Two years before Kim Kardashian was born, her “Uncle O.J.” starred in a film with surprising similarities to a debunked conspiracy theory she later spread on reality TV. In the late 1970s, Hollywood aimed to turn O.J. Simpson, a former NFL star from San Francisco, into a broader entertainment figure. With support from his close friend and businessman Robert Kardashian, Simpson transitioned from football star to Hertz spokesman and sports analyst.
Now, in late 2025, a 1970s movie project involving Simpson draws an odd parallel to the strange claim Kim Kardashian made on their family’s reality show.
On a recent episode of “The Kardashians,” Kim expressed disbelief in the 1969 moon landing, as reported by People. She tried to persuade actress Sarah Paulson, her co-star in the series “All’s Fair,” to question the event by insisting that astronaut Buzz Aldrin admitted he never went to the moon.
“I’ve seen a few videos (of) Buzz Aldrin talking about how it didn’t happen. He says it all the time now, in interviews,” Kardashian claims.
However, according to FullFact.org, Aldrin never made such statements denying the moon landing.
While Kim Kardashian promotes this false theory publicly, the connection to O.J. Simpson’s past career efforts in entertainment highlights an unusual family history intertwined with media and public perception.
> Remember when Hollywood thought it could make a movie star out of O.J.
This juxtaposition underscores how celebrity narratives can shift dramatically across generations, sometimes blending fact with fiction.
The persistence of family fame ties strange claims about historic events to celebrity culture, showing how past and present myths intertwine in the Kardashian-Simpson legacy.