(CNN) Amber Rose has said her decision to tattoo her children's names on her forehead was inspired by the late NBA legend Kobe Bryant.

The model and activist made headlines earlier this month when she debuted the words "Bash Slash" -- devoted to her sons "Bash" (for Sebastian Taylor) and "Slash" (for Electric Alexander Edwards) -- in cursive letters just below her hairline.

Appearing on Fox Soul's series "One on One with Keyshia Cole" on Wednesday, she shed some light on the controversial way she is honoring her children.

"I don't want this to sound corny or anything but kinda after Kobe (Bryant) died, it made me reflect on my life," she told Cole. "I don't want people to be like, 'Oh Kobe died and you went and got a tattoo,' but it was kinda like that."

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