Vanessa Bryant’s grief.(Image via Getty Images)
Kobe Bryant’s wife Vanessa Bryant on how difficult it was to accept she lost her husband and child on the same day
So that’s what I do.
Kobe Bryant and Gianna “Gigi” Bryant’s death changed the lives of the NBA legend’s widow Vanessa Bryant and their daughters’ overnight. In an emotional and heartbreaking interview with PEOPLE, Kobe Byant’s wife Vanesa Bryant opened up about her losses as she said, “This pain is unimaginable [but] you just have to get up and push forward…” Vanessa Bryant added, “Lying in bed crying isn’t going to change the fact that my family will never be the same again. The popular philanthropist Vanessa Bryant faced immense grief when she was freshly postpartum and it seems, the event changed her life forever. But getting out of bed and pushing forward is going to make the day better for my girls and for me. But when the NBA legend Kobe Bryant passed away in the tragic helicopter accident alongside their teenage daughter, Gianna Bryant, Vanessa Bryant stepped up to be there for their children and build the legacy that he left behind.