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On Thursday, actressesJosie TotahandAlycia Pascual-Peña, who both starred in the next chapter of the early ’90s NBC sitcom, shared the news of Kobe’s involvement on the show during an episode of their Crooked Media podcastDare We Say.
“A wild tidbit that I don’t think a lot of people know, or, it’s not important at all because obviously, we are the least of importance when it comes to this legend and his daughter’s passing, but we were actually supposed to film with Kobe two days after he died,” Totah, 21, said during the episode.
Totah, who played Lexi on the series, went on to call the prospect of working with Kobe “so surreal.”
“I remember the costume girls had gotten his sizes from his stylist, he fully was on the call sheet and all of that,” Totah said.
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The podcaster said it was “insane” to see howLos Angeles and the world mourned Kobe, who won five NBA Finals with the Lakers during his 20 years in the NBA.
“Specifically with Kobe it was insane to see L.A. come out the way they came out, and just the whole world,” Pascual-Peńa added. “That man was so loved and so respected. You felt it; you felt the energy in the air change.”
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Jan. 26 marked two years since the helicopter crash in Calabasas, California, that killed Kobe, 41, his 13-year-old daughter,Gianna, and seven others:John Altobelli,Keri Altobelli,Alyssa Altobelli,Sarah Chester, Payton Chester,Christina Mauser, and pilotAra Zobayan. The group was on their way to a youth basketball game.
In August, a juryawarded Kobe’s widow Vanessa Bryant $16 millionafter she sued L.A. County over the leaked images of the crash’s victims, including her husband and her daughter.
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source: people.com
