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Inside Donald Trump's Twisted History with Buffalo Bills' Infamous O.J. Simpson

"I don’t like people that kill their wives,” future President Trump said to Howard Stern in 2008. “Does that make sense? Does that make me a disloyal person?” ... But ... Trump was prepared to put O.J. Simpson on his "Apprentice'' TV show on NBC.
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Infamous NFL running back O.J. Simpson died of cancer earlier this week at 76 … news that spawned all sorts of reactions …

Including a review of a couple of notable back-in-the-day thoughts from former president Donald Trump.

“I hadn’t spoken to him in years. I don’t like people that kill their wives,” Trump said to Howard Stern in 2008. “Does that make sense? Does that make me a disloyal person?”

Simpson, who was accused (and acquitted) of murdering his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ron Goldman, became a sad oddball celebrity after “The Trial of the Century.””

And while Trump claimed he “didn’t like him,” he did concede that he considered bringing Simpson on his "Celebrity Apprentice" TV show.

I do have to tell you about O.J. and ‘The Apprentice,’” Trump said. “NBC went totally crazy when I wanted to put O.J. on ‘The Apprentice.’”

“Why would you put him on The Apprentice?” Stern asked.

“Well, you know, in your business, there’s a thing called ratings,” Trump replied. “I know this: If I put O.J. on, huge ratings … 35 million people. … O.J. would have done it.”

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MIKE FISHER

Mike Fisher - as a newspaper beat writer and columnist and on radio and TV, where he is an Emmy winner - has covered the NFL since 1983. He is the author of two best-selling books on the NFL.

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