Oh, yeah, he also says he "is not responsible in any way shape or form" for the murders and he really was contemplating suicide during his infamous Bronco chase.
On a show usually reserved for former and current jocks to cry on national television--you may remember that shedding tears on Up Close was Cuba Gooding Jr.'s dream in Jerry Maguire--Simpson was in a sparring mood, going toe-to-toe with host Chris Myers .
He talked about dealing with considerable anger, especially towards the media. "You guys [in the media] are so full of beans," he said.
He cited one example, the day the civil verdict was handed down. Simpson claimed he was hobnobbing on the golf course--not despondently moping around inside his house.
"All you people in the media seem to get mad when you see me out living my life," said the Hall of Fame runner.
"I've gotten rid of a lot of anger that was inside me. I feel I was screwed big-time in this case...They're [the media] telling the American people that I'm in my house depressed when I've been playing golf all day. Nobody's seen me moping around and crying." Simpson then compared himself to Jesus, Moses and Job.
At one point in the vigorous, 45-minute interview, Myers questioned Simpson's contention that "wherever I go, people go out of their way to make me feel welcome."
"I was shocked at the negative reaction we got from having you on the show," said Myers, "even though we could ask you whatever we want."
And ask he did.
Questioned about his promise to investigate the murders after his criminal acquittal, Simpson said that he's been hampered by a lack of funds. "I can only do what I can do. It's not like I'm sitting on my butt doing nothing."
Simpson also complained of limited cooperation from the Los Angeles police and Ron Goldman's father. "Oh, I guess [Goldman] wouldn't want to help me because he thinks I did it," Simpson said, correcting himself.
"I always felt that the key to these two people's death was Faye Resnick," he added, suggesting that Nicole Brown's friend was heavily involved in drugs.
As for those comments he made in his recent Esquire magazine interview--his well-publicized "Even if I did kill her, it would mean I loved her very much, right?"--Simpson said it was purely hypothetical.
He claimed he'd made this remark many times before without being questioned about it, adding, "I think in America, normally when people use 'if,' you know it's a hypothetical."
Asked if he'd give his life to get Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman back alive, Simpson said he'd have no problem fighting to save Brown, who he described as a good mother: "I don't think I can do the job with my kids that Nicole did."
Being "honest," however, Simpson added that Goldman meant nothing to him. "I don't know Ron Goldman; people die every day."