Brenda Song's Lakers Fandom Lands Her in Hospital

Brenda Song's passion for the Los Angeles Lakers is so intense that it once landed her in the hospital. During an appearance on Kylie Kelce's podcast, Song recounted how she hyperventilated while watching Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals. Her "superstition of the season" involved sipping water, and a Lakers score coinciding with her sip led her to continue, resulting in extreme anxiety.

Despite the medical scare, Song remained dedicated, watching the post-game in the hospital waiting room. She also shared that her fiancé, Macaulay Culkin, often expresses concern about her animated reactions at games. The Lakers even featured Song's enthusiastic fan moments on their social media in April 2025. Song, who plays a basketball executive on Netflix's Running Point, admitted her fandom was even more fervent during Kobe Bryant's era.

Song's lifelong love for basketball, influenced by her father's Chicago Bulls fandom and later cemented by Kobe Bryant's draft to the Lakers in 1996, fuels her energetic presence at games. She stars alongside Kate Hudson in Running Point, a series that allowed her to combine her passion for basketball with her acting career. Culkin even makes a cameo in the show, a project Song pursued after hearing Mindy Kaling was developing it.