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Nicole Brown Simpson’s sister is speaking out afterKim Kardashian Westmade a controversial joke aboutO.J. Simpsonwhile hostingSaturday Night Liveover the weekend.
In heropening monologue, Kardashian West, 40, joked that her late fatherRobert Kardashian Sr.— whoserved as one of the defense attorneys in Simpson’s trialfor the murders of his ex-wife Nicole, 35, and her friendRon Goldman, 25 — was the reason that she met her “first Black person.”
“Wanna take a stab in the dark at who it was?” Kardashian West quipped at the time. “It’s sort of weird to remember the first Black person you met, but O.J. does leave a mark. Or several. Or none at all. I still don’t know.”
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Now, in a statement provided to PEOPLE,Tanya Brownsays that Kardashian West’s joke — which was made in October during Domestic Violence Awareness Month — was “beyond inappropriate and insensitive.”
“If she and her family loved Nicole so much as they claimed, this was done in very poor taste,” Tanya says. “I think the taste of writers atSNLwas beyond inappropriate and insensitive as was the reaction in the audience.”
Nicole Brown Simpson and O.J. Simpson.Jim Smeal/WireImage
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Since her sister’s death, Tanya — a life coach and speaker — has beenoutspoken about domestic violence.
“When I speak and talk about domestic violence, it is merely for educational purposes, not for laughter or comedy,” Tanya tells PEOPLE. “I only share what has been made public about Nicole. I would never share anything private of Nicole’s life.”
“After 27 years, can’t we move past the murders and focus on domestic violence? Since COVID,statistics have skyrocketed. It is critical, so no more Nicoles and Rons happen,” she continues.
Adds Tanya: “Our loss, Browns and Goldmans, should not be portrayed as a comedy — family or non-family. Loss, tragedy, murder, crime should not be portrayed as comedy. Everyone has a choice!”
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In 2019, on the anniversary of Nicole and Goldman’s murders, Tanyatold PEOPLEthat she hopes her sister will be remembered as the good mother, daughter and sibling she was.
“Everybody equates Nicole with being a domestic violence victim, which she was, beyond belief,” Tanya said at the time. “Her death doesn’t define who she was.”
“I hope that people get the fact that Nicole and Ron were human beings who walked this earth. They were good people,” she added.
source: people.com
