Vanessa Bryant seemingly hit back at recent rumors that she is pregnant.
Taking to her Instagram Story on Sunday, the widow of late NBA superstar Kobe Bryant channeled Rihanna by sharing a meme of the singer flipping her middle finger while carrying a drink.
“Me protecting my peace, not pregnant & having fun all summer,” the caption read.
Vanessa reposted one other meme of Rihanna that read, “I’m not mean, I’m just not the one.”
Her posts got here amid baseless online rumors that she may very well be pregnant along with her fifth baby, five years after Kobe’s tragic death.
There was no confirmation or validity to the rumors, which many online seemingly ran with.
Kobe was considered one of nine people killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, Calif., on Jan. 26, 2020. The tragedy also took the lifetime of his and Vanessa’s 13-year-old daughter, Gianna “Gigi” Bryant.
The Lakers legend was 41 years old.
Vanessa, 43, has three other daughters with Kobe: Natalia, 22, Bianka, 8, and Capri, 5.
Vanessa hasn’t publicly dated anyone since Kobe’s death.
Kobe and Vanessa married in April 2001.
The brunette beauty commemorated what would have been their twenty fourth wedding anniversary on April 18 by posting a past red carpet photo of the couple.
Last yr, Vanessa posted a touching tribute to Kobe on what would have been her husband’s forty sixth birthday on Aug. 23.
“I like you for now, perpetually & for all the time. ❤️,” she wrote on the time, including a photograph of her kissing the side of his cheek.
Vanessa announced the launch of the Gianna Bryant Scholarship Award on May 2, which might have been Gianna’s nineteenth birthday.
Gigi, who would’ve been a school freshman this yr, yearned to play basketball for the UConn women’s basketball team.
In January 2020, the Huskies honored Gigi before considered one of their games following the tragic helicopter crash.
