Bryant did take issue with one Butler’s habits, though, and that was Butler’s love for Mountain Dew. During a recent appearance on “The Lowe Post,” Butler told Zach Lowe about the encounter with Bryant that made him stop drinking Mountain Dew, at least while he was in Los Angeles: Did you really hide that you drank Mountain Dew from Kobe? “Oh 100%. Immediately. Because I started blackout sessions with Kobe right after he signed a contract, and he had signed a contract. We was working out every day … And fast-forward to our first game of the season, and he’s just like ‘man, you look good, your game is sharp, but you be like, getting winded sometimes. You’re huffing and puffing a little bit too much. You’re a Mercedes Benz, you’re a hybrid, you’re not supposed to be huffing and puffing like that. What type of fuel you using?’ “And I was like ‘fuel, what?’ And he was like ‘man, you gotta be premium. What are you putting in your body?’ I was just like ‘I eat good,’ like me thinking from the South, like ‘I eat good. Whatever I eat is good because it’s good to me.’ You know what I mean?