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17th Feb 2021

Boris Johnson makes OJ Simpson murder trial joke at vaccination centre

Reuben Pinder

That charming wit…

Boris Johnson made a joke referencing OJ Simpson’s murder trial as he struggled to put on a pair of gloves at a vaccination centre.

Visiting a vaccination centre in Cwmbran, South Wales, the prime minister said “I feel like OJ Simpson” as he tried to squeeze into a pair of blue disposable gloves.

Johnson was referencing the murder trial of former NFL player OJ Simpson, who also struggled to fit his hands into a pair of gloves – a key piece of evidence in his acquittal.

“If it doesn’t fit, you must acquit,” Simpson told the jury in 1995.

Watch Johnson’s faux pas below.

Since the pandemic hit the UK, over 118,000 Brits have died of Covid-19, with daily cases still above 10,000.