Last Fan to Speak to Kobe? (1/25/2020 Night Before Kobe's Death)

Рет қаралды 30,358

2 жыл бұрын

I might have been the last fan to speak to Kobe before he died.
And I filmed it. You can see it in the video above.
Here’s how it happened
Because my man Gary Vee says "document don’t create," I'm in the habit of filming everyday stuff. This particular day, January 25th, 2020, I was in a food court here in Newport Beach, with my family.
The reason I was documenting was because it happened that while we were getting dinner, my friend and LinkedIn influencer Brian Golod had a post that was going viral, and we were studying it and texting back and forth to understand why it was going crazy.
So I’m sitting here with the family and decided to start to film the scene because I was thinking of documenting the viral post and what I was learning about it.
Suddenly, I noticed a very tall person coming down the escalator in front of me.
It took me a moment, but I suddenly realized it was Kobe.
This is what you’re going to see in the video above.
So as I’m sitting there, I feel a kick - "go talk to him."
“I’m gonna kick myself for the rest of my life if I don’t talk to him,” I said to my wife as I headed his way.
My daughter ran after me.
"Dad, who is this?"
"The greatest basketball player of our time. No one like him," I told her.
We found him sitting with his daughter.
Completely, totally focused on her as she giggled over ice cream.
Like there was no one else around. Just daddy & his little girl.
“Hey Kobe, you’re amazing. I want you to know that. Thank you for all you’ve done,” I said.
Looking at me, he smiled. Extended his billion-dollar hand.
“Hey, thanks, man. I appreciate that!” he said. I could feel the calluses on his hand.
I turned to his daughter & touched her shoulder lightly. “Having a nice time with dad?”
She giggled & kept slurping.
“All right Kobe, have a wonderful evening,” I said.
“You too man!”
And that was it.
Excitedly, I texted friends, "Just saw Kobe!"
The next day was tragic, for Kobe and all the families involved.
AND I WAS SHOCKED. I COULD STILL FEEL HIS HAND. Still in shock from seeing him and then on top of that hearing that died was just too much.
Was I the last fan to speak to Kobe? I don’t know for sure. But I’ll never forget that encounter and I hope it encourages you to hug a loved one and never forget that life is short. God bless!
#kobe #kobebryant #mambamentality

Пікірлер: 73

@hectorlopez1069 2 ай бұрын

He was walking in the mall for the last time with his daughter. Sometimes we wish tragedies couldn't happen to us.

@chandlerlove7800 3 ай бұрын

Such a chill person. Well respected. Doesn't need security just him and his little girl.

@Riles3152 2 ай бұрын

You gave him his flowers before he left.

@hectorlopez1069 2 ай бұрын

He didn't know his time to die was about to happen the next day. You will never know when you are about to die.

@michaelhoward2786 Ай бұрын

Very true 😢

@MrEOM41 24 күн бұрын

Life is so precious… Kobe seemed to understand how much this game we call life is not promised.

@RedStorm22 3 ай бұрын

Watching this in 2024 gang

@melvinhhcp3615 2 ай бұрын

I got a chance to meet him once, at a Nike event in Hollywood to promote the Nike Zoom Kobe 2 Carpe Diems. He was chill. I wish that I had more time to ask him questions.

@happygolucky1800 2 ай бұрын

I used to see him with his fam few times in Fashion Island and never had a courage to say something but a slight nod of respect for his presence. Nice fellow and I'm sure a loving father/husband to his kids/wife.

@ShareeRedd Ай бұрын

Bianka had one last one on one with her Daddy. That's the one thing I appreciate with parents of multiple children...making the time for the one on one moments. May he, Gigi and their wonderful friends RIP 🙏🏽

@jalmazan25 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing your story.

@DavidRosendahl78 2 жыл бұрын

This hits different even after two years :(

@quincyzebra1910 Жыл бұрын

fact

@theimagingchannelconsortiu7296 2 жыл бұрын

This is amazing.

@Idontknowhoiamanymore 10 күн бұрын

Dang this makes me so sad

@Guimallow 14 күн бұрын

It’s crazy to think that Kobe might’ve thought of you in his last moments. Before and/or through the moment of the crash.

@jonjonharreld7602 Ай бұрын

WOW...One Love Fam.

