I don't understand why people are so in their feelings about people calling him a cornball or corny. I've heard men and women call him that. I have no issues with that man but when L'oreal said he used to bring his head shots to school I said yeah that's corny lol. L'oreal's issue is not owning calling him corny. If he was corny back then okay, it paid off.
Just like how people used to say Kobe was weird, didn't hang out or go to parties and would rather be shooting in the gym etc. Was he weird or was he hyper focused on basketball and being one of the best players the game has ever seen? Sometimes people aren't into superficial things that others are into and that's okay. Whatever MBJ and Kobe were or did back then set them up for what they became. Be corny and lame, fukk them people.