Kobe Bryant told a doctor he had a sweating problem for an Ellen DeGeneres prank

Now that he’s retired, Kobe Bryant has a lot of free time on his hands. And part of that free time is pulling hidden camera pranks with Ellen DeGeneres. DeGeneres had Bryant pretend he had a sweating problem. With an ear piece inside him, Bryant repeated everything DeGeneres was telling him to an esthetician, and she couldn’t be more kind and patient with listening to him say all his fake ailments. And it turns out Kobe is really good at acting -- he kept a straight face up until he revealed this was all a prank. For her trouble, she got a nice, non-sweaty hug from him.

By the way, “Sweat Midler” is a really good sweat-related nickname pun.