Some things are so unbelievably offensive, they require no comment whatsoever. And with that — just in time for November sweeps, mind you — I give you a press release issued moments ago by the good folks at Fox. (Trust me, I only wish we were making this up.)
JUDITH REGAN’S EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH O.J. SIMPSON
“O.J. SIMPSON: IF I DID IT, HERE’S HOW IT HAPPENED”
TO AIR AS A TWO-PART SPECIAL ON FOX
Special to Air Over Two Nights:
Monday, November 27, and Wednesday, November 29
Over 10 years after he was tried for two murders in the "Trial of the Century" that captured the attention of the world, O.J. Simpson, in his own words, tells for the first time how he would have committed the murders if he were the one responsible for the crimes. Noted publisher Judith Regan will talk with Simpson in a wide-ranging, no-holds-barred interview that will be the basis of a two-part special, O.J. SIMPSON: IF I DID IT, HERE’S HOW IT HAPPENED (working title), airing Monday, Nov. 27 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) and Wednesday, Nov. 29 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX.
The Simpson criminal and civil trials captivated people around theworld for a decade, and now no topics are off-limits — Simpson hasagreed to an unrestricted interview with Regan. In the two-part event,Simpson describes how he would have carried out the murders he hasvehemently denied committing for over a decade.
"This is an interview that no one thought would ever happen. It’sthe definitive last chapter in the Trial of the Century," said MikeDarnell, Executive Vice President of Alternative Programming.
Although acquitted of murdering Nicole Brown Simpson and RonGoldman, Simpson was later sued in civil court, found responsible forboth murders and ordered to pay $33.5 million in restitution to thefamilies of the victims. A decade later, Simpson has written a bookthat hypothetically describes how the murders would have beencommitted. If I Did It will go on sale Thursday, Nov. 30, under theREGAN imprint.
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This is just awful. That being said, you know I’m gonna watch.
I’ll watch it, but won’t buy the book! O.J.AIN’T GETTIN NONE OF MY MONEY! Fox can have my ratings, but whatever.
Oh. My. GOD!
I’m not gonna watch it or buy it.
Yuck-o-rama!
Wait? He’s telling us how he would have killed his wife? As if he is some sort of expert? ARE THERE MORE THAN TWO MURDERS OJ?
Test.
Thank you Fox, for cancelling Arrested Development. At the time, I was so upset, but now it makes perfect sense. Quality programming has truly won out. Bravo.
I feel dirty just reading about this.
This is so beyond making me die inside………this makes me want to hunt down every idiot member of that jury and extract some rough justice! “If I did it”, my eye!
On another note, I wonder how ol’ Fair and Balanced Bill O’Reilly feels about his network being assosciated with THAT crap?!?!?!
OJ should be torn apart by wolves. As should all Fox executives and Judith Regan. This makes me sick. How must poor Fred Goldman feel.
My question is, how does this “nudge nudge wink wink” interview spread over 2 hours? Since it’s FOX, I gotta figure that in between describing his “hypothetical” murder, he’ll also 1) show how magic tricks are done; 2) Invite 20 women with low self-esteem to compete to marry him; 3) Show off his full-body tattoo detailing every aspect of his cunning plan. If anyone sees me watching even a second of this, please stab my eyes out with a fork.
if there ever was a person who was made to get cancer is O.J. simpson, the day he dies, I’m throwing a big party.
WHAT! OJ, can’t you at least continue pretending to be innocent for the sake of your two kids with Nicole?
Just disturbing. Hey FOX! Wanna play with the big boys (ABC, NBC, and CBS)? Stop putting crap like this on the air!
File this unbelievably offensive crap under Things that Make me Die Inside and Programs I’d Rather Stick Needles in my Eyes than Watch.
Is there a statute of limitations on murder in California? If not, heads up to the prosecutor’s office…YOU MIGHT WANT TO TAKE NOTES! The idea that this twit can waste two hours of valuable air time (like, let’s use the two hours to raise money for the homeless, Fox) makes me sick. I won’t be watching it…and I will definitely reassess my Fox viewing. Any network that jumps on this bandwagon is a few bricks shy of a full load!!
I think a quote from “Network” (one of my fav movies) fits the bill:
“We’re not a respectable network. We’re a whorehouse, and we’ll take what we can get.”
