Conspiracy

Kim Kardashian revives Apollo Moon landing conspiracy theory

By T.K. Randall
October 31, 2025 ·  21 comments

Image: Eugene Cernan on the Moon During the Apollo 17 Mission
Credit: Harrison Schmitt (1972) / (PD) NASA The notion that the Apollo Moon landings were all faked has been around for a long time, though in more recent years, it's something that we haven't heard so much about - perhaps because fewer people believe it to be true these days.

Nonetheless, US celebrity Kim Kardashian has now managed to bring this particular conspiracy theory back into the limelight by mentioning it on a recent episode of The Kardashians.

The topic came up behind the scenes while she was filming a new show with Sarah Paulson.

"I'm sending you a million articles with both Buzz Aldrin and the other one," Kardashian told her, before reading from an article detailing which part of the expedition Aldrin had found the most scary.

"There was no scary moment because it didn't happen," she continued.

"It could've been scary, but it wasn't because it didn't happen.""I center conspiracies all the time. I think it was fake. I've seen a few videos on Buzz Aldrin talking about how it didn't happen."

"He says it all the time now, in interviews. Maybe we should find Buzz Aldrin."

Her comments went on to generate so much debate on social media that even NASA felt it necessary to issue a response to set the record straight.

"Yes, we've been to the Moon before... 6 times!" wrote acting administrator Sean Duffy.

"And even better: [NASA Artemis] is going back under the leadership of [president Donald Trump]."

"We won the last space race and we will win this one too."

Whether these comments will be enough to allay the concerns of younger audiences who may have only now been exposed to this conspiracy theory for the first time, however, remains to be seen.

Source: The Guardian | Comments (21)

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