Who is Bronny James? LeBron James and wife Savannah slam fake reports of son, 16, 'liking' Larsa Pippen
After being dubbed a 'homewrecker' for allegedly vacationing with Malik Beasley while his wife Montana Yao stayed at home, Larsa Pippen was the target of rumor mills once again when her son Scotty Pippen's friend, Bronny James, liked an Instagram photo of hers. Why does this matter? Because Bronny, as you might have deduced, is NBC pro-LeBron James' 16-year-old son. Both his parents and Pippen herself have shut down the 'bullshit' claims on social media, with the former Mrs Scotty Pippen threatening to sue reports that further fire up the shocking claims, but as of now, Bronny is trending on social media with the world looking at junior LeBron and what his social media activity might have sparked.
Born in October 2004, Bronny, whose full name is LeBron "Bronny" Raymone James Jr, is also a basketball player. He plays the point guard and shooting guard positions and as per a 2018 tweet from his father and an October 2020 report from 247Sports.com, he is projected to commit to Duke. At 6 feet 2, Bronny has been in the eyes of scouting executives since he was 10 years old, something that his father has publicly slammed as a violation. He was born to LeBron and long time girlfriend turned wife Savannah when the pro-basketballer was just 19 and Bronny made his own high school debut on November 21, 2019, scoring 10 points off the bench in a blowout win.
The eldest son of LeBron and Savannah currently attends Sierra Canyon School in Los Angeles and is self-proclaimedly good friends with Pippen's children as he noted when addressing the rumors about flirting with her. These rumors began when Bronny liked an Instagram selfie of the 46-year-old mother of four who is currently embroiled in a separate tiff with her own NBA-pro ex-husband.
Bronny's mother Savannah hit back at the blogs in question for targeting a minor, posting on her Instagram stories: "With everything going on in the world right now, this is the s**t y'all talking about. At the end of the day y'all are talking about a minor. I don't care what type of 'celebrity' y'all think he is, he's a child and the bullshit needs to stop. Y'all got the right one." LeBron too resonated with his wife's sentiments of anger, adding a little reminder to not f*** with the 'wrong one'. He shared Savannah's post with the additional note: "Uh oh y'all f**ked with the wrong one now! Good luck. It won't be cute!" so he penned.
Some of these stories are so disgusting the fact that my sons friends can’t like my pics without some ppl writing some weirdo shit is crazy.
— Larsa Pippen (@larsapippen) December 27, 2020
I’ll sue the fuck out of you for writing some disgusting lies you weirdo pic.twitter.com/K5jRGarc2L
— Larsa Pippen (@larsapippen) December 27, 2020
When it came to Bronny himself, he rubbished those same claims writing "I liked one of my best friends moms picture y'all are jus childish (sic)," on his Instagram Story. The other party in question, Pippen, shared on Twitter: "Some of these stories are so disgusting the fact that my sons friends can't like my pics without some ppl writing some weirdo s**t is crazy." Threatening legal action, she added: "I'll sue the f**k out of you for writing some disgusting lies you weirdo."