NASA says we’ve been to the moon six times. Kim Kardashian says the first time was faked. On a recent episode of The Kardashians, the reality-show star was chatting with actress Sarah Paulson about astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon. That’s when Kardashian revealed she doesn’t believe the 1969 moon landing is real.
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In an interview, Aldrin was asked about the scariest moment of the Apollo 11 mission. Kardashian quotes his reply, “There was no scary moment because it didn’t happen. It could’ve been scary, but it wasn’t because it didn’t happen.”
It’s unclear which interview this was, or what exactly Aldrin was referring to, although it seems like he’s saying a certain frightening moment didn’t come to pass. But Kardashian took the quote to mean the entire moon landing was a hoax that Aldrin chose to reveal via that one quote.
“So I think (the moon landing) didn’t happen,” she said.
NASA acting administrator (and former participant on reality show The Real World) Sean Duffy took exception to the sentiment, replying on X “Yes, Kim Kardashian, we’ve been to the moon before…6 times!”
Yes, @KimKardashian, we’ve been to the Moon before… 6 times!
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 🇺🇸🚀
🎥: Hulu pic.twitter.com/CkexEEPFSv
— NASA Acting Administrator Sean Duffy (@SecDuffyNASA) October 30, 2025
The US did in fact land on the moon on July 20, 1969, with Aldrin and fellow astronaut Neil Armstrong both walking on the lunar surface. Armstrong died in 2012. Aldrin is now 95.
In 2002, Aldrin, then 72, punched a conspiracy theorist who tried to get him to swear the moon landings was faked.
“We won the last space race and we will win this one too!” Duffy told Kardashian on X. He later invited her to an upcoming launch at Kennedy Space Center, though she did not immediately accept.
Kardashian did not respond to a request for comment.
