{"id":910405,"date":"2019-06-15T21:35:06","date_gmt":"2019-06-16T02:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/?p=910405"},"modified":"2019-06-17T23:44:15","modified_gmt":"2019-06-18T04:44:15","slug":"oj-simpson-joins-twitter-makes-odd-first-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/oj-simpson-joins-twitter-makes-odd-first-post\/","title":{"rendered":"OJ Simpson joins Twitter, makes odd first post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former NFL running back OJ Simpson has been spotted a number of places since he got out of prison, and this weekend, he made a statement from somewhere we hadn&#8217;t seen him yet.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;On social media.<\/p>\n<p>Simpson joined Twitter on Friday, and he began to turn heads &#8212; as well as gain followers &#8212; when he sent the following &#8220;coming soon&#8221; post.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Coming Soon!!! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/R1tXOuuLgO\">pic.twitter.com\/R1tXOuuLgO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; O.J. Simpson (@TheRealOJ32) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheRealOJ32\/status\/1139743663737622529?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 15, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It didn&#8217;t take him long to make his presence felt, either. Roughly 22 hours later, he posted a video talking about how he&#8217;s now joining Twitter and will be actively posting. And, along the way, he&#8217;s excited to learn how to use it.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thanks to all my new followers. Love learning how to use Twitter. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/J4JnN59yKl\">pic.twitter.com\/J4JnN59yKl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; O.J. Simpson (@TheRealOJ32) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheRealOJ32\/status\/1140076529478594561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 16, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Can&#8217;t wait for the next one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former NFL running back OJ Simpson has been spotted a number of places since he got out of prison, and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":910409,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[605048773,1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.2 (Yoast SEO v22.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>OJ Simpson joins Twitter, makes odd first post - The Sports Daily<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/oj-simpson-joins-twitter-makes-odd-first-post\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"OJ Simpson joins Twitter, makes odd first post\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/oj-simpson-joins-twitter-makes-odd-first-post\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Sports Daily\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-06-16T02:35:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-06-18T04:44:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/screen-shot-2019-06-15-at-10.26.59-pm.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1074\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"690\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Alan Draper\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@sportsdailytsd\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@sportsdailytsd\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Alan Draper\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/oj-simpson-joins-twitter-makes-odd-first-post\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/oj-simpson-joins-twitter-makes-odd-first-post\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Alan Draper\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#\/schema\/person\/2c8aadde2571800d0de74323730df7b5\"},\"headline\":\"OJ Simpson joins Twitter, makes odd first post\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-06-16T02:35:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-06-18T04:44:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/oj-simpson-joins-twitter-makes-odd-first-post\/\"},\"wordCount\":133,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/oj-simpson-joins-twitter-makes-odd-first-post\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/screen-shot-2019-06-15-at-10.26.59-pm.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Featured Story\",\"Updates\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"copyrightYear\":\"2019\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/oj-simpson-joins-twitter-makes-odd-first-post\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/oj-simpson-joins-twitter-makes-odd-first-post\/\",\"name\":\"OJ Simpson joins Twitter, makes odd first post - 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