With the loss of life of O.J. Simpson, Kris Jenner and different family members of the late Robert Kardashian have been reminded of their deep and typically troubling connection to the disgraced former soccer star.

This was particularly for Khloe Kardashian, who has lengthy been the topic of a persistent however unsubstantiated rumor that she secretly was the organic daughter of Simpson, who was controversially acquitted within the double homicide of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her buddy Ron Goldman.

Quickly after information broke Thursday that Simpson had died of prostate most cancers, Khloe Kardashian’s social media accounts have been inundated with messages from individuals expressing sympathy, little question in a joking, mean-spirited manner.

“My condolences,” wrote one particular person in reply to her current Instagram submit, displaying her strolling on a white-sand seaside on a household trip in Turks and Caicos. “Sorry Khloe for ur loss,” stated one other. Another person stated, “My most heartfelt sympathies on the lack of your father OJ.” On her X, account, somebody additionally stated, “So sorry to listen to about your dad. Praying for you and your loved ones in these instances.”

The rumors that Khloe Kardashian was Simpson’s secret daughter return to no less than 2011, when her mom, Kris Jenner, revealed in her memoir, “All Issues Kardashian,” that she had an affair whereas married to lawyer Robert Kardashian, the daddy of Khloe, Kim, Kourtney and Rob Kardashian, in accordance with Us Weekly.

Robert Kardashian was a long-time buddy of Simpson, and folks latched onto the concept that Kris Jenner’s affair may have concerned the fallen soccer hero, Us Weekly reported. That’s largely as a result of Robert Kardashian’s second spouse, Jan Ashley, alleged in an interview, after his 2003 loss of life, that Khloe Kardashian was not his organic daughter, in accordance with Us Weekly.

Ashley married Robert Kardashian after his 1991 divorce from Kris Jenner. In 2012, Ashley stated within the interview: “Khloé shouldn’t be his child — he informed me that after we received married. He simply form of checked out me and stated (it) prefer it was a matter of reality. He stated, ‘Nicely, you understand that Khloé’s not likely a Kardashian, don’t you?’ And I stated … ‘OK,’ and that was it.”

From that time on, the general public ran “wild” with the rumor that Simpson was Khloe Kardashian’s actual father, Us Weekly stated. Simpson himself could have fueled the rumor when he supposedly claimed he had intercourse with Jenner in a scorching tub someday within the early Nineties, the New York Publish reported.

This declare was recounted by Simpson’s former supervisor Norman Pardo in a clip from his documentary, “Who Killed Nicole?” The clip was obtained by Web page Six, which quoted Pardo as saying that Simpson boasted in regards to the scorching tub encounter, saying he “broke” Jenner along with his sexual prowess.

Nevertheless, Simpson and Khloe Kardashian denied the rumor that he was her father, Us Weekly stated.

Khloe Kardashian even addressed the rumor throughout a 2012 episode of “Holding Up With the Kardashians,” which was aptly titled “Who’s Your Daddy,” in accordance with Us Weekly.

The episode confirmed Kris Jenner visiting Khloe Kardashian in Texas, the place she was dwelling with then-husband Lamar Odom on the time.

“I do know all of the rumors are completely ridiculous,” Jenner stated, whereas attempting to persuade her daughter to take a DNA take a look at. “However I do know that is one thing she wants in an effort to really feel full.”

Jenner managed to persuade her different kids, Kim, Kourtney and Rob, to take DNA exams as a comparability. Khloé Kardashian, nevertheless, declined.

“Mother, I don’t care what they’re saying,” Khloé Kardashian stated on the present. “Significantly, my dad is Robert Kardashian. My different dad is (Caitlyn) Jenner. I don’t want somebody to inform me who my household is. I’ve had the blessing of getting two phenomenal fathers. I don’t want a DNA take a look at to show who my father is.”

Khloe Kardashian was referring to Caitlyn Jenner, who grew to become her stepparent after the previous Olympian married Kris Jenner in 1991. Kris and Caitlyn Jenner divorced in 2015.

Kris Jenner additionally furiously denied any solutions that she had an affair with Simpson, saying in a 2019 episode of “Holding Up with the Kardashians” that she was significantly upset that stories of the affair have been arising once more on the twenty fifth anniversary of the 1994 homicide of Nicole Brown Simpson, who was her good buddy.

‘It’s actually form of pathetic that when rumors get began, the media provides it life and breath and on the anniversary of Nicole’s loss of life. It’s so tasteless and disgusting,” Kris Jenner stated.

Apart from Khloe Kardashian and her mom having to cope with the Simpson paternity rumor, following the information of his loss of life, Robert Kardashian’s friendship with Simpson has had different lasting penalties on the household — and on America — for higher, and lots of would say, for worse.

It might be stated that America first received acquainted with the long run realty TV present household and social media behemoths by means of Robert Kardashian’s participation in Simpson’s authorized “Dream Group,” when Simpson was tried for the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman.

Shortly earlier than the murders, Kris Jenner and her kids have been a significant presence in Simpson’s life, largely due to her friendship with Nicole Brown Simpson. In reality, Jenner, her then-spouse, Caitlyn Jenner, and her kids vacationed with O.J. and Nicole Brown Simpson and their kids in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, a pair months earlier than the murders.

A throwback photograph of the luxurious spring-break getaway in 1994 was resurfaced Thursday and circulating on social media. In accordance with The Solar, the photograph reveals the 2 households posing on a patio, with a seaside within the background. The photograph reveals a younger Khloe, Kim and Kourtney Kardashian, in swimsuits, smiling fortunately, whereas Kris and Caitlyn Jenner and O.J. and Nicole Brown Simpson stand within the background. Additionally within the photograph of O.J. and Nicole Simpson’s kids, Justin and Sydney, who have been preteens on the time.

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