OJ Simpson weighed in on the Gayle King firestorm today, announcing that “we should be celebrating the greatness of Kobe Bryant” instead of bringing up his 2003 rape case.
King, the CBS This Morning host, has been heavily criticized for asking Bryant pal Lisa Leslie about the icon’s sexual assault case in Colorado that would ultimately be settled out of court.
Bryant was killed in a helicopter crash last month along with eight other people, including his 13-year-old daughter Gianna.
Simpson said in a short video he posted on Twitter that “they’ll be plenty of time in the future to bring up all aspects of Kobe’s life.”
“I know this thing about Kobe, she’s going to claim journalistic integrity,” he said.
“A whole lot of people who have journalistic integrity didn’t feel that this was the right time to do that.”
Simpson, who is now 72, finished his comments by saying “God bless Kobe and his family.”
The disgraced former football star did admit he was “not the most objective guy” when it came to speaking about King.
He said that two years ago King objected to Simpson visiting his former wife’s grave.
“I couldn’t understand why it was any of her business to why she would say that national TV,” Simpson told his 920,000 Twitter followers.
Simpson was charged and tried for killing ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman, but he was acquitted.
The Brown and Goldman families later won a $33 million civil judgment against Simpson, and the damages now exceed $70 million.
Simpson has not been alone in attacking King. Rapper Snoop Dogg said “we expect more from you, Gayle, don’t you hang out with Oprah? Why you all attacking us, we your people.”
“You ain’t coming after f***ing Harvey Weinstein asking him dumb-a** questions,” he said in an expletive-filled tirade.
Bill Cosby, who is in jail for sexual assault, also was critical of King and Winfrey.
“Are these people that in need of fame, ratings and/or money?” he wrote on social media.
Winfrey told the Today show this week that King has received death threats.
“Bill Cosby is tweeting from jail, and she’s not doing well,” Winfrey said.
King had previously said that her own network heavily edited the clip of her asking Leslie about the rape case.
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