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O.J. Simpson will not do interview with Oprah, ‘doesn’t like’ her

by theGrio | July 30, 2012 at 3:01 PM
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O.J. Simpson leaves court after closing arguments for his trial at the Clark County Regional Justice Center on October 2, 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Simpson and co-defendant Clarence 'C.J.' Stewart are standing trial on 12 charges, including felony kidnapping, armed robbery and conspiracy related to a 2007 confrontation with sports memorabilia dealers in a Las Vegas hotel. (Photo by Steve Marcus-Pool/Getty Images)

O.J. Simpson leaves court after closing arguments for his trial at the Clark County Regional Justice Center on October 2, 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Simpson and co-defendant Clarence 'C.J.' Stewart are standing trial on 12 charges, including felony kidnapping, armed robbery and conspiracy related to a 2007 confrontation with sports memorabilia dealers in a Las Vegas hotel. (Photo by Steve Marcus-Pool/Getty Images)

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O.J. Simpson is serving a 33-year sentence in a Nevada jail for kidnapping, robbery, and using a deadly weapon from a Las Vegas incident in 2007.  After the promotion of his new movie set to debut later this year reached producer’s at Oprah Winfrey’s OWN network, O.J. was reportedly contacted by a co-producer about an interview on Oprah’s Next Chapter.” A close friend to Simpson says, Simpson has turned down the idea of an interview with Oprah because he “doesn’t like Oprah.  He feels like she’s partially responsible for him being in jail now.” The NY Daily News reports:

Note to Oprah: O.J. isn’t a fan.

Norman Pardo, the 51-year-old former promoter for the incarcerated football legend, says that after the Daily News article last Monday about “The Unpromotable” — a movie he’s working on about O.J. Simpson , due out late this year — he was contacted by a producer on behalf of Oprah Winfrey.

Pardo says Kayla McCormick , a co-producer of Winfrey’s new prime-time series on her OWN network, “Oprah’s Next Chapter,” contacted him to try to snag the first interview with Simpson from his Nevada jail cell. He’s serving a 33-year sentence for kidnapping, robbery and using a deadly weapon.

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