Kobe Bryant Is Engaged
H U N T I N G T O N B E A C H, Calif. — A Southern California high school is buzzing with the news that one of its own is engaged to Kobe Bryant, the 21-year-old Los Angeles Lakers star.
Rumors swirled Friday at Marina High School, where TV vans and helicopters flocked after Bryant confirmed he was engaged to marry Vanessa Laine, an 18-year-old student.
At the modest home in Huntington Beach where the fiancee lives with her grandparents, her grandfather sighed heavily as he confirmed the engagement. He also confirmed the rumor that his granddaughter would now be homeschooled and that Bryant and Laine would probably skip the prom in June.
And yes, she is thrilled.
“When you are young, you are very idealistic,” the elder Laine said. “She seems happy.”
Talk also centered on the seven-carat ring Bryant reportedly gave his fiancee.
Seven carats, according to Sandy Fredlund, manager of an Orange County Zales jewelry store, is the size of a nickel, maybe even a quarter, and probably cost about $100,000.
“I was thinking about that ring all the way into work this morning,” Fredlund said. “The largest thing I have in my store is a two-carat. And that’s big. This is huge.”
The couple met when Bryant, who likes rap and videos, stopped by a music video shoot where Laine was working as a background model, said Marina High drama teacher Robert Rotenberry.
Laine, who turned 18 recently, is active in Marina’s theater club but has no aspirations to be a professional actress.
—The Associated Press
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What does that tell you about how her family feels? I agree, she is a bit young (just turned 19), but the real question is who decided to do it so soon-do you think that Kobe was ready for marriage this early or do you think that she put her foot down?
I just hope that it works out for the both of them, because I bet that a lot of people are saying that they won't beat the odds-getting married so young.
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