@drayygray7632 Ай бұрын

I believe him

@moemiles2646 Жыл бұрын

No security..either He didn't even know his time was almost up

@michaelk9284 5 ай бұрын

Why doesn't the guy that made this video have security? My brother, who's the internet banker for a big corporation, travels the world. When he leaves the country, he always has armed security. And nobody and I mean nobody knows what his face looks like. But this ass clown sitting at a food court with his family doesn't

@EDWARD196767 3 ай бұрын

Maybe he did.....

@malloryproverbs2188 3 ай бұрын

@@EDWARD196767yup he was going up against coperate ppl about a drug

@khawaitkhastellano353 Ай бұрын

long live Kobe 🫡

@marklopez3459 Ай бұрын

Damn...kobe was my hero. Life hast been the same.

@JaniceCarter-ws7lu 3 ай бұрын

😔

@martijn11 Ай бұрын

Says a lot about this man he posted this... and none of it is good...

@guero8820 Ай бұрын

Wow amazing he is truly miss

@chuckfan1 2 жыл бұрын

Super cool you got this of course, but out with your family having dinner, family time, and spending it buried in your phone? Thats a time your supposed to put your phone away, engage with your family, talk... etc.. see it so much nowadays, look around, families sitting in restaurants, all of them buried in their devices, no conversation, no engaging with each other. Yeah, its off topic from this video, but you can take different things from stuff like this. There is the obvious of course, but also, other things. Also, why are you touching someone elses kid, that you dont know. Cause its Kobe? And last fan? Probably not.. a quick internet search will turn up stories , pictures etc.. of people who ran into him.. a couple from running into him at the airport the next morning. There was a tweet, which has since been deleted, but you can still find it, of someone who took a pic with him as he arrived at the airport. People, especially with your family...put your phone down. You may not know it, but your kids are always watching you, etc..

@chuckfan1 Жыл бұрын

@@HulkVahkiin Thanks for your well thought out, ignorant reply First off, pretentious.... No Its called an OPINION numbnuts. And as such... take it as that. And write "that much" ? What, do you have the attention span of a 12 year old? Wasnt that long. Are you still with me? Or am I writing too much again? But if you are.... Minor? Look around everywhere nowadays, families out to dinner, everyone on their phone. And here, same, but this guy tries to justify it. Again, just my opinion. I better stop now, before it gets too long and the back of your head pops off.

@DavidRosendahl78 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the comment. I must have missed the original comment. I would definitely like to be on my phone less.

@moemiles2646 Жыл бұрын

This man died the next morning he did 0 wrong. Thats forever

@chuckfan1 Жыл бұрын

@@moemiles2646 Again, its an OPINION, to you, no big deal, thats your opinion, Im good with that. For me, just another example, of the way families are nowadays.. everyone buried in their phone no conversation etc. Yeah, this is an extreme example, but it is what it is.. Just my opinion. So chill Karen. People, put your phones down for 30 minutes whilst your with family or friends..

@HulkVahkiin 4 ай бұрын

Your comment is completely pretentious. Who are you to have such a strong criticism, judgment, or opinion on others who like to vlog their time with their families? Until the point, you need to write an essay about it? Ironically the time you took to write it - you could have done something better with *your* family like giving your spouse or child a loving kiss/hug, I'm sure they would have appreciated it instead of you taking the time to criticize RANDOM people on how they live their lives, and here you are complaining people are stuck to their electronics, what a joke. A small tap on the shoulder towards a kid is that disturbing to you? Seriously, people like you who project hard on something almost irrelevant - you even admit your comment is off-topic - towards other people are the ones who are socially problematic not the one who likes to document stuff on video. We all can have our opinions on anything but don't hide behind that luxury to project hard with platitudes. You are not a better example and doing *any better* if you are going to spend time writing essays on your phone/computer on KZbin comment sections on how people go about their business. Practice what you preach, hypocrite.

@dangerzone9747 Ай бұрын

A1 steak sauce is underrated. Prove me wrong.

@HittokiriBattousai17 2 ай бұрын

Wtfffff I would be so spooked out if I saw Kobe right before he passed. You might be the last fan he ever interacted with!

@Jeffro23_ Ай бұрын

Damn dude, you might be the reason Kobe died… you set it all in motion. Just think, if you didn’t go talk to him, he might have been in a different mind state, he might have told the pilot to not risk it… damn dude, that’s heavy…. RIP Kobe bean… I need time to digest this new information… why did you have to talk to him dog? Why….

