O.J. Simpson’s first Twitter post: 'I've got a little getting even to do'
O.J. Simpson now has his own official Twitter account, @TheRealOJ32. And according to his first post – a 22-second video that has been viewed almost 2 million times in eight hours – Simpson declares with a smile that “I’ve got a little getting even to do.”
The video accompanied a tweet that said only “Coming soon!!!”
“Hey Twitter world, this is yours truly,” a smiling Simpson says in the video, which appears to have been taken from a golf course. “Now, coming soon to Twitter, you’ll get to read all my thoughts and opinions on just about everything. Now, there’s a lot of fake OJ accounts out there. So this one, @TheRealOJ32 is the only official one. So, this should be a lot of fun. I’ve got a little getting even to do. So God bless. Take care.”
The snippet has already drawn an avalanche of responses, with over 6,500 replies, 9,000 retweets and 25,000 likes in the first 10 hours since posting. That’s a sizable wave of responses for an account that had gained roughly 97,000 followers in its first few hours. While the account does not yet have Twitter’s blue checkmark of authenticity, it does appear to be legitimate and will almost certainly be one of the most controversial on the social-media platform.