O.J. Simpson mulls TV job
Contrary to widely circulated reports, O.J. Simpson said Thursday he won’t be the star of a reality television show, but might consider becoming a news commentator for actor Robert Blake’s murder trial.
“I have no plans in any way to do a reality show even though people have approached me about it,” Simpson said in a telephone interview from his Miami home. “I’m not looking to do anything.”
Urban Television Network Corp., a Fort Worth, Texas, satellite and cable channel, and Miami production company Spiderboy International said they’re planning to create 13 one-hour episodes of a show using archived footage of Simpson.
As for commenting on the Blake case, Simpson said TV outlets have contacted him, but he declined to name them.
“I’d love to do it,” he said. “I think I have a lot of insight. I don’t know if he’s guilty or not, but I know there’s no such thing anymore as innocent until proven guilty.”
Blake is accused of murdering wife Bonny Lee Bakley in Los Angeles in 2001. He’s free on $1.5 million bail and is scheduled for trial in October.
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