refused to testify at trial, prosecutors dropped the charges against Bryant, and the two settled a civil lawsuit for an undisclosed amount.
He did not deny cheating on his wife, Vanessa, but did claim the sexual encounter was consensual. That's fair, but two things can be true.'īryant was accused of sexual assault by a 19-year-old female hotel employee in Colorado, where he was scheduled to undergo knee surgery in the summer of 2003. We're celebrating his basketball excellence. 'We're not making Kobe out to be no hero. 'You have to tell the picture in totality,' Barkley said while being interviewed ahead of this weekend's All-Star Game in Chicago. Published: 14:19 BST, 14 February 2020 | Updated: 17:12 BST, 14 February 2020Īmid the ongoing public debate over Kobe Bryant's dual legacies, Hall of Famer Charles Barkley told NBC's Today that the deceased Los Angeles Lakers legend should be remembered both for his basketball career and for the sexual assault allegations levied against him when he was 24.
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