The axe has dropped on one of the strangest and most controversial literary events in recent memory.

O.J. Simpson’s “if-I-dunnit” confessional book won’t be hitting shelves, nor will his related TV interview hit airwaves, reports E! Online.

“I and senior management agree with the American public that this was an ill-considered project,” said News Corp. head Rupert Murdoch, whose company owns both Fox (who was set to broadcast the interview) and Regan Books (who was set to publish the novel). “We are sorry for any pain that this has caused the families of Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson.”

The book, “O.J.: If I Did It, Here’s How It Happened,” was set to hit store shelves on November 30.

It was said to feature a graphic “confession” from Simpson on how he would’ve carried out the 1994 murders of Goldman and Brown — if he’d actually been the killer, that is. The interview, a one-on-one with publisher Judith Regan, would’ve explored the same topic.

Simpson was tried for the murders but was eventually acquitted — one of the most controversial court decisions in American history.






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