Kobe Bryant has influenced not only basketball stars across the globe but also proud fathers everywhere. ESPN anchor Elle Duncan shared a personal story of meeting Kobe and it spawned the hashtag girldad with loving tributes on social media.
Kobe Bryant has influenced not only basketball stars across the globe, but also proud fathers everywhere., along with his daughter, Gianna, and seven others.
In honor of Bryant's legacy, ESPN anchor Elle Duncan shared a personal story meeting Kobe backstage at an event in New York. Duncan was eight months pregnant at the time, prompting Bryant to immediately ask how she was doing and what she was having. Duncan said after telling Bryant she was having a girl, he high-fived her, saying"girls are the best." She then asked Bryant – a father of four daughters – about having more girls in the family.Video of the ESPN segment spread quickly on social media, spawning the hashtag
featuring countless fathers sharing pictures with their daughters in appreciation of life as a"girl dad." A tweet of Duncan's story from Vincent Goodwill, senior NBA writer for Yahoo, has more than 859,000 likes as of Wednesday morning.
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
#GirlDad goes viral after ESPN anchor Elle Duncan's emotional Kobe Bryant tributeElle Duncan's touching story about 'girl dad' Kobe Bryant has everyone sharing their own GirlDad stories.
Read more »
SportsCenter’s Elle Duncan Gives a Tearful Tribute to ‘Girl Dad’ Kobe BryantSportsCenter’s Elle Duncan offered a tearful tribute to Kobe Bryant: 'The only small source of comfort for me is knowing that he died doing what he loved the most: being a dad. Being a girl dad.'
Read more »
Story About Kobe Bryant Being A Proud ‘Girl Dad’ Causes ESPN Anchor To Cry On-AirElle Duncan broke down on “SportsCenter” as she told the incredibly sweet anecdote about the NBA legend.
Read more »
#Girldad trends following ESPN presenter's touching story about how much Kobe Bryant loved his daughtersElle Duncan of SportsCenter recounted how Bryant had told her he loved being a 'girl dad' and would have happily had 'another five girls'.
Read more »