Conan O’Brien Revisits Norm MacDonald’s Firing from ‘SNL’ Over Withering O.J. Simpson Jokes

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Comedian, writer, and late-night host Conan O’Brien chimed in on the death of former NFL star O.J. Simpson by recalling how a TV executive at NBC who was one of Simpson’s close personal friends fired Norm MacDonald from hisAfter Simpson was accused of murdering his wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ron Goldman, in 1994, MacDonald spent months raking Simpson over the coals in joke after joke during his spots on the comedy show’s “Weekend Update” segment.

O’Brien was adamant that MacDonald lost his job because of his Simpson jokes and added, “and the head of the network at the time was tight with O.J.”O’Brien also noted that the Simpson saga and “trial of the century” was a significant moment in America.

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