Zelda Williams Debunks Viral Photo of Her Father Robin Williams Alleging He Owned a Pet Monkey

Robin Williams‘ daughter, Zelda, took to X, previously Twitter, this weekend to debunk a viral picture of the late comic alleging he owned a pet monkey.

“Dad didn’t own a pet monkey,” Zelda wrote. “NO ONE should.”

The picture in query, posted from an account titled Time Capsule Tales, confirmed Robin Williams smiling with a monkey balanced on his shoulder. The caption claimed the image was taken a few days earlier than Williams died by suicide on Aug. 11, 2014, and that the animal was “his pet monkey.” By the point of this text’s publication, the put up had almost 9 million views.

In her put up, Zelda clarified that the monkey within the picture is the animal that appeared in Evening on the Museum, and that the monkey now lives at an animal rescue heart. She referred the unique put up as “some probably AI written BS.”

In a separate put up, Zelda additionally famous that Monday would be the tenth anniversary of her father’s loss of life. “Since more completely false or badly researched posts are likely to go viral on Dad’s death anniversary, maybe just assume they’re all BS (they usually are),” she wrote. “Ignore the creepy robots trying to farm your clicks & do something nice for yourself instead. I sure as hell will.”