‘The View’ Immediately Compares O.J. Simpson to Donald Trump
Moments after it was reported that O.J. Simpson had died of cancer on Thursday, The View’s Joy Behar did the least shocking thing imaginable—she compared the acquitted double-murderer to Donald Trump.
Shortly before the midday ABC talk show took to the air, it was reported that the 76-year-old Simpson had passed away after a battle with prostate cancer. A Heisman Trophy winner and pro football Hall of Famer who later became a television and film star, Simpson’s legacy was forever stained after he was accused of murdering his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ron Goldman, in 1994.
The hosts of The View kicked off the show by recounting the infamous white Ford Bronco chase and the so-called “Trial of the Century” that soon followed, which concluded with Simpson’s acquittal in 1995. Co-host Sunny Hostin, for instance, said she was inspired to become a prosecutor due to the “great sense of injustice” she felt from the Simpson case.