Kardashian Moon Claim Sparks NASA Rebuke

On the Oct. 30 episode of The Kardashians, Kim Kardashian told co-star Sarah Paulson she believes the 1969 moon landing was faked and said she has been sharing many TikTok videos and interviews—including a widely mischaracterized Buzz Aldrin clip—to support her view. She repeated debunked arguments such as the flag ‘blowing,’ lack of visible stars and alleged footprint mismatches and told a producer she didn’t think humans had landed on the Moon. News outlets and fact-checkers said the Aldrin clips circulating online are taken out of context and do not show him denying the landings. NASA acting administrator Sean Duffy publicly refuted Kardashian on X, noting the United States has landed on the Moon six times and pointing to the Artemis program’s return missions. The comments prompted widespread social-media reaction, memes and criticism for promoting misinformation, and Paulson said she would “go on a massive deep dive” into the topic.