Magic Johnson, Jemele Hill & More Celebs Share Mixed Reactions To O.J. Simpson’s Death

While Magic and Cookie shared their sympathies for O.J.’s children, Marc Lamont Hill — author, activist, and TV personality — slammed any efforts to shed positive light on the deceased.

He shared his strong sentiments on the former NFL player in at least two separate posts on X.

“O.J. Simpson is DEAD!!! Do NOT make him a hero or a martyr,” Marc wrote in one post.

In another, he said, “O.J. Simpson was an abusive liar who abandoned his community long before he killed two people in cold blood. His acquittal for murder was the correct and necessary result of a racist criminal legal system. But he’s still a monster, not a martyr.”

In other posts on his timeline, Marc has been explaining his take on O.J.’s death.

It’s not fence straddling. It’s nuance. OJ was a bad person. He killed 2 people. He was rightly acquitted because the police engaged in misconduct. That doesn’t make him innocent. https://t.co/GcyN79jyZQ

— Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) April 11, 2024

Meanwhile, sports journalist and commentator Jemele Hill kept her comments on O.J.’s death short. She reacted with a “Wow” to his family’s post on X.

Then, she followed up by saying, “I’m sure people on this app will be very responsible with the news that OJ Simpson has died.”