As information of O.J. Simpson’s passing at age 76 unfold on Thursday, many’s first ideas probably went to the second they noticed his notorious automotive chase (it was watched by 95 million individuals), or the place they have been after they heard he was acquitted of the murders of former spouse Nicole Brown and her good friend Ron Goldman (a verdict watched by 100 million individuals).
Nevertheless, whether or not they’ll admit it or not, many minds additionally rapidly jumped to The Kardashians, who’ve been recognized for his or her hyperlink to the late soccer star because the notorious trial of the century, over ten years earlier than they discovered fame due to Protecting Up With the Kardashians.
Under, revisit the well-known household’s historical past with O.J., how they’re so linked, and simply why individuals are commenting their “condolences” on Khloé Kardashian’s Instagram feedback part.
How is O.J. Simpson associated to the Kardashians?
Kris Jenner, who was married to Robert Kardashian Sr. from 1978 to 1991, was finest associates with Nicole, O.J.’s former spouse, who he was accused (and acquitted) of murdering in 1994, whereas Robert, who handed away in 2003, was finest associates with O.J., who he met in faculty
Throughout O.J.’s trial for double-murder, which lasted practically a yr, Robert was part of his protection crew; the trial has been thought-about in a means the primary actuality tv present, whereas Robert was a part of the nascent movie star lawyer period.
In the meantime, Kris all the time stood by her late good friend’s aspect, and would usually be seen sitting on her household’s aspect of the courtroom. Throughout an look on Dr. Phil in 2009, she shared: “Proper earlier than the trial began, Robert sat down and wrote us a handwritten letter and simply mentioned, ‘Look, I do know you do not agree with what goes down right here, however that is what I’ve to do for my good friend.'”
© GettyShe has additionally spoken of the abuse Nicole advised her she confronted by the hands of O.J. Within the 2015 Lifetime documentary The Secret Tapes of the O.J. Case: The Untold Story, she mentioned: “On the finish of Nicole’s life, I feel she lastly was at a spot the place she knew she needed to be extra vocal with what was happening and he or she was in hassle,” including: “The one factor she would inform all of us by the point, you already know, it bought to that stage was, ‘He’ll kill me and he will get away with it.'”
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It was throughout the trial that Kris, who in 1991 married Caitlyn Jenner, came upon she was pregnant with their first daughter Kendall Jenner, whose center title is Nicole in honor of her mother’s late finest good friend.
© InstagramKhloé Kardashian paternity
Khloé Kardashian, who was ten years outdated on the time of the trial, has lengthy been marred by false conspiracies that she is a results of a supposed affair between Kris and O.J., which each Kris and her daughter have vehemently denied.
In 2009, throughout an look on The E! True Hollywood Story, she mirrored: “O.J. was all the time our Uncle O.J., Nicole was my Auntie Nicole… It is unhappy to see your mother and father undergo a lot ache for attempting to be true associates.”
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In 2012, throughout the season 7 premiere of Protecting Up With the Kardashians, an episode titled “Who’s Your Daddy?” Kris inspired Khloé to take a DNA check to show as soon as and for all that Robert is actually her father, nonetheless Khloé mentioned on the time: “Mother, I do not care what they’re saying,” sustaining: “Severely, my dad is Robert Kardashian. My different dad is [Caitlyn] Jenner. I do not want somebody to inform me who my household is. I’ve had the blessing of getting two phenomenal fathers. I do not want a DNA check to show who my father is.”
© GettyWhat did Caitlyn Jenner say about O.J.?
Caitlyn has lengthy maintained her perception that O.J. was liable for the murders of Nicole and Ron. Throughout an look on Australian actuality present Huge Brother VIP in 2021, she claimed: “Clearly he did it, and he bought away with it, and at one level he even advised Nicole, ‘I am going to kill you and get away with it ‘trigger I am O.J. Simpson,'” and recalled: “Even after the not responsible verdict, the very first thing Kris turns round to me and goes, ‘We must always have listened to Nicole. She was proper proper from the start.'”
On April 11, shortly after O.J.’s loss of life was introduced, Caitlyn merely tweeted: “Good riddance,” with the hashtag “O.J. Simpson.”
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