In the last issue KardashianThe reality star insisted the Apollo 11 mission was a hoax
During the latest episode of Hulu's Kardashian, Kim Kardashian supported the conspiracy theory that the 1969 moon landing was a hoax.
On the set of an upcoming film Everything is fair In the drama series, Kardashian tried to convince her co-star Sarah Paulson that traveling beyond Earth's orbit was unrealistic. “I'm sending you a million articles with Buzz Aldrin and others,” Kardashian tells Paulson in the episode.
The reality star then goes on to read an article that mentions Buzz Aldrin—an astronaut who traveled on the Apollo 11 mission with Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins—which she says indicates a hoax. “I think about conspiracies all the time,” says Kardashian, who later repeats to the camera that she doesn't think the landing happened.
NASA acting administrator Sean Duffy denied Kardashian's comments on Thursday. letter to X: “Yes @KimKardashian, we've already been to the moon… 6 times!” Duffy also took the opportunity to mention that the Artemis program is “returning to the leadership” of President Donald Trump. “We won the last space race, we will win this one,” Duffy added.
Regarding the viral clip of Aldrin that Kardashian appears to be talking about, Reuters published a report. report in 2022 debunking conspiracy theories that the moon landing was not real. The publication responded to the claims, writing: “Social media users are sharing a video of astronaut Buzz Aldrin being interviewed by US TV host Conan O'Brien, claiming that Aldrin's discussion of parts of the animated broadcast of the moon landing is evidence that the whole thing was fake.”
Clarifying that the video was taken out of context, the organization said Aldrin was referring to “the animation used by broadcasters at the time in their coverage of the moon landing, interspersed with real footage,” before fact-checking: “The moon landing did happen, and people did walk on the moon.”
