Vanessa Bryant: ‘I’m Sad My ‘Championship’ Comments Are Being Misconstrued’

Vanessa Bryant wants you to know that she’s not a shallow – gold digging Basketball Wife.  She was with Kobe Bryant before all five of his rings boo!
And this is why she never talks..
Last week, she caught a lot of flack after she was featured in a NY Magazine article focused on the wives of NBA stars and during the interview made a comment that ruffled more than a few feathers:

“I certainly would not want to be married to somebody that can’t win championships. If you’re sacrificing time away from my family and myself for the benefit of winning championships, then winning a championship should happen every single year.’

After being slammed by critics, who wrote her off as being a gold digger who would leave Kobe as soon as he decided to retire, Vanessa released a statement to TMZ that read:

I’m sad to hear that comments in my New York  Magazine interview are being misconstrued and taken out of context. I have and will continue to support my husband’s dreams. I have been with Kobe for 13 years. I accepted his marriage proposal PRIOR to him winning any of his 5 championships with his teammates.
For anyone to think otherwise is wrong. It is not about being married to a ‘winner’ it is about our sacrifice as a family.

Coincidentally, Kobe proposed to Vanessa a month before he won his first championship, during the play offs. He was a 21 year old NBA champ by the time they married.
But don’t get it twisted, there is certainly nothing wrong with wanting to be with a ‘winner’…
Via TMZ

Vanessa Bryant Says She Wouldn’t Be Married To Dirty-Dog Kobe If He Wasn’t Winning Championships!!

n a rare and surprising twist to the Kobe and Vanessa Bryant break-up-to-makeup saga, the usually silent poker-faced basketball wife recently spoke candidly in an interview with NY Magazine about life with a baller, her rumored beef with Khloe Kardashian, and the status of her relationship with her dirty-dog hubby Kobe.

On basketball and family: “I certainly would not want to be married to somebody that can’t win championships. If you’re sacrificing time away from my family and myself for the benefit of winning championships, then winning a championship should happen every single year.”
On life in the spotlight: “I thought things would go away, if you don’t feed into the b.s., and no one would think about you. Now I realize I do have to talk about certain things. Still, I don’t like the limelight. There’s a lot of good you can do with fame, like creating awareness for a foundation, but a lot of negativity comes along with it.”
On Kobe and her marriage: “We’re working on things.”
On rumors of drama with Khloe Kardashian: “Everything is false. Khloé was at my 29th birthday. I don’t get involved in the drama. I’ve been with Kobe since I was 17, so I’ve seen plenty of players, and plenty of wives, come and go. It wouldn’t benefit me whatsoever to have an issue with any of them, whether they were a girlfriend, or a wife, a person-of-a-month, or … you know.”

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Christina Milian, LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Kobe Bryant

 Members of the elite USA Olympic Men’s basketball team were seen leaving the Hilton hotel in Manchester, England today to take on the British men’s team for a pre-Olympics exhibition match. Team USA defeated Great Britain by 40 points today. They were led by high scorers Carmelo Anthony (pictured above) and Deron Williams who scored 19 points each.

 The Voice‘s Christina Milian was spotted at the beach in Miami, FL today wearing a grey colored snakeskin print swimsuit. The mother of one took a dip in the ocean while her toddler slept in a nearby cabana with her nanny. Christina is divorced from the child’s father, music producer The Dream.

 Oklahoma City Thunder center Kevin Durant rocks flip flops with white socks. Overpriced designer headphones are now considered part of the NBA dress code.

 Kobe Bryant, of the Los Angeles Lakers leaves the Hilton hotel in Manchester, England today.

LeBron James, of the Miami Heat, and NBA rookie Anthony Davis (New Orleans)

Vanessa and Kobe Bryant’s Divorce Put On Hold While The Attempt Reconciliation

According to TMZ reports:

Vanessa Bryant will NOT sign documents to make her divorce final … at least for now … because TMZ has learned, she and Kobe are working on a full reconciliation.
We’ve learned Kobe and Vanessa are trying to work out the issues that caused her to file for divorce back in December. They spend a lot of time together but he has not officially moved back in with her.
Under California law, Vanessa has to wait 6 months before she can file final docs making the divorce official. The 6-month mark hits this weekend, so Vanessa could end the marriage as early as Monday … but we know she won’t.

Is Vanessa a damn fool for trying to work things out with the Lakers baller or is Kobe just laying that hardwood down like a 5-time NBA champion???
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