CALABASAS, CA. (THECOUNT) — Actor Jack Nicholson, a longtime courtside staple at Los Angeles Lakers games, has commented on the tragic passing of Lakers legend, Kobe Bryant.

The 82-year-old Oscar winning actor, who said he considered Bryant “a friend,” spoke with KCBS news hours after the crash.

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“My reaction is the same as almost all of L.A., where we think everything’s solid, three’s a big hole in the wall. I was used to seeing and talking to Kobe that — it kills you. It’s just a terrible event,” Nicholson said in the interview.