A lurid video of OJ Simpson pretending to stab Ruby Wax in a 1998 BBC interview has resurfaced following her death.
The television personality, 70, called the former NFL star, who was found responsible for stabbing his ex-wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ron Goldman to death, “the most complicated character in the world.”
“When we finished filming, Simpson told me he had a surprise for me, and I was really surprised,” Wax said. “I think it was his idea of a joke.”
In a bizarre video clip, Simpson pretends to stab Wax with a banana while making a screeching sound while smiling at the camera.
Simpson’s questionable prank came when she opened her hotel door for him, but the comedian claimed she was initially reaching for a knife.
A lurid video of OJ Simpson pretending to stab Ruby Wax in a 1998 BBC interview has resurfaced following her death.
Wax, 70, is a British-American actress, comedian and television personality who interviewed Simpson, whom she called “the most complicated character in the world,” 25 years ago.
“When we finished filming, Simpson told me he had a surprise for me, and I was really surprised,” Wax said. “I think it was his idea of a joke.”
In a strange video clip. Simpson pretending to stab Wax with a banana while he made a strange, violent noise while he smiled at the camera.
Simpson’s questionable prank came when she opened her hotel door for him, but the comedian claimed she was initially reaching for a knife.
The gruesome video resurfaced on Thursday, when the world discovered that the former football star and murder suspect had died after a brief battle with prostate cancer.
Wax described his 1998 interview, more than 20 years later, as a “psychological midfield” and said the bizarre stabbing joke occurred after the interview. ‘Later, I did a piece to the camera that said: “I’ve been fixed up and I don’t know who my date is going to be” and I opened the door and it was him.
“But when he was there, all the trays were there and he was looking for a knife, to trick me when the door was open but there was no knife, so he grabbed a banana.”
Wax had met with Simpson after he was acquitted in 1994 of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman.
The television personality, now 70, alleges that Simpson called her on the phone on April 1 and told her, “I killed her, April Fools’ Day!”
She recalled their first meeting and claimed that he told her that his favorite poem was one about Lizzie Borden, an American woman tried and acquitted of the 1892 ax murders of her father and stepmother.
‘The first night we went out, we were out with his sister, and all these women came up to the table and said, “Can we meet later?” They come every night and want to sleep with a criminal.
The gruesome video resurfaced on Thursday, when the world discovered that the former football star and murder suspect had died after a brief battle with prostate cancer.
Wax described his 1998 interview, more than 20 years later, as a “psychological midfield” and said the bizarre stabbing joke occurred after the interview.
OJ Simpson in a mugshot following his arrest in Los Angeles, California, USA, June 17, 1994
Simpson was acquitted but later found civilly liable for the murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown. In the photo: the couple in New York in 1993.
Wax said he thought he could get Simpson to admit to the fatal stabbings in 1995, and even suggested he might want her to arrest him for the crime.
“I think he wanted me to arrest him, he said out of the blue, “I want to know what my favorite poem is,” and continued, “Lizzie Borden took an ax and gave her mother forty blows; When she saw what she had made, she gave her father forty-one.”
“I thought I could arrest him,” Ruby said. ‘[I thought] He would say on air, “Yes, he did it,” and put him in jail. So I was being a public defender.’
The notorious double murder suspect died surrounded by his family at his Las Vegas home Wednesday night.
Simpson became one of America’s most infamous figures after being charged with the 1994 murders.
A post by X shared on his official account by his family read: “On April 10, our father, Orenthal James Simpson, succumbed to his battle with cancer.
“He was surrounded by his children and grandchildren. During this time of transition, his family asks that you respect his wishes for privacy and grace. – The Simpson family.’