He just can’t stop losing body parts.
John Wayne Bobbitt — who made headlines in 1993 when his then-wife chopped off his penis while he slept — recently opened up about the most recent appendage he has lost: his toes.
Bobbitt, a former Marine, was diagnosed with toxic peripheral polyneuropathy after being exposed to contaminated water at the Camp Lejeune military training facility in the late 1980s.
The harrowing condition causes nerve damage to the extremities and caused Bobbitt to have all of his toes amputated over the years, the last of which were removed in 2023.
The operations left Bobbitt, 57, with two raw stumps for feet, a limp and needing special prosthetic shoes, he revealed in recent interview with the US Sun.
The condition can also lead to chronic infections, ulcers and painful skin grafts.
Bobbitt says his time at Camp Lejeune left him with more than just physical scars but mental ones that he believes contributed to his volatile relationship with his ex-wife, Lorena.
“Maybe I would have made better decisions if my cognitive functioning wasn’t distorted by the chemicals,” he told the outlet at his home in Sarasota, Florida.
Lorena Bobbitt claimed her then-husband raped and beat her and in June 1993, chopped off his manhood with a kitchen knife inside their Virginia apartment. She fled to her boss’ house and tossed the member out the window as she drove.
In a nine-hour surgery, doctors reattached Bobbitt’s salvaged penis and returned it to “normal” function, Bobbitt has sworn.
He went on to launch a porn career, and in 2013 claimed he slept with 70 women since the vengeful attack. That year, he nearly lost a foot after contracting an infection from a dirty nail at a construction site.
Bobbitt’s former wife faced up to 20 years in prison for the infamous act but was found not guilty due to insanity.
Bobbitt was acquitted on charges of sexual assault in 1993.
He is among the many military members, families and staffers believed to have been exposed to contamination at the North Carolina camp who are now fighting for compensation.
