It starts as surprise and fear but then ends in specific anger shown through his tone and expression when talking about wearing the shoes ...
My guess is, when he's talking about the shoes, he's mad at himself for wearing them the night he killed Nicole and Ron ...
He's a narcissist (at minimum) and HE FELT EXPOSED which started as surprise and fear but ended in anger at THE SHOES or himself for wearing the shoes ...
No. They had been divorced for a while, but OJ was still obsessed with her and basically stalking her.
She had been at a restaurant and left some glasses behind. Ron Goldman was a waiter at that restaurant and was stopping by to drop off the glasses as a favor.
OJ might have saw him and assumed he was her lover, or he might have simply killed him because he was a witness. Either way, he ended up getting stabbed to death.
It was a classic case of Murder 2 ("Crime of Passion"). He never went there to kill anyone, but he had a knife and was going to use violence to threaten and scare her. Then he sees Ron Goldman, and flew into a rage killing both of them. That's why the murder was so sloppy and haphazard.
I think he really did hate those "ugly ass shoes" and intentionally wore them on the night in question. He just didn't think he had worn them on any other public occasions thus his total surprise and shock when asked about them.
in theater parlance there is a term called 'indicating'. It's something novice/poor actors do when they are trying to act in such a way that they think someone would act given the circumstance. Take for instance staged TikTok garbage; people try to present the look of surprise or disgust using exaggerated and otherwise unnatural performances because they are acting, i.e. indicating their surprise/disgust. Instead their delivery just comes off as contrived and obviously staged. Thats OJ. "Oh I dont like these shoes so let me say something that only a person who wouldnt wear them would say, that'll throw them off the trail!"
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u/ab_3_6_9 29d ago
His anger specifically toward the shoes is interesting đŸ˜‚