There will be a lot of reaction videos of Eagles fans celebrating the Super Bowl win, but none will top Kobe Bryant.
It’s been a big year for Kobe Bryant winning things. He hasn’t played basketball for a few years now, which should have slowed down his winning percentage — but it hasn’t. Kobe was nominated for an Academy Award last month and could win Oscar gold in March, for his Dear Basketball short.
He is also celebrating a championship, just not on the hardwood. The Philadelphia Eagles won their first ever Super Bowl on Sunday, and celebrations are pouring in from fans all over the world. It has been since 1960 that the team has won a championship, which predated the Super Bowl’s existence.
Kobe has been on the Eagles train for a while now, being that he’s from Philadelphia and has never pretended to be a football fan of anyone else. Watching him celebrate the win with his family was special, no matter who you are.
Kobe isn’t a bandwagoner or a freeloading fan. He’s been rooting for the Eagles all season long and was among the fans who never gave up on the team. Not when they lost Carson Wentz to a torn ACL, not when they were habitual underdogs in the playoffs despite the No. 1 seed.
Eagles fans all over the world are relishing this moment, and it doesn’t matter how famous they are. Random people are climbing street lamps in Philadelphia at the same time one of the greatest NBA players in the world is celebrating the same thing, albeit not in the same way.
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That’s what being a fan is all about, and it’s incredible.