Steve Martin and John Mulaney during the SNL50 monologue on February 16, 2025.
Theo Wargo/NBCOj Simpson has long been a popular topic of discussion Saturday evening liveAnd the 50th anniversary of the show was no different.
Former Snl writer John Mulaney gave a joke about the late football star in a long appearance Steve MartinSunday’s monologue, February 16th. Mulaney, 42, used his time to weigh on the legal record of the shows since then Snl Premiere in 1975.
“894 people have been waiting Saturday evening liveAnd that amazes me that only two of them committed murder, “he said, referring to Simpson and Robert Blake.
Simpson, who died in 2024, received an episode of Snl In 1978 during the third season of the show. Blake, who died in 2023, received in 1982.
Justin Simpson, Oj Simpson’s son, is being sued by his late father’s wealth of his home status in Las Vegas, according to a litigation set up on January 6. Oj, who died in April 2024 at the age of 76, lived in 2,900- Arbor Avenue Avenue Avenue, which Justin’s company Primary Holdings bought in 2022 (…)
Malcolm laundrySaid Simpson’s long lawyer and executor of his assets Tmz That he thought that Martin’s and Mulaney’s monologue was “brilliant” and that Mulaney’s joke was “very funny”. He added that Mulaney’s surrender forced viewers to think for a second about the two former hosts, leading to laughter.
Simpson was not found guilty in his infamous criminal trial for the killings of Nicole Brown Simpson And her friend Ronald Goldman. He was later found responsible for their death in a civil lawsuit.
Blake was arrested in April 2002 for the murder of his wife, Bonny Lee Bakleybut it was also released. Similar to Simpson’s case, he was later found responsible for her death with a civil lawsuit.
“He knew his country in society and did not fight against him, good or bad,” Lavergne told Simpson. “He just lived his life: golf, friends (rich or blue collar), good food and young hot women. And then it’s over.
Oj Simpson initially rose to fame as a football football. After winning the 1968 Heisman trophy at the University of Southern California, he was elected by Buffalo Bills as the general choice number 1 in the 1969 draft. Simpson withdrew from the NFL in 1979 after playing 11 seasons, running his career for take (…)
The lawyer said that if Simpson would be alive to see the specialist, he would be “indifferent” to joke. He added that viewers also should not forget Alec BaldwinWho holds the record for most appearances in Snl As host, after doing this 17 times.
But while Simpson and Blake faced charges of murder, Baldwin was charged with involuntary murder after cinematographer’s fatal shooting Halyna Hutchins In the group of his film Rust. (Baldwin denied pulling the trigger to the prop.)
A judge dismissed the case against Baldw in 2024, leading Lavergne to joke about whoever waiting Snl can “leave the murder”.
Myung J. Chun-/Pool/AFP through Getty Images Star NFL Oj Simpson was undoubtedly released for the murder of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman after a high profile trial in the 1990s. Legal battle was one of the most notorious criminal trials in American history, and a determining moment of the 1990s. Brown Simpson (…)
Although Lavergne had a jokes of jokingly to his former client, he is currently embraced in a legal battle with Simpson’s son, Justin, who is living in his father’s old house. Lavergne is looking for justin or leaving the property 2,900 square meters or sign it.
“Or Justin writes a check on what he crashed for property and increased value, its capital, which is probably now approximately about a quarter of dollars,” Lavergne said Las Vegas-Journal review In January, “or he can title the property for me and let me figure out what to do with the property.”
