Nick Kyrgios claims pyramids were not built by humans

By Sonia Twigg of the Telegraph

Nick Kyrgios revealed he believes it is “impossible” that the pyramids were built by humans as well as echoing other conspiracy theories in a latest interview.

Having played just one tennis singles match in two years, Kyrgios has been forced to spend time away from the tennis court after suffering knee, foot and wrist injuries.

In an interview with Louis Theroux on his podcast, Kyrgios, 29, was asked about conspiracy theories including whether he believed the pyramids were built by people.

“No, I don’t. Impossible,” Kyrgios replied.

When confronted with a possible method by which they might have been built involving logs and blocks, he said: “That’s insanity. The fact that, how is that possible they got every measurement correct and they’re all aligned. And they did it with rolling large stones on logs is an insane statement. Why are the doors so big? Like who needs to walk through the doors if they’re that big? I don’t know who it was. I just don’t think that we were capable. It’s 2024 and we can’t even all get along. And you think that we built the pyramids? You’re insane. That’s insanity stuff.”

In the following discussion about whether the Earth is round, Kyrgios said: “I’d probably be inclined to saying it’s round, but I’m also not surprised if it was the other thing either.”

When he was then posed a question about the moon landings, Kyrgios first said he had “thoughts” then turned on Theroux, asking if the podcast host believed whether “the Americans did [land] first?”.

Kyrgios has seven ATP Tour singles titles to his name, and reached 11 finals, including the Wimbledon final in 2022, when he was beaten in four sets by Novak Djokovic.

But since reaching a career-high world ranking of 13 in 2016, just three years after turning professional, he has suffered a succession of injuries as well as becoming a controversial figure in the sport.

In February 2023 Kyrgios admitted assaulting an ex-girlfriend, and he launched an OnlyFans page during his time in rehabilitation. But he has also made moves into the broadcast sphere, appearing behind the mic at a number of tournaments including the most recent Wimbledon.

Kyrgios opened up in Netflix documentary Break Point (released in 2023), revealing he checked himself into a psychiatric ward following Wimbledon in 2019, and spoke at length about his mental health struggles.

He revealed self-harm and other struggles, but also spoke about his drinking. He explained how he would consume “20 or 30 drinks” in a single evening and then “just wake up and play [Rafael] Nadal the next day”.

Kyrgios has hinted he could be targeting a return to tennis in time to feature at the Australian Open in 2025.

This article was first published on nzherald.co.nz and is republished here with permission