USC Football: O.J. Simpson breaks silence, takes to Twitter

The Juice is loose — again. Former USC football and NFL star running back turned murder suspect is on Twitter and he won’t disappoint.

It’s been nearly three years since former Heisman Trophy winner O.J. Simpson was granted parole and thrust back into the world that he was once the star of. Since his release, the Pro Football Hall of Famer has kept a surprisingly low profile save for a few photos that went viral while he was tailgating with some Buffalo Bills fans last fall.

That all changed Friday night.

After keeping to himself and refusing numerous interview inquiries, Simpson originally broke his silence last week in a telephone interview with the associated press, informing the media he is healthy and happily living in Las Vegas. His first interview in over a decade then sparked a move from the 71-year-old that I’m sure turned half of his legal team’s hair grey — he created a Twitter account.

In an awkward 22 second video, the most famous convict of the 21st century addressed the world for the first time since his release with a smile. “Hey Twitter world, this is yours truly” Simpson said with an ear to ear grin on his face.

“Coming soon to Twitter you’ll get to read my thoughts and opinions on just about everything. Now there’s a lot of fake O.J. accounts out there, but this one, ‘@TheRealOJ32′ is the only official one, so it should be a lot of fun”.

The former USC Trojan tailback did not provide a reason for abruptly thrusting himself back into the limelight, however, he capped his video off by saying “I got some gettin’ even to do. So, God bless. Take care”.

Although some fans rejoiced in seeing his return to the spotlight many more condemned the former NFL rushing champ in the comments of his inaugural tweet. Many pointed to an interview with Fox News back in the early 2000s where he essentially confessed to the infamous pair of gruesome murders as a reason why.

What was hardly addressed was the arrogance of a man who essentially used his fame to cheat the system, cowered away from all accountability, and threw it all in the face of the victims’ families with a tell-all book that was released years later.

Despite standing trial for murder nearly 25 years ago, interest in Simpson’s whereabouts and routine has never been higher.

Just months prior to his release in 2017, Cuba Gooding Jr. played the flawed star in a fictionalized retelling of the ‘Trial of the Century’. A few weeks later, ESPN released a ’30 for 30′ documentary that went into further detail on Simpson’s life and the impact his trial had on society as a whole. The film would go on to win an Oscar that same year.