The words “IF I DID IT” are conditional. The words “HERE’S HOW IT HAPPENED” are confessional. OJ should be re-arrested, re-indicted, re-tried and found guilty as charged, as would have befitted justice all those years ago.
Good for OJ. There is worse things on TV & going on in the world, i.e. real cancer, than this. Boo hoo, if you don’t like it, don’t watch! I can’t wait to get the book…
I just feel bad for the kids.
I think I threw up a little in my mouth after seeing the commercial for this during “House.”
It just goes to show that even though justice was miscarried when we let that jackass off, we still managed to take away the one thing OJ valued more than anything else: his status as a beloved, accepted celebrity. If he’d gone to jail he’d be a martyr; this is a special kind of hell prison could never have provided, and that gives me at least a certain satisfaction. Now he’s grasping for anything he can to keep in the spotlight, up to and including confessing, just because the truth is the only thing left he can sell. And he’s only partially selling it here; wait till next year when Fox airs “OJ Simpson: Okay, I Did It! Really! Hey, Is Anyone Out There? Hello?”
While there is no statute of limitation for murder in any state, and given the fact that Juice can’t be re-tried for the same crime (double jeopardy), I am amazed that he would willingly put himself on trial again with the U.S. public. If he gave all the proceeds to his children, rather than to support his golf habit, he would have a better shot at ending up in a slightly less-hot corner of hell.
I just want to find the guy who actually greenlit this idea. He’s got balls…I’m not sure if even the beyond tasteless Nancy Grace could top this…
Anyway, I think there are more things we should get pissed off about these days that clinging this much into a past trial. He did it, maybe he didn’t do it; I don’t care when people who don’t give two s#its about it are suffering in the world, including our own soldiers overseas. That’s something to get pissed over more than this. The only reason OJ’s so hated is because he was once a loved celebrity that got away with murder. If it were any everyday person, I doubt we’d care this much (Scott Peterson being an exception).
The interviewer is the publisher of his book! This is a two-hour commercial!!!!!!!
Call/write/email Fox and tell them to stop this madness.
I don’t know what disgusts me more, this show or the people with the “hey, there are worse things going on” attitude. Ok, I am more the disgusted by the former but latter is pretty bad. It seems like murdering people should be at the top of the list of Bad Things Going On. Especially when it’s murdering people, getting away with it, then profiting by bragging about it. Copping an attitude that it’s all not a big because it happened “so long ago”, “things happen”, says there’s something really wrong with people.
Isn’t this just a step or two away from a snuff film? Watch this at your eternal soul’s peril – and I’m an atheist . . .
I just threw up a little in my mouth. This is sick!!!! OJ needs to shut the hell up and go away. Fox does surprise me by doing this since they are owned by Satan incarnate.
Wouldn’t some of the proceeds from this debacle have to go to the Goldmans for the civil suit debt? This makes me so angry. Add this to the success of everyone associated with Scientology, cancer, and Nancy Grace as one of my top 10 questions for God.
ten years ago I did a painting of OJ Simpson done Andy Warhol style. In the painting, he’s being framed, my comment on the trial at the time. Ten years later, that painting seems so ironic to me.
Many lingering issues went unanswered. Like, who was Kato, really? I’ve heard a lot of speculation that he was OJ’s live-in cocaine hook up, which would explain why his freeloading ass got to live it up in the guesthouse AND take skiing trips with OJ’s ex-wife. Did drugs have something to do with the death of Nicole?
And did anyone really believe that Goldman was really just returning some sunglasses to Nicole when it happened? To quote Chris Rock “You could leave a baby in a restaurant and they wouldn’t return it to you”. It’s pretty clear to me that Nicole was totally hooking up with the waiter.
At the end of it all, the living victims are OJ’s kids, who grew up without a mom. And whether or not he actually did it, it sickens me that OJ Simpson continues to make $$$ off this tragedy. OJ acts as if it’s some kind of joke that two people were killed in cold blood. And it’s kinda’ creepy the way he seems to enjoy the image the murders created for him.
Just watch, this is going to break ratings records. As despicable as this is, everyone in the universe is going to turn in. This guy is the biggest train wreck outside of Michael Jackson and we all know how that interview turned out.
Mark my words: BIG, BIG ratings (but at what cost to the morals of society)
I’ve got an idea, why doesn’t EW or someone else track the companies that are stupid enough to actually put ads on during that show, and all of the intelligent and respectable people of the world can boycott those products. Maybe that will dissuade them a bit.