Kobe Bryant Loved Being a “Girl Dad” — Elle Duncan’s Tribute Inspires Other Fathers of Daughters

Kobe told Elle tht his wife, Vanessa, wanted to try a fourth time for a boy. When Elle asked him how he’d feel if that fourth child turned out to be a girl, (as she indeed did) he replied, without hesitation, “I would have five more girls if I could. I am a girl dad.” And then Kobe went on to praise his daughters, in particular middle child Gigi, who shared his passion for basketball and whose talents, in his eyes, exceeded his own when he was her age.