Caitlyn Jenner has broken her silence over the death of OJ Simpson simply saying in a social media post: ‘Good Riddance.’
Jenner, 74 – whose ex-wife Kris Jenner was a close friend of OJ Simpson and his late wife Nicole Brown Simpson – posted the reaction X, formerly Twitter, on Thursday to her 3.3million followers.
The notorious murder suspect, who was later found civilly liable for the deaths of his ex-wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ron Goldman, passed away aged 76 at his home in Las Vegas on Wednesday night, following a short battle with prostate cancer.
Jenner shared on a reality TV show in 2021 that she felt OJ did murder Nicole and Ron.
And in Caitlyn’s autobiography The Secrets Of My Life she said that she did not like him, adding he was ‘the most narcissistic, egocentric, neediest a***ole in the world of sports I had ever seen, and I had seen a lot of them.’
Nicole and her friend Ron were murdered in 1994 in Brentwood, California. OJ was acquitted of the double murders in 1995.
Caitlyn Jenner reacts to OJ Simpson’s death 30 years after killing of his wife and her friend tore Kardashians apart: ‘Good riddance’
OJ passed away aged 76 at his home in Las Vegas on Wednesday night, following a short battle with prostate cancer
Caitlyn has not been shy when voicing her opinion about Simpson.
In 2021 she said during the Australian TV show Big Brother VIP that she thinks Simpson ‘got away’ with the murder of Nicole.
‘Obviously he did it, and he got away with it, and at one point he even told Nicole, ‘I’ll kill you and get away with it ’cause I’m O.J. Simpson,” Jenner said on the show.
Kris used to be married to OJ’s attorney Robert Kardashian Sr., who died of esophageal cancer in 2003.
Kardashian served as one of OJ’s defense attorneys during Simpson’s murder trial for the 1994 stabbing deaths of Brown and her friend Ron Goldman.
A costar asked Jenner if it was hard watching OJ’s trial. OJ was acquitted of the double-murders in 1995.
‘It was an extraordinarily difficult time,’ Jenner said. ‘Nicole was Kris’ best friend. Had been for a long time.
‘I was at Nicole’s house two days before the murder,’ Jenner continued.
‘Obviously he did it, and he got away with it, and at one point he even told Nicole, ‘I’ll kill you and get away with it ’cause I’m O.J. Simpson.’ And Nicole relayed that on to Kris at one point, and unfortunately she was right.’
Kris used to be married to OJ’s attorney Robert Kardashian Sr., who died of esophageal cancer in 2003. Kardashian served as one of OJ’s defense attorneys during Simpson’s murder trial for the 1994 stabbing deaths of Brown and her friend Ron Goldman
Nicole, OJ, Kris Jenner and Robert Kardashian were all close friends in the 1980s
Keeping Up With The Kardashians producer and star Kris seen in a dress and boots on Wednesday
Caitlyn added: ‘We were at the courthouse. We’re watching what’s going on in the other room, and even after the not guilty verdict, the first thing Kris turns around to me and goes, ‘We should have listened to Nicole. She was right right from the beginning.”
Simpson was deemed liable for the deaths in 1997 in a civil case brought by the two victims’ families.
In 2008, Simpson was convicted for his role in the armed robbery and kidnapping of two sports memorabilia dealers in Las Vegas.
He was released from prison in 2017 after serving nine years.
Caitlyn wrote in her autobiography The Secrets Of My Life that she was not fond of the Naked Gun actor.
Simpson with Nicole, Sydney Simpson and Justin Simpson at the Naked Gun 33 1/3 premiere in 1994 in Los Angeles
Simpson was deemed liable for the deaths in 1997 in a civil case brought by the two victims’ families. In 2008, Simpson was convicted for his role in the armed robbery and kidnapping of two sports memorabilia dealers in Las Vegas. He was released from prison in 2017 after serving nine years. Seen in 1994
‘We have both come out of the same world of the male athlete with all its stereotypes and behavioral expectations, a type of identity that I come to call the male athlete gender,’ wrote the former Olympian.
‘I struggled against it because of my issues and extreme discomfort in that world and its constant objectification of women, and the endless bragging about f***ing to the point where you had to wonder what these guys were really hiding.
‘OJ was at the completely opposite side of the spectrum as me – women as eye candy and sex toys, physically abusive when he did not get his way or felt he was being defied, the loud life of the party anywhere and anytime, like so many other athletes.’
Caitlyn added: ‘If I looked in the mirror and loathed myself, I looked at OJ and saw a monster of a male athlete.
‘I wonder if this contributed to my feelings of awkwardness around him, that even if he embodied an archetype that people expected from me.
In 2015, Kris talked about Nicole and OJ on LMN’s The Secret Tapes of the O.J. Case: The Untold Story. ‘At the end of Nicole’s life, I think she finally was at a place where she knew she had to be more vocal with what was going on and she was in trouble,’ Jenner told LMN. ‘The one thing she would tell all of us by the time, you know, it got to that level was, “He’s going to kill me and he’s going to get away with it”‘
Her late ex-husband Robert Kardashian with their son Rob. Jenner was in court for the OJ trial that ended on October 3, 1995, as she sat by Robert, whom she had divorced in 1989
An old family photo with – from left – Khloe, Kourtney, Kris, Rob and Kim
‘There were other contributing factors in my distaste for him: he was the most narcissistic, egocentric, neediest a***ole in the world of sports I had ever seen, and I had seen a lot of them.’
Jenner also said in 2016 that she refused to watch the FX series American Crime Story: The People v O.J. Simpson.
She told E! News at the time: ‘I have not watched it. Unfortunately, I lived it. There’s no need to bring up painful memories.’
In 2015, Kris talked about Nicole and OJ on LMN’s The Secret Tapes of the O.J. Case: The Untold Story.
‘At the end of Nicole’s life, I think she finally was at a place where she knew she had to be more vocal with what was going on and she was in trouble,’ Jenner told LMN.
‘The one thing she would tell all of us by the time, you know, it got to that level was, “He’s going to kill me and he’s going to get away with it.”‘
The mother to Kourtney, Kim, Khloe, Rob, Kendall and Kylie added: ‘I will always feel guilty that I didn’t pay more attention and didn’t speak up when I thought anything was wrong or asked her more, “Do you want to talk about it?”‘ Jenner said.
This comes after Kris’ sister Karen Houghton died at the age of 65 on March 18. Kris left and Karen right
Jenner was in court for the trial that ended on October 3, 1995, as she sat by ex Robert, whom she had divorced in 1989.
She also had to listen to a police call, played as evidence, from Nicole the October before her death.
Nicole said on the call that OJ was ‘going nuts’ and was ‘going to beat the s*** out of me,’ Jenner said.
‘Her voice, pleading for somebody to come to her house because she thought he was going to beat the s*** out of her, you know, I think that, that was so shocking to me because I had never heard that before,’ said the reality TV icon.
This comes after Kris’ sister Karen Houghton died at the age of 65 on March 18.
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