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 The couple that you shipped earlier this year, Marcia Clark and Chris Darden — or rather, Sarah Paulson as Marcia Clark and Sterling K. Brown as Chris Darden — just got an uncomfortable injection of reality. While The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story brought the real-life prosecutors back into the spotlight, one thing many people wanted to know about them was: Did they or didn’t they? Clark and Darden were famously tight-lipped about a possible relationship, which was hinted at during the FX show, but never confirmed. Clark told Vulture that she wouldn’t say anything so as to refuse “the subject any traction,” and Darden was a little more coy, saying, “If I were to say I had a relationship with Marcia Clark, people would say we lost the case because we were more interested in intimacy than the law and the facts, and that would be an even worse position to be in.” Darden added, “I’ll wait until Marcia’s sitting next to me to talk about it in greater detail.” 
 
 
 
 Caught alone at his home in an interview with ET, Darden is coming clean. “I think I have told the truth about it in lawyer land,” Darden said. “In lawyer land, hey, half truths are truths.” But when pressed, he admits, “Yes, we were more than friends.” But in a lawyer-y turnaround, he insists that they never kissed. “I’m not a kisser,” Darden said. “Kissing is intimate. Kissing is more intimate than sex.” When asked to describe Clark in one word, he said, “Fire.” Then he clarified, “I don’t think fire’s romantic. I think fire’s passion.” Sure, and an eggplant emoji just means you want baba ganoush for dinner tonight. ||||| O.J. Simpson prosecutor Christopher Darden is finally opening up about his relationship with fellow attorney Marcia Clark. 
 
 
 
 One day after The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story's huge night at the Emmy Awards on Sunday, the famed attorney sat down with ET's Lauren Zima at his home, where he opened up about the romantic rumors that have persisted since the infamous court case. 
 
 "We were more than friends," Darden said, cautiously choosing his words. "We were inseparable back then." 
 
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 When pressed on whether or not he'd ever tell the whole truth about the nature of their relationship, the 60-year-old lawyer said, "I think I have told the truth." 
 
 "In lawyer land, a half truth is a truth," he added. 
 
 While Darden says he "really can't remember the details" of his time with Clark during the trial, he was insistent that the two never kissed, sharing, "I’m not a kisser. Kissing is intimate. Kissing is more intimate than sex." 
 
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 Darden said that he and Clark haven't spoken in years -- but he thinks if they did, it would be a "great conversation." 
 
 "I think if I called her tomorrow we’d probably laugh our butts off," he said. "Talk about our kids and people and talk about how we miss some people from the trial." 
 
 When Darden, who fielded interview questions with the same verbal dexterity lawyers bring to an interrogation, was asked how he'd describe his relationship with Clarke in only one word, he chose a very telling noun: "Fire." 
 
 However, Darden then danced around his choice, denying that "fire" had any romantic connotations. "I don’t think fire’s romantic. I think fire’s passion," he argued. 
 
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 While he remained as tight-lipped as he's been in the past, Darden still had nothing but praise for the woman he fought alongside during the most highly publicized trial of the modern age, calling her a "fabulous woman [and] a fabulous lawyer." 
 
 Darden delves into the infamous trial in his best-selling memoir, In Contempt, which he is now re-releasing. 
 
 The lawyer, who claims to have never watched The People v. O.J. Simpson, also addressed the show's triumphant run at the Emmys, and praised star Sarah Paulson for bringing Clark as her date, calling the move "first class." 
 
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 "I thought that was wonderful," Darden marveled. Paulson, who took home the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie, also paid tribute to the powerful attorney she portrayed while delivering her acceptance speech. 
 
 Darden also had a lot of love for Sterling K. Brown, the actor who played him in the FX miniseries – and took home his own Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie -- sharing, "People that have watched it said he did a great, great job, so I’m glad for that. I’m glad for him." Check out the video below to hear more from the prosecutor on what it was like to be portrayed by the Emmy-winning star. 
 
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– Christopher Darden has "opened up" about his relationship with fellow OJ Simpson prosecutor Marcia Clark, according to Entertainment Tonight, though he did so in a very lawyerly way. "We were more than friends," he told ET. "We were inseparable." FX’s hit The People v. OJ Simpson strongly hinted at a long-rumored romantic relationship between the two, though Darden refused to be pinned down. "I think I have told the truth," he said when asked if he would ever tell the whole truth about what went on between him and Clark during the case. "In lawyer land, a half truth is a truth." Darden told ET he "can't really remember the details" of his time with Clark, whom he describes as a fabulous woman and lawyer—but he knows they never kissed. "I’m not a kisser," he said. "Kissing is intimate. Kissing is more intimate than sex." Asked to describe his relationship with Clark in one word, he said "Fire." He added: "I don’t think fire’s romantic. I think fire's passion." Vulture notes that Clark and Darden have long refused to confirm or deny rumors of a romance, with Clark saying earlier this year that they "just didn't want to give that subject any traction."