{"id":328023,"date":"2026-05-02T17:43:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T12:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=328023"},"modified":"2026-05-02T17:43:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T12:13:07","slug":"vanessa-bryant-marks-late-daughter-giannas-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/02\/vanessa-bryant-marks-late-daughter-giannas-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"Vanessa Bryant Marks Late Daughter Gianna\u2019s Birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Vanessa Bryant<\/strong> is commemorating her late daughter Gianna\u2019s birthday with a poignant post.<\/p>\n<p>The widow of <strong>Kobe Bryant<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DXzZ9K4lDXR\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">took to Instagram<\/a> on Friday, May 1, to mark what would have been her daughter\u2019s twentieth birthday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJoyful birthday to my sweet baby angel, Gianna. Words can\u2019t express how much I really like and miss you mamacita,\u201d Vanessa, 43, captioned the post, which featured a throwback image of herself kissing her daughter. \u201cMommy loves you a lot! #HappyBirthday #20 \ud83d\udc95\ud83d\udc95\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Followers flocked to the comments section to share their support. <strong>LeBron James, Kim Kardashian, Kelly Rowland, La La Anthony, Kris Jenner<\/strong>, and Gianna\u2019s older sister <strong>Natalia<\/strong> were amongst those that commented on the post with their love.<\/p>\n<p>Kobe and Gianna \u2013 together with seven others \u2013 were tragically killed in a January 2020 helicopter crash while on the method to his Mamba Sports Academy for a basketball game. Kobe and Gianna were 43 and 13 respectively. (Kobe and Vanessa also shared daughters Natalia, 23, Bianka, 9, and Capri, 6.)<\/p>\n<p>Annually, Vanessa remembers Gianna and Kobe on their respective birthdays.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJoyful birthday, Gigi! Mommy loves and misses you greater than I could ever express. I really like you Gianna. \u2764\ufe0f19 \u2649\ufe0f 5\/1 #Mambacita,\u201d posted Vanessa last 12 months.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:81.3%;\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">(Photo by Harry How\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 2024, Vanessa reflected on what might have been as she marked what would have been Gianna\u2019s 18th birthday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJoyful birthday to my gorgeous girl, Gigi! I really like you. I miss you. I\u2019m so pleased with you,\u201d she wrote via Instagram on the time. \u201c2024 was your 12 months. You&#8217;ll\u2019ve been graduating highschool and selecting which college to go to. (I&#8217;d\u2019ve been trying my hardest to persuade you to remain near home).\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Vanessa-Bryant-and-Daughters-Honor-Kobe-Bryant-at-Handprint-Ceremony.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C1411px%2C797px&#038;resize=400%2C225&#038;quality=40&#038;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Vanessa Bryant and Daughters Honor Kobe Bryant at Handprint Ceremony\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Vanessa-Bryant-and-Daughters-Honor-Kobe-Bryant-at-Handprint-Ceremony.jpg?quality=40&#038;strip=all\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n<p>    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Kobe Bryant and Vanessa Bryant: A Timeline of Their Relationship<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tA long-lasting love. Kobe Bryant and Vanessa Bryant\u2019s decades-long romance got here to a tragic end when the NBA legend died on January 26, 2020. Despite their relationship\u2019s heartbreaking conclusion, their romance was full of many highs through the years. The love between Kobe and Vanessa began not long after the duo first met in November [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Meanwhile, Vanessa shared an emotional tribute to Kobe in August 2025 to mark what would have been the NBA star\u2019s forty seventh birthday.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You&#8217;ve gotten successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe love and miss you and Gigi a lot,\u201d Vanessa wrote via Instagram alongside a photograph of the couple sharing a kiss. \u201cSending our like to you. Joyful birthday, baby. @kobebryant \u2764\ufe0f.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vanessa and Kobe first met on the set of Eastsidaz\u2019s \u201cG\u2019d Up\u201d music video in 1999, where Vanessa was working as a backup dancer. They tied the knot in 2001 before welcoming their daughters.<\/p>\n<p>Following Kobe and Gianna\u2019s deaths, Vanessa sued Los Angeles County for invasion of privacy and negligence after Sheriff\u2019s Office and Fire Department employees took and distributed photos of the helicopter crash. In August 2022, she was awarded $16 million in damages. The next 12 months, she settled for nearly $29 million, all of which was donated to the Mamba &#038; Mambacita Sports Foundation.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vanessa Bryant is commemorating her late daughter Gianna\u2019s birthday with a poignant post. The widow of Kobe Bryant took to Instagram on Friday, May 1, to mark what would have been her daughter\u2019s twentieth birthday. \u201cJoyful birthday to my sweet baby angel, Gianna. Words can\u2019t express how much I really like and miss you mamacita,\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":328024,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[337],"tags":[3918,3915,1330,51269,1085,4760,3914],"class_list":["post-328023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-birthday","tag-bryant","tag-daughter","tag-giannas","tag-late","tag-marks","tag-vanessa"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=328023"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":328026,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328023\/revisions\/328026"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/328024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}