Shaquille O’Neal is still in mourning over the death of Kobe Bryant and his younger sister.
5:09 AM PDT, April 23, 2020is opening up about a challenging period in his life. The 48-year-old former pro athlete appeared on Wednesday's episode ofvia video and revealed that the past year has been the hardest in his life, due to the deaths ofdied in a helicopter crash"This is my toughest year. And I don't complain about anything, but I lost my baby sister, I lost my good friend... and now people are losing their lives," he said, referencing the coronavirus pandemic.
"I probably won't watch that because it's not going to be the same without him," he said of the August ceremony."The only way I'll watch it is if his beautiful wife [Vanessa Bryant] gives a speech or if his mother or father gives a speech on his behalf." "If I had two wishes, I'd wish that he was there and I'd wish that I could take my sister to the ceremony to watch him be inducted," O'Neal added.the conversations he wished he could have with Bryant.
"It's tough because we won't get to have these conversations. I don't really wanna have these conversations with other people. I wanna have them with him," O'Neal said."When I go to his Hall of Fame, I want to say, 'Congratulations.' When I go to his statue unveiling, I want to say, 'Congratulations.' Next time, I want him to say, 'A-ha! I got five, you got four.
"... I just wish that he was here to see it with us, but we will never, ever let him be forgotten," he vowed.
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