Throwback to when Kobe Bryant surprised Taylor Swift with a Staples Center banner! A legendary moment for the pop star. 🏀🎤


Kobe Bryant surprised Taylor Swift with a congratulatory banner at Los Angeles’ Staples Center Friday night (Aug. 21).

The L.A. Lakers star gifted Swift with the banner on his home turf during the concert, which reads, “Taylor Swift, Most Sold Out Performances” for her record-setting 16 sold-out shows. Watch below.

Bryant pointed to the drop-down banner as fans screamed and before Swift hugged him in gratitude.

Swift took to Twitter to thank her fans, and Bryant, late Friday night with the caption, “Tonight @kobebryant surprised me with a banner in @STAPLESCenter for the most sold out shows. You did that. Love you.”

Kobe Bryant helps Taylor Swift hang her own banner at Staples Center

Kobe Bryant might not have returned to the basketball court with the Lakers, but he was back in the spotlight at Staples Center on Friday night with Taylor Swift to help the superstar singer unveil her own banner.

Bryant was the second surprise guest at her concert Friday night, the first of five she’s staging at Staples Center during the 1989 World Tour.

Swift already had welcomed Ryan Tedder of One Republic to the stage. The two sang One Republic’s “Counting Stars.”

The Lakers’ perennial All-Star guard entered the stage down a long catwalk during Swift’s song “Style.” He then asked the band to bring it down a few levels and told the crowd to check out Swift’s banner.

Swift has sold out Staples Center a record 16 times, according to Bryant. That includes all five shows she’s playing there through Wednesday.

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