LaVar Ball is opening up on his recent amputation … revealing this week complications with his diabetes were what caused him to lose a significant portion of his right leg.

LiAngelo, LaMelo and Lonzo‘s father broke down his medical situation with SLAM on Tuesday … and explained his health began deteriorating in January.

He stated right around the time Gelo’s hit single, “Tweaker,” was going viral … he got an infection on his foot “that started spreading through my blood due to not paying attention to my diabetes.”

In total, LaVar said he went under the knife three different times to fix the problem … and then had to get four separate blood transfusions as well.

He said it all took a real toll on him — admitting that at one point, things got so bad, he considered death.

“It made me think, ‘Man, just kill me and let me go about my business,'” he said. “It made me think that maybe it’s time for me to shut it down.”

Thankfully, Ball told the outlet his three sons encouraged him to keep fighting — and now, he’s doing much better.

The 57-year-old was has been seen in recent weeks joking around on TikTok — and even dancing in his chair to songs that he humorously changed the lyrics to.

He’s now encouraging everyone to get their routine doctor visits in so they can avoid situations similar to the one he’s currently dealing with.

Timothée Chalamet and Gwyneth Paltrow really got to know one another filming their upcoming movie … because she says they have a lot of sex on camera … like, a lot a lot.

Gwyneth dished on her steamy sex scenes with Timothée in their upcoming flick, “Marty Supreme” in a new interview with Vanity Fair .. telling the outlet, “I mean, we have a lot of sex in this movie. There’s a lot — a lot.”

The two were photographed making out for the cameras while filming scenes, but Gwyneth says these snaps are just the PG version.

Gwyneth also gushed that Timothée is “very polite” and “properly raised” and “a man who takes his work really seriously and is a fun partner.”

Wow, Gwyneth, you’re really laying it on thick.

There was an intimacy coordinator on set but Gwyneth says she and Timothée didn’t need any pointers.

Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer — it seems Kyle Richards had that in mind when she recently considered buying the house directly across the street from her nemesis Lisa Vanderpump … TMZ has learned.

Multiple sources tell us … Kyle was looking to possibly scoop up the 6-bedroom, 5.5-bathroom Beverly Hills house just feet away from LVP’s famous Villa Rosa property. We’re told Kyle toured the place a few times, even bringing along her daughters.

Our sources say Kyle’s interest in the property had nothing to do with Lisa living in the neighborhood. Instead, we’re told she really liked the house.

Lisa and her husband, Ken Todd, have been fixtures in the celebrity enclave since 2011. Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan previously owned the house, but sold it for $5.9 million in 2021 following their divorce.

When we reached Lisa for comment, she told us, “What on earth. I thought that house was sold. This house is 10 feet away from me. A shame her offer wasn’t accepted because she’d finally be able to move into Beverly Hills.” Kyle was living in Bel Air and then moved to Encino in 2017.

A rep for Kyle denies LVP’s claim she ever made an offer. The rep says she never put in an offer because she decided the area is too much of a fire hazard.