Kobe Bryant Hilariously Pranks Aesthetician With His ‘Sweating Problem’

Now that the illustrious basketball career of Los Angeles Laker Kobe Bryant has ended, the next logical step for the star is to start pranking people. Bryant stopped by Ellen, where he teamed up with the daytime host to prank an aesthetician named Linda. Given instructions through a hidden earpiece, Bryant divulged his fake secret: a sweating problem. While claiming he sweats profusely, he produced a Mason jar full of sweat that he said was from the first quarter of his final game.

The prank continued as Bryant described his sweating, which reportedly wanders all over his body. Linda attempted to offer solutions but was stumped by the silliness of the situation. After Bryant ran through a bunch of new nicknames to replace his “Black Mamba” moniker, including “Sir Sweats-a-Lot” and “Puddles,” and performed a couple of spins, he finally owned up to the prank, revealing that DeGeneres was feeding him lines and that there were hidden cameras in the room. All joking aside, Linda took it in stride.

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