LaVar Ball Jokes on Least Favorite Son in Kevin Hart 'Cold as Balls' Interview
LaVar Ball. Kevin Hart. Sitting in ice baths together, talking about any old thing that comes to their minds. If it sounds like the recipe for peak ridiculousness, well, you're in luck—the actual product is even better.
The Ball family patriarch and Grammy-nominated comedian hopped in ice baths for Hart's new show, Cold As Balls, which premiered Wednesday on the Laugh Out Loud Network and is produced by OBB Pictures.
"Cold As Balls captures everything Laugh Out Loud is about—comedy, edginess, and a unique inclusiveness," Hart said in a statement. "There’s something about the ice-cold water that brings out the funniest and most absurd side of these comedians and athletes."
If Hart's goal was to highlight the absolute peak of absurd hilarity, he could not have chosen a better partner for the premiere. The video begins with Hart (jokingly) complaining about being unable to book Lonzo, before delving immediately into an interview that words cannot do justice.
Highlights include LaVar revealing his least favorite son (sorry, LaMelo), his high school basketball stardom (we're still looking for some proof) and roughly a thousand GIF-able moments.
The video is eight minutes and 21 seconds long and includes LaVar making it rain in the credits after losing to Hart in an ice-bath shootout. You can find something that's socially shareable in nearly every single moment.
LaVar, as he's wont to do between spurts of bombast, also offered some wisdom on why he doesn't think the Los Angeles spotlight is too much for Lonzo.
"You can't get to this level all of the sudden and be a superstar. You got to be a superstar when you're this little," LaVar said, gesturing to about the height of the tub. "You gotta grow into that superstar—Lonzo's been a superstar all his life, so this is nothing new. How do you handle L.A.? How does L.A. handle us? We've been like this all the time."
Unfortunately, there appears to be zero evidence of LaVar's own on-court prowess anywhere—except in his own mind.
"All the eyes that saw me do what I do is up here," LaVar said, pointing to his head, before being unable to remember his high school number.
What LaVar does know is what he'd name his fourth child, if he were to have one: LeGreatness. With TMZ Sports' report Wednesday that Lonzo's girlfriend Denise Garcia is pregnant with the couple's first child, we might have our first hint at what name grandpa will be suggesting.
Either way, this video will live on the internet forever, and we're all better for it.
