Michael McKean

So we do the story on Dateline.

It was on a Sunday, back when we had a Sunday show.

And it wasn't the whole show.

It was like seven or eight minutes long.

And we had some, we had his story.

He had spoken to somebody, not us, but he'd spoken to somebody.

So I didn't actually talk with him.

But, so we do the story, and because it's not exactly the most trustworthy complaining witness in the history of the criminal justice system, I attributed everything he said.

I was like, Simpson claims the man pulled a gun, and Simpson says they then struggled over the gun, and Simpson says the guy then ran away.

The next morning, I come into work after this thing has aired, and I got voicemail on my phone.

Back then, you couldn't get it remotely because it was like the dark ages.

And my first voicemail begins, and it's clearly him.

It begins, Josh Megowitz, this is OJ Simpson, and you're a son of a bitch.

And then he goes on ranting at me for sounding in my story as if I didn't believe him.

Why would anyone not believe him?

And then voicemail cuts him off, and he calls back.

And he leaves another message, and about halfway through the other message, he's lost his venom.

He's like, anyway, just wanted to call, you know, goodbye.

And he answers back.

But for like a year, Josh Blank was, this is OJ Simpson, you're a son of a bitch.