Robin Williams’ Daughter Zelda Refutes Viral Post Claiming Her Father Had A Pet Monkey

Zelda Williams has denied a viral post about her father, Robin Williams.
On Sunday, August 11, the 35-year-old actress and director rejected a post stating the late actor had a pet monkey. Her response came on the tenth anniversary of Robin’s death.

The original post shared on X (previously Twitter) on Aug. 10 had a photo of Robin standing with a monkey on his shoulder and the message, “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.”

Robin Williams’ Daughter Zelda Refutes Viral Post Claiming Her Father Had A Pet Monkey

Zelda reshared the message, responding, “It has come to my attention that some undoubtedly AI-written BS like this is getting viral. Dad did not own a pet monkey; NO ONE SHOULD, and if you are ever tempted, please help your local exotic animal shelter instead.”

“That is his Night at the Museum costar, who now lives at one,” she said, referring to Crystal, the monkey who portrayed Dexter in the Night at the Museum franchise, in which Robin appeared.

In the comments section of her post, Zelda further clarified that the photo of her father “is a real picture,” adding, “It’s just not the last picture.”

Robin died of suicide in August 2014. The late actor has two children with his second wife, Marsha Garces: Zelda and Cody, 31, and his older son Zak, 40, with his first wife, Valerie Velardi.

In a follow-up post, Zelda also addressed social media posts about her father on the anniversary of his death, August 11.

“Since more completely false or poorly researched posts are likely to go viral on Dad’s death anniversary, maybe just assume they’re all BS (which they usually are).” “I sure as hell will ♥️,” she stated.

In December, Zelda told PEOPLE that she has happy memories of her father making an effort to spend time with his family so that they could create Christmas traditions together.

“Being together was the important thing, because otherwise, especially with people scattered to the wind with work, it became even more special to do that,” Zelda told me.

Robin Williams’ Daughter Zelda Refutes Viral Post Claiming Her Father Had A Pet Monkey

“Dad’s job made it pretty hard to keep anything like a yearly tradition really, aside from Thanksgiving or days when sets would shut down,” she told me. “So, we didn’t have much of that, but cooking together was an important part of our family. We’d lunch together every Tuesday, no matter how many family members were in town.”

SOURCE | People