Caught on camera last month by a behind-bars reality TV show O.J. Simpson complained that a bounty hunter ruined his poker game.
After the disgraced grid great was hauled back to Las Vegas for violating his bond, he was videotaped by “Jail,” a show on MyNetworkTV, while being booked into Clark County jail on Jan. 11.
“I didn’t expect to be back here so soon,” a jovial Juice told jailers, in footage that’ll air tomorrow night at 9 p.m. on Channel 9.
“Overall I am feeling great today. I had a poker game tonight at my house that I was hosting and today I finally found my golf swing – it was a good day.”
Simpson is set to go on trial for alleged armed robbery when he took O.J. memorabilia from two collectors on Sept. 13.
The Juice was back in jail in January after his bail bondsman revealed that Simpson left him an obscenity-laced voice mail, with instructions to pass on the angry message to a co-defendant.
Simpson is barred from contacting co-defendants and victims while he’s on bail.
In “Jail,” cameramen are granted access to lockups across the country – and just happened to be in Sin City the day O.J. was locked up in January.
“It was not something we were expecting,” said “Jail” executive producer Morgan Langley. “It was a little bit strange.”
While being booked, Simpson – who lives in Miami – said Vegas is a lot less fun now that he’s an accused criminal in Clark County.
“I used to love coming to Vegas,” Simpson told a jailer. “Now [I] hate it.”
A judge chastised Simpson in January for the bail violation, but let him go after doubling his bond from $125,000 to $250,000.
A jailer noted that O.J. was locked up in cell 32. Simpson wore 32 when he won the Heisman Trophy for Southern Cal and set a single-season rushing record for the Buffalo Bills.
“So apparently, 32 isn’t his lucky number anymore, huh?” cracked Sgt. Kevin Getler.
It was an unlucky day yesterday for Simpson’s live-in gal pal Christine Brody, who was rushed to a Miami ER to treat a nasty head wound. She apparently slipped and fell at a local filling station.
A family friend insisted that O.J. wasn’t involved and that Prody will be OK.
“Absolutely not!” the pal said when asked if Simpson was involved. “She’s going to be fine.”