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I thought the Kardashians were famous exclusively for being rich and self-promoting, and for merging with the Jenner clan. But on Jimmy Kimmel the other night, Kim opened up about her father, Robert Kardashian, and his friendship with O.J. Simpson. This is one of the more interesting aspects of Kardashian family history; why have they not exploited it before now? According to Kim, it was too painful to talk about.

Daddy Kardashian was best friends with O.J. since the two went to college together. Their families regularly vacationed together. Then during the Simpson trial, Kardashian was one of O.J.’s defense attorneys. This was right after the Kardashians’ divorce, and Moms Kardashian had just remarried Bruce Jenner. During the trial, she and Bruce sided firmly with the late Nicole Brown’s family, and showed their support by sitting near them. Kim and Khloe, teenagers at the time, felt loyalty to their father, who believed in his friend’s innocence. The Kardashian family was conspicuously split, with Kim, Khloe and their father on the defense’s side, and Kris and Bruce with the prosecution. Kim says it was tough not to look over at her mother during the trial. The uncomfortable experience prompted the adults to bring the family together. Hence the big, happy, obnoxious family we see today on Keeping up with the Kardashians.

After the trial, Kim says that her dad and O.J. “parted ways,” which seems a noncommittal way of saying that Robert started to question his good buddy’s innocence. Or more likely he’d already started to question it, and wanted to get the hell away from him. After Kardashian’s death of cancer in 2003, Simpson issued a statement saying, “Bob was there when I needed him most.” Did Kardashian ever regret that? Kim’s not saying.

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