Dan Patrick Had A Very Awkward Interaction With O.J. Simpson After ‘The Juice’ Brought Up His Murder Trial

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Dan Patrick has interviewed a ton of notable names in the sports world and beyond over the course of his impressive broadcasting career. That includes O.J. Simpson, who apparently made things pretty awkward by bringing up his murder trial in the middle of a conversation about football.

While he may have initially made a name for himself on the gridiron, there’s no doubt O.J. Simpson will be remembered for the wild saga that unfolded after he was tried for the murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman, who were found slain at her home in Los Angeles in 1994.

By now, virtually everyone knows how that trial unfolded—just like virtually everyone has a very strong opinion on whether or not the man known as “The Juice” was guilty of the crimes he was ultimately acquitted of.

Simpson obviously proclaims his innocence to this day, but there’s really nothing he can say to change the minds of people who are convinced he did, in fact, murder the two victims in cold blood.

Dan Patrick counts himself among that group, and during a recent appearance on Calm Down with Erin and Charissa, he said he was essentially forced to acknowledge that’s the case to O.J.’s face after Simpson went out of his way to raise the topic during an interview.

Here’s exactly what transpired:

“We were talking football. I made a terrible mistake. Iowa was playing USC in the Orange Bowl and I thought, ‘You know what? O.J. was found not guilty. He was still a wonderful football player. Maybe we talk to O.J. Simpson.’

He agrees and we just talked football and USC and all those things. We were changing tapes; I did 30 minutes and then we stopped…We’re just sitting next to each other four feet apart and he goes, ‘You think I did it?’ and I go ‘Did what?’ and he said ‘Killed those two people’ and I said ‘Yes.’

Then my cameraman goes, ‘OK, we’re ready to roll.'”

Patrick previously discussed that moment (which transpired in 2003) on his radio show and said Simpson tried to convince him otherwise after the interview ended, but he managed to shut things down by repeatedly stating “It doesn’t matter” before the two of them went their separate ways.