Robin Williams’ daughter denies ‘BS’ claim about her dad on 10th anniversary of his death
nypost.coma viral post on X (formerly Twitter) that claimed Robin — who died by suicide at age 63 on August 11, 2014 — had a pet monkey.The post, shared by the account Time Capsule Tales, featured a picture of the “Good Will Hunting” star with a monkey on his shoulder. “Robin Williams: One of the last photos of a gem of a man, with his pet monkey, taken a few days before he committed suicide by hanging at the age of 63,” the post read.Zelda reshared the post on her X account Sunday and refuted the claim that her famous dad ever had a pet monkey.“It’s been brought to my attention some probably AI written BS like this is going viral,” she wrote. “Dad didn’t own a pet monkey, NO ONE should, and if you’re ever tempted to, support your local exotic animal rescues instead,” Zelda continued.
She further clarified that the monkey is actually Crystal the money from the “Night at the Museum” movies that Robin starred in.
He shared the original photo on his 63rd birthday on July 21, 2014, less than a month before his death.In a response to a fan’s tweet, Zelda explained the photo of Robin is real, but it wasn’t the last picture taken of the actor before his death.“Nor is that his pet monkey, which was what I was correcting first and foremost as I really dont want people thinking that’s cool and trying to own one,” she went on. “Basically everything else is fake except the photo, ha.”In another tweet, Zelda wrote, “And 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).
Ignore the creepy robots trying to farm your clicks & do something nice for yourself instead. I sure as hell will.”Zelda is the daughter of Robin and Marsha Garces.
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