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Kim Kardashian has found herself at the center of an unexpected debate with NASA after questioning whether the 1969 moon landing really happened.
In the latest episode of The Kardashians, Kim sat down with actress Sarah Paulson on the set of their new Hulu series All's Fair, where she shared her doubts about the Apollo 11 mission. "I'm sending you, like, so far a million interviews with both Buzz Aldrin and the other one," she told Paulson, referring to Neil Armstrong. Paulson responded with interest, saying she'd take "a massive deep dive."
Kim went on to reference an old interview with Buzz Aldrin, explaining, "A girl asked him what was the scariest moment in space and he said, 'There was no scary moment because it didn't happen.'" She added that Aldrin, now 95, has "gotten old and now he, like, slurs," suggesting that his comments cast doubt on the mission.
When a producer asked her directly if she believed humans had walked on the moon, Kim replied, "I don't think we did. I think it was fake." She continued, "Why does Buzz Aldrin say it didn't happen? There's no gravity on the moon. Why is the flag blowing? The shoes that they have in the museum that they wore on the moon is a different print in the photos. Why are there no stars?"
Hours after the episode aired, NASA's acting administrator, Sean Duffy, responded to her remarks on X, writing, "Yes, @KimKardashian, we've been to the Moon before... 6 times!" He added, "And even better: @NASAArtemis is going back under the leadership of @POTUS. We won the last space race and we will win this one too."
Kim later replied, "Wait... what's the tea on 3I Atlas?!?!!!!," referring to the interstellar comet that has been trending online. Duffy explained in a follow-up post that it was "the third interstellar comet to pass through our solar system" and invited Kim to attend NASA's Artemis mission launch at the Kennedy Space Center.
The viral exchange drew both laughs and criticism, with some users saying Duffy should "focus on beating the Chinese to the Moon."
