It's becoming more common these days for new parents to announce the arrival of their baby on social media. While many parents receive positive messages of support when they share this news, for celebrities it can invite internet trolls to comment.
When Kobe and Vanessa Bryant welcomed their fourth daughter a few weeks ago, trolls couldn't resist playing into a long-running joke about Kobe's family.
Kobe is one of the most decorated basketball players of all time with multiple NBA championship wins, Olympic gold medals, and NBA MVP titles under his belt. He officially retired from the sport in 2016.
During that time, they've grown their family by welcoming three daughters: Natalia, 16, Gianna, 13, and two-year-old Bianka.
It looks like his daughters share his passion for basketball, and accompany him to basketball games. He also coaches one of his daughter's basketball teams.
Congrats to the Bryant family!
Kobe announced the birth with this photo of a custom baby blanket featuring Capri's name. Kobe included the hashtags #ByrantBunch and #4Princesses in the post.
While Kobe and Vanessa received a flood of positive comments, there were also a few that played up a long-running joke.
With the announcement of Capri's birth, there were comments like this one making fun of Kobe for having four daughters.
There were a lot of comments that trolled Kobe by encouraging him to keep "shooting" for a boy.
Capri's middle name is Kobe, so technically, she is Kobe Jr. Bet these trolls didn't expect that.
This isn't the first time people have made fun of Kobe for having daughters and he's addressed these comments in the past.
“My friends say, ‘It takes a real man to make a boy,’” he said at the time. “I’m like, ‘Dude, it takes a king to make a princess… get in line.’ “
In the caption for Capri's birth announcement Kobe wrote, "Our little princess..." I see what you did there, Kobe!
He used the hashtag #4Princesses, remember? I think we're going to see this hashtag being used often by Kobe from now on.
What these people don't realize is that one of Kobe's daughters is an aspiring basketball player herself.
"She's like, 'I got this. Don't need no boy for that. I got this,'" he said.
It's great to see him standing up for his daughters and shutting the haters down.
