Jerry Ferrara, Kevin Connolly share an awesome Kobe Bryant story from their Entourage days

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Jerry Ferrara is an American actor best known for his role as Turtle in HBO’s Entourage.

One thing the show was known for was getting different celebrities and athletes to make cameos in every single episode, and they even filmed at some pretty awesome locations, too.

This past weekend, Ferrara got some help from co-star Kevin Connolly, known for his role as Eric “E” Murphy in the series, to re-tell a story about their interaction with Kobe Bryant when they were filming one of the earlier seasons of the series.

Ok my last encounter with Kobe. In 2005 we shot an episode of Entourage court side at a @Lakers game. My memory of this encounter was a bit fuzzy so I texted @mrkevinconnolly who’s memory is amazing. Here is the text convo of the story. #KobeByrant pic.twitter.com/RW54CQeVRb
— Jerry Ferrara (@jerryferrara) February 17, 2020

It’s pretty sweet that they happened to catch a Kobe Bryant workout before they started filming, even while he was out with an injury, and it’s even cooler that Kobe kept his word on the bet and made sure the guys got their money.

#tbt to when @kobebryant took it @richardweitzla at a game. And almost me on the left. My popcorn went flying. I was wearing Green beans.

A post shared by Jerry Ferrara (@jerryferrara) on Apr 16, 2015 at 1:48pm PDT

This is one of my many all time fav @kobebryant moments ever. Thank you sir.

A post shared by Jerry Ferrara (@jerryferrara) on Apr 13, 2016 at 5:34pm PDT

(H/T Twitter/jerryferrara)