Jennifer Lopez Shares How ‘Devastated’A-Rod Was When He Learned Kobe Died:‘He Had Tears In His Eyes’

Jennifer Lopez found that Kobe Bryant passed on from a crying Alex Rodriguez, she uncovered, saying that the loss of her life partner’s beloved companion decidedly ‘crushed’ him.

Alex Rodriguez was in tears on January 25 when he discovered that his great companion, Kobe Bryant, had passed on in a helicopter crash close by his 13-year-old little girl, Gianna Bryant. The MLB star went to his life partner, Jennifer Lopez, crying as he broke the news to her, she said in a public interview in front of Super Bowl LIV. “I was sincerely busy practicing and Alex came to me with tears in his eyes,” Jennifer said. “He was crushed, he knew Kobe well indeed. They entered sports around a similar time. I believe it’s influencing everybody so much since it’s reminding us how delicate life is and we need to value each and every minute and love individuals while they’re here.” While she said she knew Kobe and his better half, Vanessa Bryant “more in passing,” she was sending her supplications after the loss of her adored spouse and little girl.

“I consider Vanessa a mother, losing her closest companion and accomplice, and losing her kid, and how terrible that must be for her at this moment,” the Super Bowl halftime show entertainer said. “I needed to communicate something specific that God directs her through this since she has three infants to deal with. [I’m] simply wishing the bad dream will be finished yet it won’t. It’s life, and we have to spread love and benevolence and unite everyone. I think this incident has a sound far and wide that we need to meet up and not be inconsistent constantly.”

Shakira, who is co-featuring the halftime appear with Jennifer, had her own recollections of Kobe to share at the public interview. “Gerard [Piqué], my accomplice, called me with the pitiful news. He was truly influenced. He knew Kobe, and I did as well,” she said of the soccer star. “I can’t envision the agony his family is experiencing.” While they didn’t state if there would be a unique tribute to Kobe at the Super Bowl, on February 2, Shakira said that “we will all recall Kobe on Sunday, and praising life.”