After nine years in prison for armed robbery, former football star and world’s most famous accused murderer O.J. Simpson was paroled today. Although it’s been two decades since his landmark murder trial, people still have very strong feelings about whether he should be a free man. And, unlike in 1995, now we have Twitter. The instant O.J. takes and jokes are flowing forth today, and the best thing to do is… just go with it.
A lot of Twitter’s O.J. jokes were about what the Juice might be planning to do when he’s released in October:
https://twitter.com/boring_as_heck/status/888120197843791872
https://twitter.com/scharpling/status/888095436002689025
O.J. Simpson's Schedule After Being Released From Prison
1) Buy new gloves
2) Find real killer
3) Don't murder anybody#OJSimpsonParole— Michael Blackman (@MikeRBlackman) July 20, 2017
https://twitter.com/jonobrien614/status/888136529662627841
Breaking: The Dallas Cowboys have just offered OJ Simpson a 2 year contract. #OJSimpsonParole
— Fake SportsCenter (@FakeSportsCentr) July 20, 2017
First thing OJ will have to do is catch up on all of those Bills playoff games he missed.
— Travis Yost (@travisyost) July 20, 2017
I hear a possible celebrity spokesperson just became available. https://t.co/PgKoR35lDW
— Maggie Serota (@maggieserota) July 20, 2017
https://twitter.com/kellyoxford/status/888112378759462912
"Sir, OJ Simpson is downstairs. He says he wants to talk about the album" pic.twitter.com/LJV0JT1ITo
— Some Random Guy (@Sammyveli) July 20, 2017
And some were about what he might be like as a personality now that he’s back in the public eye, especially given the rise of 24-hour cable, Donald Trump, and social media. Most people seemed to think: not good.
"Colin Kaepernick should change his image"
– OJ Simpson on FS1 a week from now— Zito (@_Zeets) July 20, 2017
OJ gonna get a Twitter account?
— Jonathan Jones (@jjones9) July 20, 2017
How O.J. is gonna survive in a world that is set up to reward surrealist attention-seeking nostalgia monsters with questionable legal pasts?
— ‘Miserable’ Pablo Torre 🕳️ (@PabloTorre) July 20, 2017
https://twitter.com/ira/status/888111675391356928
I hope O.J. Simpson teams up with Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin to find the real hackers. #OJSimpsonParole
— Michael Blackman (@MikeRBlackman) July 20, 2017
*OJSimpson is broadcasting live "Looking for the real killers"*
— Godzilla Shammgodzilla (@FanSince09) July 20, 2017
https://twitter.com/Bro_Pair/status/888095458433925121
https://twitter.com/Bro_Pair/status/888097361796399106
O.J. as a modern celebrity is especially worrying (or hilarious) to some due to his close connection to the Kardashian reality TV dynasty. O.J. was good friends with Robert Kardashian (father of Kim, Khloe and Kourtney), and there’s a persistent conspiracy theory that O.J. is Khloe’s real father.
Khloe Kardashian when she heard that her dad, OJ Simpson is being released on parole. #OJSimpsonParole pic.twitter.com/L8fwzioX1s
— NUFF (@nuffsaidny) July 20, 2017
Kris Jenner after hearing O.J. Simpson has been granted parole. #OJSimpsonParole pic.twitter.com/e1egji9etv
— Deniz S. (@MrFilmkritik) July 20, 2017
No matter what O.J. decides to do, he’s perfectly built for the celebrity culture of 2017. Donald Trump is president and everything old is new again. Why not an O.J. revival?
The 90s are back baby!!!! pic.twitter.com/yWnGtNr07P
— Jesse McLaren (@McJesse) July 20, 2017