The highly anticipated series People V OJ Simpson got off to a dramatic start last night when OJ was seen threatening to shoot himself in the head while arguing with Robert Kardashian in Kim Kardashian ‘s teenage bedroom.
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The numbers are in for the premiere of The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story, making it the network’s most watched series launch ever. “They’re getting the big stuff so right, they really nailed the racial issue in the biggest way possible”. This perspective of the trial is what makes the show more receptive among today’s audiences.
The murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman in 1994 and subsequent trial of former football star Simpson captivated America and Travolta remembers where he was during the fallen football star’s infamous vehicle chase with Los Angeles police officers.
Slate runs down a bunch of “fact vs. fiction” from the first episode by comparing it to its source material, Jeffrey Toobin’s 1996 book, The Run of His Life. Kardashian, who went on to defend Simpson in court, was able to diffuse the situation by saying, “I could never walk in this room, my daughter couldn’t sleep in this bed”.
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly on Tuesday, Clark discussed the episode, and explained why watching the trial on TV more than 20 years after Simpson was acquitted of his criminal charges is an “out-of-body” experience for her.
The Kris/O.J. rumor has resurfaced once again with the hit FX mini-series “The People vs. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story”. I think he wanted to feel us out.
“I’m sure he’ll watch it if they put the channel on”, Scotto said.
Kato Kaelin has a beef with FX’s new miniseries “The People v. O.J. Simpson”: There’s too much of him in it.
Simpson said he didn’t do it, even when Robert Shapiro promised not to tell anyone else. “I thought, ‘It’s just him and me.’ I had all that pent-up rage and anger, but at the end of the day, that’s not who I am”.
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“I think it’s incredible”, she told the panel.
