'Did you thank the doctor for bringing you into this world?'
Basketball dad LaVar Ball escalates feud with President Trump in car-crash
CNN interview where he again refused to accept Trump helped free his son
from Chinese authorities
- The outspoken father of LiAngelo Ball, one of three UCLA basketball players arrested in China earlier this month, appeared on CNN Tonight on Monday
- In an interview that quickly railroaded despite the best efforts of host Chris Cuomo, Ball once again declined to thank Trump
- Trump directed two critical tweets at Ball on Sunday for not acknowledging his role in returning LiAngelo Ball, Cody Riley and Jalen Hill to the US
- The interview descended into even further madness when Ball asked Cuomo for 90 seconds straight to thank him for appearing on the program
- Social media users quickly took to Twitter to express their amusement, horror and confusion at the interview
LaVar Ball continued his feud with President Donald Trump by questioning the commander-in-chief's role in freeing his son from Chinese authorities.
The outspoken father of LiAngelo Ball, one of three UCLA basketball players arrested in China accused of shoplifting earlier this month, questioned what Trump did to free the trio when he appeared on CNN Tonight on Monday.
In an interview that quickly derailed despite the best efforts of host Chris Cuomo, Ball once again declined to thank Trump.
'What did he [Trump] do for my son?' Ball asked Cuomo. 'I don't have to go around thanking everybody. I don't have to go around thanking everybody.'
Trump directed two critical tweets at Ball on Sunday after Ball refused to acknowledge Trump's role in returning Ball's son and two other UCLA basketball players - Cody Riley and Jalen Hill - to the US.
Appearing on ESPN, Ball said: 'What was [Trump] over there for? Don't tell me nothing. Everybody wants to make it seem like he helped me out.'
Trump was not happy with the lack of gratitude, tweeting that he should have left the three teens in jail and that Ball was 'very ungrateful'.
All three UCLA players - who have been suspended indefinitely - thanked Trump for his efforts during their on-campus news conference Wednesday.
During the bizarre interview Monday, Ball and Cuomo quickly fell into a back-and-forth argument about why Ball wouldn't thank the president.
'We're not even talking about the other two kids,' Ball said.
'We're talking about your son because of what you said,' Cuomo replied. He continued to press, asking: 'Why won't you thank him? Your son thanked him, the other two boys did.'
'I'm not the other two boys,' Ball replied. 'Did you thank the doctor for bringing you into this world? I'm not just saying thank you to everybody for nothing.'
The interview descended into even further madness when Ball asked Cuomo for 90 seconds straight to thank him for appearing on the program.
When the interview ended, the two men wished each other a 'Happy Thanskgiving' with Ball even taking the opportunity to send his Thanksgiving wishes to the president.
'LaVar Ball' quickly became the number one trending topic on Twitter with more than 209,000 tweets just an hour after he appeared on the show.
Twitter users quickly took to social media to express their amusement, horror and confusion at the interview.
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ownfranchise, East Brunswick, United States, about 2 hours ago
LaVar should thank the President just so we are not reminded everyday that his son is a thief.
truthwinsall, New York, United States, about 2 hours ago
what an idiot....
MM85, Winnetka, United States, about 2 hours ago
Battle of the inflated egos. These two deserve each other.
Erik, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, about 2 hours ago
Family of thieves.
ersatz_beauty, Little voice inside your head, United States, about 2 hours ago
This man has an ugly soul.