--- title: Warriors Star Steph Curry Says Man Never Landed on the Moon description: Warriors star player Steph Curry is giving Kyrie Irving some competition when it comes to conspiracy theorists in the NBA. canonical: https://time.com/5475553/steph-curry-moon-conspiracy-theory/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-12-10T19:20:39.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-12T16:05:59.000Z og:title: Warriors Star Steph Curry Says Man Never Landed on the Moon og:description: A new NBA conspiracy theory? og:url: https://time.com/5475553/steph-curry-moon-conspiracy-theory/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta33162b407b08fb2/6989412ce76ad2915d633be4/steph-curry-moon.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Golden State Warriors v Atlanta Hawks og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Warriors Star Steph Curry Says Man Never Landed on the Moon twitter:description: A new NBA conspiracy theory? twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta33162b407b08fb2/6989412ce76ad2915d633be4/steph-curry-moon.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Steph Curry Said He Didn't Think Man Went to the Moon. 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Cox—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Updated: Dec 12, 2023 4:05 PM UTCPublished: Dec 10, 2018 7:20 PM UTC [Golden State Warriors star Steph Curry](http://time.com/4159715/stephen-curry-says-hes-the-best-player-in-world/) is giving [Kyrie Irving](http://time.com/4956840/bob-rapper-flat-earth-gofundme/) some competition when it comes to being a player with a conspiracy theory in the NBA. During an appearance with teammate Andre Iguodala on Vince Carter, Kent Bazemore and Annie Finberg’s [_Winging It_ ](https://art19.com/shows/winging-it/episodes/f5554033-b296-4c3c-8164-e0b5c2207e5f)podcast, the two-time league MVP revealed that he didn’t believe that man actually landed on the moon. Curry initially asked the rest of the podcast: “We ever been to the moon?” Many others responded to the query with a resounding “nope.” Curry then announced that he didn’t believe in the moon landing. “They’re gonna come get us,” he said. “I don’t think so, either.” Curry’s comments follow fellow NBA player Kyrie Irving’s multiple comments about the earth being flat, a comment he [later retracted](http://www.nba.com/article/2018/10/01/kyrie-irving-regrets-flat-earth-comments). A spokesperson for Curry did not immediately respond to TIME’s request for comment. Update: Curry told [_ESPN_](https://abc7news.com/sports/warriors-stephen-curry-says-he-was-joking-about-moon-landing-will-visit-nasa/4886314/) that he was joking about not believing the moon landing on the podcast. NASA extended an invitation for Curry to tour one of its lunar labs at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, something that Curry plans on doing, emphasizing the importance of education. > [](https://twitter.com/StephenCurry30/status/1072586407984685056) “Obviously I was joking when I was talking on the podcast. \[Then\] I was silently protesting how stupid it was that people actually took that quote and made it law as, ‘Oh my God, he’s a fake-moon-landing truther,’ whatever you want to call it, yada, yada, yada. So I was silently protesting that part about it, how the story took a life of its own,” Curry said. “But in terms of the reaction that I’ve gotten, I am definitely going to take \[NASA\] up on their offer. I am going to educate myself firsthand on everything that NASA has done and shine a light on their tremendous work over the years. And hopefully people understand that education is power, informing yourself is power. 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