Robin Williams’ daughter Zelda, 35, had some words about a viral photo of her father with a monkey on his shoulder.
The snap was originally shared on X (formerly Twitter) which claimed in the caption that the snap captured Robin with his ‘pet monkey’ several days before his death.
Zelda saw red when the user erroneously called the monkey that was his co-star in A Night at the Museum his ‘pet’.
‘It’s been brought to my attention some probably AI written BS like this is going viral. Dad didn’t own a pet monkey, NO ONE should, and if you’re ever tempted to, support your local exotic animal rescues instead.
She continued: ‘That is his Night at the Museum costar, who now lives at one.’
Robin Williams ‘ daughter Zelda, 35, had some words about a viral photo of her father with a monkey on his shoulder
The monkey – whose name is Crystal – played Dexter in the franchise, in which Robin starred before his death in 2014.
She also commented, clarifying that the photo is a real picture of her dad, but, ‘It’s just not the last picture.’
The Oscar winner died by suicide on August 11, 2014 at the age of 63.
Along with Zelda, the late actor also has a son, Cody, 31, with his second wife Marsha Garces, as well as a son Zak, 40, with his first wife Valerie Velardi.
On the 10th anniversary of her father’s death, Zelda warned her followers on ‘false’ or ‘badly researched’ posts about her father.
‘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,’ she posted on X.
Previously, Zelda weighed in on the use of artificial intelligence in using the voices and likenesses of stars without their involvement and/or consent during the SAG/AFTRA strike last year.
She said her father would have been ‘fighting the good fight’ with the acting union.
Along with Zelda, the late actor also has a son, Cody, 31, with his second wife Marsha Garces, as well as a son Zak, 40, with his first wife Valerie Velardi; seen here at the Old Dogs premiere in 2009
Zelda saw red when the user erroneously called the monkey that was his co-star in A Night at the Museum his pet. Pictured at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2004
‘It’s been brought to my attention some probably AI written BS like this is going viral. Dad didn’t own a pet monkey, NO ONE should, and if you’re ever tempted to, support your local exotic animal rescues instead,’ seen in 2002
She continued: ‘That is his Night at the Museum costar, who now lives at one,’ seen here in 2004
Zelda wrote in an Instagram Story: ‘I’ve witnessed for YEARS how many people want want to train these [AI] models to create/recreate actors who cannot consent, like Dad.
‘I’ve already heard AI used to get his “voice” to say whatever people want and while I find it personally disturbing, the ramifications go far beyond my own feelings,’ she wrote.
‘Living actors deserve a chance to create characters with their choices, to voice cartoons, to put their HUMAN effort and time into the pursuit of performance.
‘These recreations are, at their very best, a poor facsimile of greater people, but at their worst, a horrendous Frankensteinian monster, cobbled together from the worst bits of everything this industry is, instead of what it should stand for.’
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