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WESTWOOD, CA - JULY 14: Honoree Kobe Bryant accepts the Legend Award and gets slimed onstage during the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Sports Awards 2016 at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion on July 14, 2016 in Westwood, California. The Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Sports A
WESTWOOD, CA - JULY 14: Honoree Kobe Bryant accepts the Legend Award and gets slimed onstage during the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Sports Awards 2016 at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion on July 14, 2016 in Westwood, California. The Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Sports ADave Mangels/Getty Images

Kobe Bryant Blasted with Golden Slime at Kids' Sports Choice Awards

Vanessa de Beaumont
Jul 14, 2016

Kobe Bryant's gold-and-purple days aren't quite behind him.

Well, the gold part, anyway.

While on stage accepting the Legend Award during Thursday night's taping of Nickelodeon's Kids’ Sports Choice Awards, the recently retired Los Angeles Laker was blasted with slime—as is often customary at the show.

However, this time the event eschewed the signature green tint:

WESTWOOD, CA - JULY 14: Honoree Kobe Bryant accepts the Legend Award and gets slimed onstage during the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Sports Awards 2016 at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion on July 14, 2016 in Westwood, California. The Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Sports A
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WESTWOOD, CA - JULY 14: Honoree Kobe Bryant is slimed while accepting the Legend award onstage during the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Sports Awards 2016 at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion on July 14, 2016 in Westwood, California. The Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Sports
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WESTWOOD, CA - JULY 14: Honoree Kobe Bryant is slimed while accepting the Legend award onstage during the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Sports Awards 2016 at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion on July 14, 2016 in Westwood, California. The Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Sports
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In addition to receiving the honor, Bryant's metallic coating may well be preparing him for another.

After all, it's high time the Academy Awards enlisted a real-life "Oscar."

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