When Orenthal James Simpson, better known as O.J., was discover not guilty of stabbing his former wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ron Goldman, to death, some believed he had gotten away with murder. Now, following O.J.’s reported cancer diagnosis, those same haters are screaming, “Karma!”
Miami’s Local 10 News cites sources asserting that O.J. is undergoing chemotherapy treatments in Las Vegas after being diagnosed with prostate cancer.
The disgraced NFL star earlier announced he had cancer in a May 2023 video he posted on X, previously known as Twitter. “I had COVID and cancer at the exact time, unfortunately, but I’m over the chemo,” O.J. said. “In any event, I’m healthy now. It looks like I beat it. I’m happy about that,” he continued.
O.J. was back on X talking about cancer again on February 9. Now, though, he was shooting down reports that he was in end-of-life care. “Hospice? Hospice? You talking about hospice!” he said, laughing. “I’m not in any hospice. I don’t know who put that out there. Whoever put that out there, I guess it’s like the Donald say, ‘can’t trust the media!’”
O.J. confirmed fans he’s fighting fit and said he was looking forward to hosting a “ton of friends” to watch the Chiefs play the 49ers on Super Bowl Sunday. Still, not everyone is celebrating O.J.’s self-professed bill of good health. Some are taking the cancer diagnosis and running with the exact dark thought.
O.J. Simpson’s reported cancer diagnosis has haters celebrating in the aisles. And not just Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman’s families.
“Nicole is partying in heaven,” one person wrote on X, previously known as Twitter.
“Hopefully, the clock is ticking quickly on his murdering butt…maybe he’ll tell the truth before he croaks, but I would doubt it because he believes the bs he’s been selling ever since he brutally murdered 2 people…can’t happen soon enough for me!” another user wrote.
In the US, it’s clearly not a case of innocent until proven guilty. Or, in the case of O.J., innocent even when found not guilty. A 2016 Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll showed that 69% of US citizens believed the jury shouldn’t have been acquitting despite the glove not fitting; 7% believed in O.J.’s innocence; and 20% were unsure. Not surprisingly, as was the case back in the ’90s during the trial, opinion is divided down race lines, with 73% of whites believing O.J. is guilty compared to 44% of Blacks and 67% of Hispanics.
Still, when it comes to the court of internet, it appears the jury is united in their narratives. There was outrage in 2019 when O.J. joined X just days after the 25th anniversary of Nicole and Goldman’s murders. “I see that the unrepentant murderer just joined Twitter,” writer Yashar Ali wrote, imploring others to follow Ron’s sister Kim Goldman, as “she should have more followers than that monster.”