Some Twitter users are upset over Ball's comments minimizing Trump's involvement in his son and two other UCLA basketball players' release after their arrest in China on charges of shoplifting.
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They are now sending rude comments to Burton, confusing the two.
"You're a has been actor with a thief for a son and Trump is the president of the United States. Get the picture?" one apparently incensed user tweeted at Burton.
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But Burton seems to be taking it in stride, sending out his own tweets with good-humored responses.
"One of the many sleights I am having to endure these days. Thanks! @Lavarbigballer," the actor tweeted back, tagging LaVar Ball, the original tweet's intended recipient.
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