There has to be something pretty special about you if you can make Kobe Bryant nervous. Well apparently there’s one famous singer who possesses that ability and I don’t blame him.
The Los Angeles Lakers star is an enormous fan of pop singer Katy Perry and was nervous when the two first met, as revealed in an outstanding long form piece about Bryant in Sports Illustrated by Chris Ballard.
Some of Kobe’s favorite topics of conversation include: what Bryant read on Techcrunch the night before, the latest news on Buzzfeed and whether Katy Perry is a genius businesswoman or just a plain genius. (Bryant has been a longtime admirer of Perry’s and was nervous when he met her for the first time recently, when both happened to be dining at Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles.) At one point Bryant even appears to break a sweat.
This Sports Illustrated piece on Bryant is the gift that keeps on giving…
