OJ Simpson Makes Chilling 9/11 Joke – ‘Just A Bad Date For New York’

The previous NFL star OJ Simpson made a chilling 9/11 joke over the weekend whereas discussing the Achilles harm that prematurely ended the season of the New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers.

26 years in the past at present, O.J. Simpson was discovered not responsible of the homicide of Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman. pic.twitter.com/el1vAj7boI

— Miles Commodore (@miles_commodore) October 3, 2021

Simpson’s 9/11 Joke

“The Jets are nonetheless going to be good, and that child [Zach Wilson] realized rather a lot from Aaron. Sadly, 9/11 is only a unhealthy date for New York,” Simpson mentioned whereas showing on the “It Is What It Is” podcast simply days after the twenty second anniversary of the terrorist assaults that killed practically 3,000 folks again in 2001.

“You’ve gotta play,” Simpson continued. “That’s the issue with not taking part in in any respect earlier than you exit on the sector. That wouldn’t have been a foul deal with. It’s important to get your physique free and it’s a must to get some contact.”

The New York Post reported that Rodgers was injured in simply the fourth play for the Jets of his profession. He had made his debut for the Jets on September 11, precisely 22 years after 9/11.

Former #NFL RB OJ Simpson talking in regards to the Aaron Rodgers harm:

“9/11 is only a unhealthy day for New York.”

It is a new low. pic.twitter.com/zWHvu2Ii5j

— JPAFootball (@jasrifootball) September 13, 2023

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Social Media Customers Reply

Social media customers have been fast to slam Simpson for making this joke, based on OK! Magazine.

“Generally you get these people who simply must shut the F— up,” one person commented, with one other including, “That was ridiculously tone-deaf. It was asinine. There’s no method a participant’s harm deserves the identical breath as 9/11.”

“Sure, OJ Simpson saying ‘9/11 is only a unhealthy day for New York’ is classless and tone deaf AF, however it’s not like he murdered two harmless folks. Oh, proper,” a 3rd person commented, with a fourth writing, “If anybody is aware of something in regards to the homicide of harmless human beings, it’s OJ Simpson.”

These final two feedback have been a reference to the truth that many individuals imagine that Simpson obtained away with homicide after he was controversially discovered not responsible of the brutal killings of his spouse Nicole Brown Simpson and her good friend Ronald Goldman.

Simpson later served 9 years of a 33 yr jail sentence after he was convicted of armed theft in Las Vegas, Nevada again in 2007. He was launched from jail in 2017, and he grew to become “a very free man” on the finish of 2021, when he was launched from parole for good conduct, based on NPR.

Nicole Simpson & Ron Goldman have been murdered 29 years in the past at present on June 12, 1994. Corridor of fame soccer participant & Nicole’s ex-husband. O.J. Simpson could be arrested and go on trial after which discovered not responsible in what some name the trial of the century. pic.twitter.com/986Cxf1SOW

— Mark Weyermuller (@publicpolicyman) June 12, 2023

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Rodgers’ Harm

As for Rodgers, he’s saying that “something is feasible” with regards to him doubtlessly returning to the Jets this season.

“Give me the doubts. Give me the timetables. Give me all of the issues that you just suppose can, ought to or would occur as a result of all I want is that one further little p.c of inspiration. That’s all I want,” he mentioned, based on Fox News. “Give me your doubts, give me your prognostications after which watch what I do.”

Rodgers described his harm as “one of many hardest 24-hour stretches in my life.”

“A number of unhappiness, a whole lot of tears, a whole lot of frustration and anger,” he mentioned. “A number of the unhappiness initially was simply feeling like I let so many individuals down.”

JUST IN: New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers takes the sector with the American flag in hand on the anniversary of the 9/11 assaults.

Good to see sports activities getting used to unite as a substitute of divide.

We’d like extra of this 🇺🇸pic.twitter.com/zOkzrTseWZ

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) September 12, 2023

It’s unlucky that Simpson felt the necessity to use Rodgers’ harm to make such a tasteless joke about 9/11. Given Simpson’s historical past, nonetheless, we will’t say that we’re stunned that he did this.