OJ Simpson joked about having ‘lying eyes’ in haunting podcast interview two months before he died: ‘Don’t confess… don’t say nothing’
OJ Simpson made an awkward joke about “confession” in one of his last podcast appearances just weeks before his death.
The football legend and acquitted murderer made the comment on an episode of the podcast ‘It Is What It Is’ after being asked about Shaquelle O’Neal claiming that ‘men shouldn’t open up to women (because) they will use it ‘. against them.’
“When you say ‘open up to women,’ I don’t know what he’s talking about,” Simpson said with a smile. ‘Is he talking about confession? Then, no man, don’t confess.’
The joke drew raucous laughter from the podcast hosts, but many saw it in a different light and felt he was making a “mockery” of the murders for which he was found civilly liable.
In one of his last podcast appearances before his death, OJ Simpson awkwardly joked about “confession” and noted that he had “lying eyes”
Simpson (pictured during his 1995 trial) became one of the most infamous figures in America after he was charged with the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ron Goldman in 1994
Simpson was later found civilly liable for the murders of Ron Goldman (left) and Nicole Brown (right) and ordered to pay their families $33.5 million.
The podcast clip resurfaced in the wake of Simpson’s death at the age of 78 on Thursday, as people commented on his bizarre antics in the years after the murders – including satirically pretending to have stabbed a newscaster in 1998.
In the podcast clip, a host first asked Simpson about his thoughts on Shaq’s claim that women would “use it against (men)” if they opened up to them.
Simpson leaned toward the screen and grinned as he made the joke about “confessing,” adding, “I think he’s right.”
‘Don’t say anything. It was your lying eyes. So leave me out of the confessions… You all need to leave me out of this.”
The podcast hosts saw the funny side and burst out laughing for about a minute as they seemed stunned that the accused killer would make the comment.
“Yoo, oh no, no confession,” one of the hosts said, laughing. “No confession… oh my goodness, this is classic.”
However, after the clip resurfaced following Simpson’s death, some felt that his jokes about the murders were in poor taste, as many still believed that his 1995 acquittal for the murders of his wife and her friend was a judicial was an error.
“It was truly amazing how OJ would make fun of what he allegedly did over the years,” one viewer tweeted.
‘Even towards the end of life still laughing and joking as if it was a joke and not the end of two people’s lives. Juice, who wrote a book in 2007 called “If I Did It.” It’s just mind-boggling.’
The comment referred to Simpson’s controversial 2006 book “If I Did It: Confessions of the Killer,” in which he described how he would have killed his wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ron Goldman if he had done it.
After Simpson’s death, his frivolous attitude towards the murders and continued antics came under further scrutiny, including a morbid video of OJ Simpson pretending to stab Ruby Wax in a 1998 BBC interview.
Simpson sparked further outrage when, more than a decade after the murders, he released a book titled “If I Did It: Confessions of the Killer.”
Others said, “That’s twisted. Not funny.’
“Two innocent people murdered, but you all find this hilarious!?” another commented. ‘Twisted and sickening coming from the mouth of the one who spoke out for those who laughed. RIP Nicole and Ronald.’
Similar bizarre clips of Simpson’s antics swept the internet following news of his death Thursday, most notably a clip of him pretending to stab journalist Ruby Wax in 1998.
That year, he was found civilly liable for the 1995 stabbing deaths of his ex-wife and her boyfriend and ordered to pay their families $33.5 million.
But when he sat down for an interview with the BBC, Wax noted that he was “the most complicated character on the planet” as she showed a behind-the-scenes look at Simpson playing a “joke” on her.
“After we finished filming, Simpson told me he had a surprise for me — and I was honestly surprised,” Wax said. “I think it was his idea of a joke.”
In a bizarre video clip, Simpson pretends to stab Wax with a banana while making a screeching noise while grinning at the camera.
Wax later claimed that Simpson called her on April Fool’s Day and said, “I killed her, April Fool’s Day!”
OJ Simpson pictured in a mugshot after his arrest in Los Angeles, California, in June 1994
Simpson rose to prominence as a running back who played eleven seasons, nine of which were with the Buffalo Bills
Ron Goldman’s father Fred broke his silence in the aftermath of OJ’s death – claiming it is a ‘further reminder of the loss of my son’
Following news of Simpson’s death, some of those who knew him expressed relief after the infamous celebrity and suspected double murderer disappeared.
Caitlin Jenner, who was married to Kris Jenner when her best friend Nicole Brown was murdered along with Goldman, tweeted in response to the news: “Good Riddance.”
In an exclusive interview with DailyMail.com, Ron Goldman’s father Fred said the former NFL legend’s passing is “a further reminder of the loss of my son.”
“All I have to say today is that this is a further reminder of the loss of my son Ron,” Fred told DailyMail.com.
“It’s a further reminder of my son’s murder and a reminder of the many years we missed Ron.
“His death is a reminder that Ron and Nicole were killed by him. I’m not going to comment on my thoughts about his death.”
He concluded: ‘I have nothing to say about him. My answer will not be about OJ’s death, but about the loss of my son’s life because of him.”