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Ruby Wax reveals the chilling three-word phone call from OJ Simpson after notoriously strange interview -Meghna Amin-Entertainment – Metro
‘I think he was delusional.’
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Ruby Wax has recalled her interview with OJ Simpson in 1998 and a phone call he later made where he gave a chilling three-word joke about the death of his ex-wife: ‘I killed her.’
The former NFL athlete died on Wednesday aged 76, following a battle with cancer.
Despite his career in American football, OJ gained worldwide notoriety during a trial in 1994 for murder, after the deaths of his ex-wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ron Goldman.
It lasted nearly 10 months, before he was sensationally acquitted, having pleaded ‘absolutely 100% not guilty’.
Four years later, OJ was interviewed by actress and comedian Ruby, who directly asked him if he had murdered them.
He replied: ‘No I didn’t, nope.’
However, Ruby later revealed that he played an April Fools’ Day joke on her, and said that he did commit the crime before retracting it.
In a resurfaced clip following his death which showed OJ knocking on the door and pretending to stab her with a banana, she explained: ‘Afterwards, I did a piece to camera saying “I’ve been fixed up and I don’t know who my date is going to be”, and we put him in the hallway, and I’d open the door and it would be him.
OJ Simpson died on Wednesday aged 76 (Picture: AP)
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‘But when he was out there, all the trays were out there and he was looking for a knife, to fool me when the door was open but there was no knife so he grabbed a banana.’
She went on: ‘And then OJ called me up on April Fools’ Day in London and said “I killed her”, and then went “April Fools’”.’
Ruby echoed the bizarre story on Good Morning Britain on Friday, telling hosts Adil Ray and Kate Garraway about her four-day interview with OJ, which all took place in a ‘white van’ because restaurants weren’t willing to host them.
‘He kept making us drive back and forth past his house, and he’d ask me, did I want to know where the knife is?’ she said.
‘The whole time, he was teasing me to say, “Ask me, ask me,” but I think he was delusional.
OJ was acquitted of murdering his wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ron Goldman (Picture: AP)
In the wake of his death, a bizarre interview with Ruby Wax has resurfaced (Picture: BBC)
‘I don’t think he really knew what he had done.’
She went on to say that he was ‘convincing himself of anything’ and would ‘block out everything else,’ like how he would during football games.
‘Do you have any doubt in your mind that he was guilty?’ Kate asked Ruby, to which she replied: ‘Well he called me after I did the interview, it was April 1, and he called me up and said, “It’s OJ, I did it,” and then he went, “April Fools’!” and hung up.
‘So he was more or less telling me what he had done.’
However, Ruby was warned against speaking about it and was told to ‘move away’ from OJ’s claims.
Ruby elsewhere spoke about how OJ seemed ‘arrogant’ to her and branded him ‘inflated’ and a’ narcissist’.
OJ joked about killing Nicole in a later phone call to Ruby (Picture: BBC)
Ruby recalled the April Fools’ Day joke (Picture: BBC)
Following the criminal trial, Nicole’s father launched a civil suit against Simpson – and in 1997, the jury unanimously found OJ responsible for the deaths of both Nicole and Ron.
OJ became involved in further legal issues and was sentenced to 33 years in prison after being found guilty of a Las Vegas robbery. He was released in 2017 after serving almost nine years behind bars.
His family announced his death on Thursday, writing: ‘On April 10th, our father, Orenthal James Simpson, succumbed to his battle with cancer.
‘He was surrounded by his children and grandchildren. During this time of transition, his family asks that you please respect their wishes for privacy and grace.’
Good Morning Britain airs weekdays from 6am on ITV1.
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