Justin Timberlake, mesaj emotionant in memoria lui Kobe Bryant

Justin Timberlake s-a alăturat prietenilor și fanilor celebri ai lui Kobe Bryant, care au adus un omagiu legendei baschetului, în urma morții sale.
Sportivul și fiica sa adolescentă s-au numărat printre cele nouă persoane care au murit duminica, într-un accident de elicopter in California.
Vedete precum Selena Gomez, Kanye West, Justin Bieber și Taylor Swift și-au oferit deja gândurile despre tragedie, dar si Justin Timberlake, bunul prieten al sportivului.
Justin si-a deschis sufletul intr-o declaratie emotionanta facuta pe Instagram, dezvaluind totodata o serie de fotografii cu el si Kobe.
„Ne-am întâlnit când eram amândoi adolescenți”, scrie Justin. „Odată cu trecerea anilor, te-am privit facand lucruri care păreau de neimaginat. Prin urcări și coborâșuri, campionate și accidentări, ai rămas totuși cu o hotărâre de neclintit. Ultima conversație pe care am împărtășit-o a fost despre a fi tați și ce inseamna asta”, a adăugat el.

 

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We met when we were both teenagers and bonded over our drive and process. I was in awe of what you could do with a basketball and knew your talent went beyond your physical gifts and stretched to your mentality. A mentality that I would take with me throughout my whole career and still use every day. As the years went by, I watched you do things that seemed humanly unimaginable. And, through ups and downs, championships and injuries, you still remained with an unwavering resolve about your mentality to remain fierce to competition. But, every time we would speak or text, something started to change… your patience and ease grew. And it inspired me to continue to grow for myself. Years passed, and the “old man” jokes would start to be traded back and forth. We both appreciated a good “ribbing.” We joked about “The Vino Club.” You nicknamed yourself ‘Vino’ to represent how one could age gracefully as a fine wine does. But, you never stopped aiming to inspire me. Your confidence in me was huge – it really affected me because I admired you so much. I don’t mean as one of the greatest athletes ever. I mean as a person. People sometimes can confuse a will to win with a lack of compassion. That wasn’t you. You had both qualities. The last conversation that we shared was about being fathers and what that meant. That was, beyond all the things that we could do in this world, our true legacy. Who our children are and what beautiful people they will become. And, I guess right now, without being able to find all the words, THAT father connection is what is most devastating for me. I am sending my love to Vanessa and your family and to the families of everyone connected in the mourning of this terrible tragedy. My heart is broken and my family lifts you up in our thoughts and prayers. Kobe… You have connected so many of us. The Mamba Mentality will last for all of time. I know that will be a source for me every day as it has been for so many days before. Your legacy is with us. It’s our responsibility to pass it down now. I hope you I can continue to make you proud, Vino. Champ, MVP, Legend, Hero, Inspiration, Father, Friend. I’m gonna miss you, brother. Mamba forever.

O postare distribuită de Justin Timberlake (@justintimberlake) pe Ian 27, 2020 la 10:48 PST