@bigjake-o 3 ай бұрын

I don't believe he actually talked to him he's just added that for the views

@trevinhickman9022 2 ай бұрын

I don't know if he actually met Kobe either, but Fashion Island is the name of the place where the Food court is. Fashion Island is an indoor/outdoor Shopping Mall in Newport Beach CA 💯

@Mr2pac2000 2 ай бұрын

He definitely did that is where Kobe lived in New Port Beach and has businesses there so it would not be hard to bump in to him i know many people who have

@user-sn3rv1zc5z 2 ай бұрын

How dare you!..Love,Greta❤️

@naguisfoundation5508 Ай бұрын

THAT IS WHY WE SHOULD GIVE OUR LIFE TO GOD AND WHILE WE STILL ALIVE PHYSICALLY, WE MUST CONNECT AND FOLLOW HIS WAY.

@ponimasamba4666 22 күн бұрын

Don't be a hater

@angelikasaral6441 3 ай бұрын

Das stimmt nicht,weil da ist Gigi zu klein😢also hast du nicht die letzten Worte gesprochen 😢😢

@samreilly1484 Ай бұрын

This was also the night LeBron passed him as #3 in the all-time most NBA career points. But even more eerily, it was in a game against Kobe’s hometown of Philadelphia. If you had told anyone Kobe would have a sex change operation the next morning, it would have seemed more likely than what happened. The pilot had 48 times more flight hours than JFK Jr and was 100% sober and slept 9 hours the previous night. So unlike JFK Jr, he was certified to go from VFR to IMC. But the fog turned out to be just too dense and the rest is history.

@Theryo2007 2 ай бұрын

If I were you, I would've take a couple of pictures with him. Wasted oppurtunity.

@hearthstoned8528 3 ай бұрын

crazy ur still tryn a get clout off this lol

@jacobkernizan256 3 ай бұрын

crazy how your hating on a goat like be quiet lol ur 10

@hearthstoned8528 3 ай бұрын

@@jacobkernizan256 a goat that most wouldnt have in their top 5 OR 10 keep riding

@jacobkernizan256 3 ай бұрын

@@hearthstoned8528 ok but no need to talk about kobe lol hes better than jordan and lebron combined lol little boy you don't know basketball

@hearthstoned8528 3 ай бұрын

@@jacobkernizan256 lol if you are like shaq and use only rings to say somebodys skill level. Hell at that point draymond green is one of the goats

@jacobkernizan256 3 ай бұрын

@@hearthstoned8528 draymond is the goat lol kobe sucks glad hes gone😂😂😂😂

@siddiqahmad5193 Ай бұрын

Not necessarily convinced you were the "last fan" to engage KB but I can imagine it was more than surreal to read a headline regarding his death less than 24 hrs. afterward.

@eugenehammen8656 2 ай бұрын

What is wrong with people. The guy played basketball you act like he was the pope or something I never understood why people are so obsessed with sports players or actors these are regular people. Look at yourself like a saint . Get a grip

@LakeShow44 2 ай бұрын

He was the pope of basketball. Some folks use professional sports as an escape from the everyday grind of everyday life. Why are you obsessed with not understanding why people look up to pro athletes? Gotta be a miserable way to live your life.

@b.a.m.mdoublem1196 Ай бұрын

Bro Kobe wasn't only a basketball player he was a philanthropist he was giving back to his community heck he even started a foundation with his wife to help so many young people there's a lot of good things he's done for people dawg.

@user-je7ot6ju9r Ай бұрын

Rest in Pieces

@mathewmarkel5056 4 ай бұрын

It’s a crime that Kobe didn’t get to eat at the better gelato place at fashion island

@SC30097 25 күн бұрын

Nahhh.. I don't think you did talk to Kobe that time,, because a real fan or to have some intensions to snatch a piece of convo to a great individual or famous one, mannnn...you wouldn't waste a bit of micro seconds to run right on to him and try to make some chill talk whatevers bothers or hinders you,,,😢😢😢😢 ...shame on you

@mrwnking 2 ай бұрын

I'm sorry, you are not the last fan to speak with kobe. His driver, more than likely a fan of his, the guards at the airport, for God sake, the others that passed with kobe on that horrible day. I mean, it's not like kobe stopped talking to people when he talked to you. Nice try, though. I mean, you really think that and tell your family that you were the last to speak with kobe.