Morbid video of OJ Simpson pretending to murder Ruby Wax in 1998 BBC interview resurfaces in wake of his death
A morbid video of OJ Simpson pretending to stab Ruby Wax in a 1998 BBC interview has resurfaced in the wake of his death.
The 70-year-old TV personality called the former NFL star, who was found responsible for stabbing his ex-wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ron Goldman to death, ‘the most complicated character on earth’.
“After we finished filming, Simpson told me he has a surprise for me — and I was really surprised,” Wax said. “I think it was his idea of a joke.”
In a bizarre video clip, Simpson pretends to stab Wax with a banana while making a screaming noise while grinning at the camera.
Simpson’s questionable joke came when she opened her hotel door for him, but the comedian claimed he was initially looking for a knife.
A morbid video of OJ Simpson pretending to stab Ruby Wax in a 1998 BBC interview has resurfaced in the wake of his death
Wax, 70, is a British-American actress, comedian and TV personality who interviewed Simpson, whom she has called ‘the most complicated character on earth’, 25 years ago
“After we finished filming, Simpson told me he has a surprise for me — and I was really surprised,” Wax said. ‘I think it was his idea of a joke’
In a bizarre video clip. Simpson pretended to stab Wax with a banana while making a bizarre violent noise while laughing for the camera
Simpson’s questionable joke came when she opened her hotel door for him, but the comedian claimed he was initially looking for a knife
The morbid video resurfaced on Thursday as the world learned the former football star and murder suspect had died after a short battle with prostate cancer.
Wax described their 1998 interview over 20 years later as a ‘psychological middle ground’ and said the odd knife joke came after the interview. Afterwards I did a bit for the camera where I said “I’ve been fixed and I don’t know who my date is going to be” and I opened the door and it would be him.
“But when he was out there, all the hills were out there, and he was looking for a knife, to trick me, when the door was open, but there was no knife, so he grabbed a banana.”
Wax had met with Simpson after he was famously acquitted in 1994 of the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman.
The now 70-year-old TV personality claims Simpson called her on April 1 and said: ‘I killed her, April fool!’
She recalled their first meeting and claimed he told her his favorite poem was one about Lizzie Borden, an American woman who was tried and acquitted of the ax murders of her father and stepmother in 1892.
‘The first night we went out, we went out with his sister and all these women came up to the table and said “Can we meet afterwards”. They came every night and they want to sleep with a criminal.
The morbid video resurfaced on Thursday as the world learned the former football star and murder suspect had died after a short battle with prostate cancer
Wax described their 1998 interview over 20 years later as a ‘psychological middle ground’ and said the odd knife joke came after the interview
OJ Simpson in a mug shot after his arrest in Los Angeles, California, USA, 17 June 1994
Simpson was acquitted, but later found civilly responsible for the murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown. The picture: The couple in New York in 1993
Wax said she believed she would be able to get Simpson to confess to the fatal stabbings in 1995 — and even suggested he might want her to frame him for the crime.
“I think he wanted me to beat him,” he said out of nowhere “Do you want to know what my favorite poem is,” and he went into “Lizzie Borden took an ax, and gave her mother forty cuts; When she saw what she had finished, she gave her father forty-one.”
‘I thought I could beat him,’ said Ruby. ‘(I thought) he was going to say on the air “Yeah, he did it” and I was going to put him in jail. So I was a public defender.’
The infamous double murder suspect died Wednesday night surrounded by his family at his home in Las Vegas.
Simpson became one of the most notorious figures in America after he was charged with the murders in 1994.
An X post his family shared on his official account said: ‘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 respect their wishes for privacy and grace. – The Simpsons.’