A tribute to O.J. Simpson during Sunday’s 2024 BET Awards “In Memoriam” segment has sparked outrage among viewers and the families of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman.
O.J. Simpson rose to fame in the NFL but went on to become one of the most infamous figures in U.
S. history after he was accused, and ultimately acquitted, of the 1994 murders of his ex-wife, Brown Simpson, and her friend, Goldman. Simpson at the age of 76.
Fred Goldman, the father of Ron Goldman, told NBC News on Monday, July 1, that including Simpson in the show was inappropriate. “I thought it was wrong,” Goldman said over the phone. “I thought it was just wrong.
It’s hard to imagine that he would fall in the same category as the vast majority of other people they honor.” Meanwhile, Nicole Brown’s sister Tanya :” It’s inappropriate to give an abuser and murderer recognition.” “Whoever thought of doing that owes every domestic violence victim an apology .
.. and that’s including our family.
And, they should be fired,” she added. NBC News has reached out to BET for comment. The “In Memoriam” segment included Simpson alongside revered figures such as acting legend Louis Gossett Jr.
and baseball icon Willie Mays. Several viewers were also upset by his inclusion in the award show. “I nearly changed the channel once OJ Simpson popped up on the screen during that in memoriam at the Bet Awards 2024.
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. He should have been excluded,” one viewer on wrote. “You put O.
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