Kim Kardashian sparked major controversy after declaring the 1969 moon landing never happened during the latest episode of The Kardashians that aired Thursday. The reality star attempted to convince her All’s Fair co-star Sarah Paulson that the historic Apollo 11 mission was staged, citing conspiracy theories she discovered on TikTok. NASA Acting Administrator Sean Duffy quickly responded on social media, directly addressing the Kim Kardashian moon landing claims and defending the historic achievement.
During the episode, Kim Kardashian shared misinterpreted interviews with astronaut Buzz Aldrin as supposed proof the landing was fake. When asked by producers if she seriously believed astronauts never walked on the moon, she confirmed her stance saying she thinks it was fake. The Kim Kardashian moon landing theory includes debunked claims about flag movement, missing stars in photos, and footprint discrepancies that have been repeatedly explained by scientists and fact-checkers over the decades.
Duffy tagged Kardashian on X writing that America has been to the moon six times and referenced the upcoming Artemis missions under President Trump’s administration. The Kim Kardashian moon landing hcontroversy intensified as social media erupted with reactions to her statement encouraging people to research on TikTok. She admitted during a confessional that she sends Paulson conspiracies all the time and predicted people would call her crazy regardless of the evidence presented.
The timing proved especially sensitive as Aldrin’s wife passed away just one day before the episode aired. Kardashian’s claims about the Kim Kardashian moon landing conspiracy ignore overwhelming evidence including high-resolution photos from Japanese researchers and NASA showing lunar surface tracks left by astronauts and landing modules. Despite being called out for spreading misinformation, Kardashian remained confident in her position and suggested her sister Khloe should invite the astronaut onto her podcast.
