White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre gave a very awkward and short response when asked Thursday about the death of O.J. Simpson.
Simpson passed away Wednesday at the age of 76 after a battle with cancer, his family announced on social media.
A reporter asked Jean-Pierre if President Joe Biden, 81, had any reaction to Simpson’s death or if the two had ever crossed paths over the years.
‘So I’ll say this, our thoughts are with, uh, are with his families during this difficult time, obviously with his family and loved ones,’ Jean-Pierre said.
‘And I’ll say this, I know that they have asked for some privacy, and so we’re going to respect that. I’ll just leave it there.’
Simpson’s ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman were brutally murdered on June 12, 1994, resulting in the trial of the century.
The former Buffalo Bills player was found ‘not guilty’ of murdering Brown and Goldman on October 3, 1995.
The trial was must-see-TV at the time – and came after a dramatic car chase involving Simpson in a white Ford Bronco.
In a civil trial that followed, Simpson was found liable for the wrongful death of Goldman and battery against Goldman and Brown.
Simpson got in more legal trouble in 2007 when he and a group of men entered a room at the Palace Station casino and hotel in Las Vegas and grabbed sports memorabilia at gunpoint.
The former football star initially said the memorabilia had been taken from him and he wanted it back.
The heist resulted in Simpson being charged with a handful of felonies including criminal conspiracy, kidnapping, assault, robbery and using a deadly weapon.
He served nine years in prison over these charges after being convicted in 2008 of 12 counts of armed robbery and kidnapping two sports memorabilia dealers at gunpoint at Palace Station.
Jean-Pierre did not mention Brown or Goldman when asked to comment at the White House briefing Thursday.
