VIDEO: LaVar Ball Joked About Having His Foot Amputated In His First Interview Post-Surgery

Photos of LaVar Ball smiling
LaVar Ball (Photos via Cameo & TMZ)

LaVar Ball has taken his recent life-altering surgery in stride and is keeping in good spirits after having a foot amputated.

TMZ initially reported that the Big Baller Brand founder and father of LaMelo, Lonzo, and LiAngelo Ball had his right foot removed earlier this week.

While the situation appears grim, LaVar isn’t getting down on himself about it and has already joked about his surgery. The 57-year-old, who once claimed he could have beaten Michael Jordan at basketball in his prime, was back on Cameo on Thursday, making a clip for his biggest fan, a TikTok user going by the name “primby.”

He started out by saying he knew everyone “heard what happened” to his foot but then brushed it off.

“You can take my foot. But you know what you can’t take? That primby account!” he shouted before breaking into the chorus of LiAngelo’s hit, “Tweaker.”

Ball has been recording videos for primby over the last month because the latter is looking to raise his following on TikTok and is paying close to $200 per video.

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The partnership is working out well, with the account now up to 1.1 million followers.

LaVar Ball Isn’t Letting The Loss Of A Foot Keep Him Down

LaVar Ball smiling
LaVar Ball (Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images)

The BBB founder isn’t letting the fact that he just lost a foot get in the way. Like he said, they can’t take that Primby account.

Lavar Ball was all smiles right after his surgery and was photographed grinning while in a wheelchair, presumably at the hospital. He was also smiling when he linked up with Lamelo before the Charlotte Hornets point guard’s big win over the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday night.

Ball has not disclosed what caused him to lose his foot, but he could do so later on. We’ll just have to wait and see.