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Throughout his career, Kobe Bryant has been known for his ruthlessness on the basketball court. He was never one to get all friendly with opponents and it only attests to his “Mamba Mentality”.
Despite being retired, the Los Angeles Lakers legend seems to have not lost that killer instinct, and even the fans aren’t spared.
In the YouTube video below, Bryant is seen giving some fan the dagger look after noticing that his family is being filmed while eating.
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One redditor also shared a personal “Kobe death stare” story, although unverified, but it gives people an idea how it’s like when you’re the one taking the video.
I was at a restaurant in Orlando last year with a friend and his family before the season started. Halfway through the dinner I see this really done up lady walk in and sit down down for dinner, and in the back of my mind I'm like damn she looks like Kobe's wife… Anyway I keep at my steak for a while and then my friend grabs my arm and goes yo I think Kobe's across the room from us!! At this point I lose my shit because I'd seen Kobe's wife so it has to be him.. And like a total dumbass I pull out snapchat and take a picture of Kobe and send it to everyone I know, because fucking Kobe (even though I've always been an irrational Kobe hater)… Everyone at the table goes chilllll don't be so obvious, and I'm like it's Kobe! Two minutes later this eastern European, Mike Ehrmantraut from breaking bad looking mofo walks up to my table and goes excuse me Kobe Bryant and family would like for you to delete that picture and not take anymore… So I get scared and say okay I'll delete it.. Then I look over to Kobe's table and his entire family is looking directly at me trying to vaporize me with this death stare I've never seen before and I'm just sitting there half scared half guilt ridden for fucking up someone's private dinner. So now I keep looking over every minute or so to see if they're over the incident but every time I look over one of the Bryant's surely has their eyes on me. At this point I'm asking my friend if I should go over and just apologize so we can all move on but they all thought it would do no good. I stayed back but at the end when they were leaving I kinda gestured towards him apologetically and he gave one of those “it's cool” head nods.
It’s interesting to know how athletes, and celebrities, such as Kobe Bryant put up with situations like this one. Because, while it’s a normal thing to do for fans, it’s a different story already when it involves his family.
Next time around, and this goes for everyone, just ask nicely.
