Jimmy Kimmel, Vanessa Bryant deliver powerful opening tributes
Flanked by a small choir and backing band, Beyoncé started with the opening lines of “XO,” before pausing the track to address the audience: “I’m here because I love Kobe, and this was one of his favorite songs. So I want to start that over but I want us to do it all together, and I want you to sing it so loud that he’ll hear your love.” She then resumed the track from her 2013 self-titled album before deftly transitioning into her 2008 ballad “Halo.
Following Beyoncé’s opening performance, Jimmy Kimmel was announced as the event’s host and told the crowd in a tearful speech: “Today we are joined by Kobe’s teammates and opponents, alike, his friends, family, and fans as we try to make sense of what happened to these nine beautiful people who were, by all accounts, so full of life, who left behind parents, friends, co-workers, classmates, siblings, and children.
Bryant’s widow, Vanessa, then took the stage, opening her speech with a tribute to her daughter Gianna, whom she remembered as “confident, but not in an arrogant way. She loved helping and teaching other people things. … She was very much like her daddy, in that they both liked helping people learn new things and master them. They were great teachers. … She would hug me and hold me so tight, I could feel her love me.”Vanessa Bryant remembers her daughter, Gianna.
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