O.J. Simpson and Robert Kardashian had a close friendship long before the infamous murder trial. Simpson's relationship with the Kardashian family started in college and continued throughout the years.
O.J. Simpson had a long-standing relationship with the Kardashian family, well before Robert Kardashian joined his defense team for the infamous murder trial . Simpson, who died on April 10 after a battle with cancer, was long-time friends with Robert, the father of Kourtney, Kim, Khloe and son Robert. They later became household names thanks to their reality series , 'Keeping Up with the Kardashians.
Kris described the divide as 'devastating' to the family in a 2009 interview on 'Dr. Phil,' saying, 'You have Robert Kardashian on the defense team defending team, and you have me, my girlfriend’s dead. It was a very difficult situation and what we needed to do was band together as a family and decide that this isn’t going to tear us apart.
However, in 2021, Kim came under fire after she made a joke on 'SNL' that referenced Simpson and the murder. 'It’s because of that I met my first Black person. Want to take a stab in the dark at who it was?' she said during her monologue. 'I know it’s sort of weird to remember the first Black person you met, but O.J. does leave a mark or several, or none at all. I still don’t know.
Kim said, 'I think the last time I saw him was in Miami . . . me, Kourtney and Khloé were in Miami in a club, and we ran into him in the VIP section. But it was like behind a stage or something. I don’t even know what club it was at. We all, I think, started crying. It was emotional, I think.' Though the families have essentially parted ways, the Simpson-Kardashian connection has lingered over the years. As 'American Crime Story: The People vs O.J.
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