Vanessa Bryant reveals she and daughter Natalia ‘have unfortunately had to block’ fan accounts

It’s been almost six months since Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna lost their lives in a horrific helicopter accident, and now surviving members of their family are speaking out about healing and ‘moving forward.’

In a pair of posts to her Instagram Story on Saturday, the fallen basketball legend’s widow Vanessa Bryant informed her followers that she and her eldest daughter Natalia, 17, have recently made some adjustments to their social media intake.

In the text images, Vanessa, 38, explained that they’ve had to block some Kobe and Gigi fan accounts, since images of them flood her and Natalia’s feeds and make it difficult to cope.

‘Thx so much for all the [love],’ Vanessa wrote in her Story, using a purple heart emoji. 

‘@nataliabryant and I have unfortunately had to block fan pages because it’s been really hard to go online and constantly see pics of our beloved Gigi and Kobe under every single square of our explore pages,’ she continued. 

‘Blocking the fan pages has helped change the algorithm. We [love] you all but please understand that we had to do this for our own healing not because we don’t appreciate your [love],’ she added, again using heart emojis.

In the text images: Vanessa explained that they’ve had to block some Kobe and Gigi fan accounts, since images of them flood her and Natalia’s feeds and make it difficult to cope

She then posted a capture of a similar statement from Natalia, who wrote that fan accounts ‘reposting our pics’ ‘makes it 10x harder to deal with our loss.’

Natalia added that she ‘hope[s] that people understand’ the move, which is helping her and mother empower themselves to ‘move forward’.

Additionally, the teen mentioned that her account is now private, which also helps block her exposure to the upsetting images. 

Heartfelt response: Bryant then posted a capture of a similar statement from Natalia, who wrote that fan accounts ‘reposting our pics’ ‘makes it 10x harder to deal with our loss’

Best foot forward: Natalia added that she ‘hope[s] that people understand’ the move, which is helping her and mother empower themselves to ‘move forward’; seen here on Instagram

The shares come on the same weekend Vanessa reported a now heartbreaking video snippet of her late husband and daughter, four years after he won the title of MVP.

‘❤️❤️ 11 years ago today,’ she wrote alongside the beautiful clip, along with a pair of heartbroken emojis.

‘Hard to watch without it crushing my soul but so thankful we have these videos to look back on when we feel the time is right,’ Vanessa added.

At the age of 41, Kobe lost his life along with daughter Gigi, 13, and seven others in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California in late January.

Soul-crushing: The shares come on the same weekend Vanessa reported a now heartbreaking video snippet of her late husband and daughter, four years after he won the title of MVP

‘Hard to watch without it crushing my soul but so thankful we have these videos to look back on when we feel the time is right,’ Vanessa wrote