Lawless is claiming Sorbo defended OJ Simpson during the high-profile murder trial, involving the deaths of his second wife, Nicole Brown Simpson. Lucy Lawless has called out her former co-star Kevin Sorbo following a string of tweets about Kamala Harris and the ongoing UK riots. Sorbo and Lawless first crossed paths when Sorbo starred in 90s TV series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys , and Lawless in its spin-off Xena: Warrior Princess.
In recent years, the pair have clashed over their opposing political views over Twitter/X. Now, Lawless has shared a scathing anecdote from the period the pair worked together. “In his defence, I personally witnessed a time when Kevin Sorbo stuck up for a black man.
against white people,” Lawless wrote on her Twitter/X account earlier today (August 10). “The NZ summer, Feb 1995 when my character Xena was introduced into my husband’s show ‘Hercules the Legendary Journeys’. We actors were sitting around and I brought up a news item.
I said, “Guys, did you guys hear about that woman and her friend who were brutally murdered in LA? I think maybe the footballer did it!” And [Sorbo] growled: ‘Hey! I knew Nicole and let me tell you...
she was no picnic!’ BOOM.” Lawless went on to say: “We were all gobsmacked. I said, “She didn’t deserve to be stabbed to death.
He replied, “I’m just saying, She was a piece of work.” It stuck in my mind because those Americanisms were unusual to us. But we knew what he meant.
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