The tapes for O.J. Simpson: The Lost Confession? were "lost," for over a decade, although its far more likely Fox was sitting on the interview and waiting for the right time to release it. Fox tried to air the special back in 2006, which was meant to coincide with O.J. Simpson's book If I Did It, but faced a massive public outcry for the attempt. Viewers threatened to boycott advertisers who aired commercials on Fox, and former Fox News host Bill O'Reilly even took a stand against his employer and condemned the effort. Eventually, Fox buckled under the pressure and dropped plans to air the interview. Though O.J. Simpson: The Lost Confession? never aired and the book was never published, Simpson was believed to have been paid for his participation in both.