‘Sorry about your dad’s passing’

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 good friend 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 approach.

“My condolences,” wrote one particular person in reply to her current Instagram publish, exhibiting 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 a minimum of 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 line with Us Weekly.

Robert Kardashian was a long-time good friend of Simpson, and folks latched onto the concept that Kris Jenner’s affair might 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 line with Us Weekly.

Ashley married Robert Kardashian after his 1991 divorce from Kris Jenner. In 2012, Ashley stated within the interview: “Khloé isn’t his child — he advised me that after we bought married. He simply type of checked out me and stated (it) prefer it was a matter of reality. He stated, ‘Nicely, you recognize 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 Nineteen Nineties, the New York Submit 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 line with Us Weekly.

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

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

Jenner managed to persuade her different youngsters, Kim, Kourtney and Rob, to take DNA checks as a comparability. Khloé Kardashian, nonetheless, declined.

“Mother, I don’t care what they’re saying,” Khloé Kardashian stated on the present. “Critically, 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.”