In the wackiest turn of events, troubled former football star and actor OJ Simpson reportedly joins the list of candidates claiming to be the father of Dannielynn, the daughter of late Playboy bunny Anna Nicole Smith.

Norm Pardo, the photographer, who collected 70 hours of footage of Simpson between 2002 and 2005, said that OJ Simpson and Anna Nicole Smith were close friends.

Pardo also said that Simpson confessed that he had a "lethargic sperm," whatever that means, and that he could be Danielynn's dad.

"He said he knew Anna Nicole pretty well, and he said he had slow-moving sperm, and he might be the father," New York Post quoted Pardo, as saying.

The photographer added that Simpson said that he wished that there is no DNA test done on him, for the secret would be out that he is the baby's father.

 

"I hope they don't do a DNA test on Anna Nicole's baby. If they find out Dannielynn is mine, I don't want Fred Goldman trying to seize her money - or the baby herself," Pardo added.

Dannielynn, blonde and fair skinned, is now in Bahamas, with Howard K. Stern's care after a Bahamian judge adjourned the custody battle until next month.

The late model's mother, Virgie Arthur, and Anna Nicole's former lover, Larry Birkhead, both made custody claims during a Nassau court hearing yesterday.

The judge made no ruling, leaving the five-month-old baby with Stern - who is named as the father on the birth certificate but who recently admitted he is not. 

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