NBA star Kobe Bryant hit The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien on Wednesday to talk about taking the Lakers to their first NBA Championship without Shaq.

Kobe gives a lot of credit to actor and devoted Lakers fan Jack Nicholson, who routinely lays into the refs while Kobe is playing. Also, Conan pleads with Kobe to help him get better Lakers seats!

Kobe Bryant and his wife are being sued by their former housekeeper.

The furious cleaner claims The Bryants stuck her in the middle of some very shitty situations!

Maria Jimenez filed suit in Superior Court in Orange County this week alleging that Kobe’s former teen bride Vanessa “badgered, harassed and humiliated [her] by yelling and screaming and criticizing her in front of Kobe, the Bryants’ children, employees and other people in the household.”

Maria says she couldn’t take it anymore after Vanessa punished her for putting an expensive blouse in the washer by making her fish its price tag out of a bag of dog feces. The housekeeper tried to quit after the incident, but she says Vanessa refused to allow her to leave, telling her that she wasn’t going anywhere until she reimbursed the family $690 for the damaged blouse.

Maria should’ve Chris Browned her ass. That’ll shut her up. We should have known this woman was a few sandwiches short of picnic when she stayed with Kobe after finding out that he’s nothing more than an absolute manwhore. What a self-righteous bitch!

According to the Orange County Register, Maria claims Mrs.Bryant, who has a lengthy history of verbally assaulting service staff, was “incredibly abusive” to her and routinely called her names like “lazy, slow, dumb, a fucking liar, and fucking shit.” She also constantly accused the domestic worker of stealing items from the home.

Maria is suing for wrongful discharge, invasion of privacy, emotional distress, and unpaid wages.

Kobe Bryant on Jimmy Kimmel Live-September 9, 2008

Kobe Bryant was the “Surprise Guest” on Tuesday’s Live with Regis & Kelly. Check out this video clip from the Los Angeles Lakers star’s appearance.

Kobe cheating again? You don’t say! Kobe Bryant has been stepping out on wife Vanessa Bryant again, according to scathing new reports from the Snitch Circuit. The Los Angeles Lakers star is being accused of carrying on a clandestine affair with now-former Laker Girl, Vanessa Curry.

According to celebrity spywitnesses for TheDirty.com:

Kobe Bryant has allegedly participated in yet another scandalous affair and was stepping out on his wife Vanessa with another Vanessa, no relation…Vanessa Curry was a Laker girl but recently “quit” the squad to pursue some “hosting” opportunities. Rumor has it the suits wanted to get rid of her because the affair was a major distraction and the Lakers are close to getting coach Phil Jackson the all-time record for rings this season.

Whispers of Kobe’s most recent martial indiscretion are quickly spreading, and Kobe’s one-time teen bride is ready to release Mama Bear Hell on anyone giving her the Vanessa Curry/Kobe Affair rumors any airtime. In fact, Vanessa Bryant reportedly “cursed out” sportscaster Laura Lane after the ESPN pundit got a little too catty about the Kobe/Lakers Girl sex saga:

So as I’m walking out of the Lakers locker room after some post-game interviews with the players, I pass Vanessa, who is sitting outside the locker room as usual with her two girls.
“Laura!” she screams (yes, she apparently knows my name). “Fuck you! You fucking bitch!”
“Excuse me?” I say, completely baffled as I look around me to see if there is someone else named Laura. No, there’s not.
Her daughters – ages 5 and 2 – are sitting next to her on the bench looking at their mom as she screams.
[More f-words ensue. Many more.]
“Join the club, this means you’ve arrived,” said one reporter when word spread of my run-in with Vanessa. “She’s insane,” said another. “Everyone knows it.”

“The sad part is before all of this I kind of liked Vanessa and I thought we hit it off. She doesn’t give a fuck about anything. She wears these insane outfits, struts around Staples Center like a queen, shows off her daughters and lets them run around the hall way playing tag while reporters are trying to get by….As a journalist I am going to piss people off. That’s just the nature of the business. I never want to or intend to piss people off, but if you’re not pissing people off occasionally, then you are constantly kissing ass.”

Kobe Bryant made headlines during Thursday night’s NBA TNT telecast of the Lakers & Clippers Game when the b-ball star jumped over a Aston Martin headed straight for him. Turns out it was all just a stint for an upcoming Nike viral.