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00:00 I'm Jill Painter Lopez for Sports Illustrated here with our very own Melissa Roland.
00:10 And Melissa, a very emotional post from Vanessa Bryant today on the day that it is her and
00:14 Kobe's 19th wedding anniversary.
00:17 Tell us a little bit about their love story.
00:20 They met when she was 17, he was 21.
00:23 They fell madly in love.
00:24 In fact, Vanessa posted a little video of Kobe today being interviewed talking about
00:28 how he knew that Vanessa was the one.
00:31 And he said that he just immediately knew she captured his heart.
00:35 And when you know, you know, he said a lot of times these things are inexplicable, but
00:39 he just fell madly in love for her, that she's a strong woman who he immediately was drawn
00:44 to and really respected.
00:46 Obviously, their love story came to a tragic end on January 26.
00:52 Kobe and Gianna both died in a helicopter crash at Kobe's public memorial on February
00:59 24.
01:00 Vanessa talked about just how deep their love story truly was.
01:03 She talked about how Kobe was a big romantic.
01:06 He'd write poems for her.
01:07 In fact, he actually went out and bought the actual dress that Rachel McAdams wore in the
01:12 notebook just as a romantic gesture.
01:16 They were really in love.
01:18 Obviously, their relationship had some bumps in it.
01:20 She acknowledged that.
01:21 But they were just two perfectly imperfect people raising a beautiful family.
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