Kobe Bryant may be out of the NBA, but he's not even coming close to escaping the public eye.

The Black Mamba appeared on the Wednesday edition of “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” earlier today, and he wasn't there to just talk basketball.

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With the assistance of Ellen, Bryant pulled off a hilarious hidden camera prank on an aesthetician.

The level of awkwardness ramps up as Kobe tells the women that he's selling jars of sweat from his last game while asserting that his teammates would jab him with nicknames such as “Sir Sweats-a-lot,” “Puddles,” and “Sweat Midler.”

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It's classic stuff that shows the lighter side of Kobe's personality.