Robin Williams' Daughter to Fans Creating AI Videos: 'Have Some Shame'
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Robin Williams' Daughter Says Fans Creating AI Videos of the Actor Should 'Have Some Shame' Robin Williams’ Daughter Says Fans Creating AI Videos of the Actor Should ‘Have Some Shame’
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Home Film News Sep 21, 2026 4:29pm PT By Payton Turkeltaub Plus Icon Latest Robin Williams’ Daughter Calls for Fans Creating AI Videos of the Actor to ‘Have Some Shame’: ‘Leave Him Out of Your Delusional Bulls—’ 3 hours ago Christina Applegate Shares First Video Following Months-Long Hospitalization: ‘Love to You All Out There’ 5 hours ago WGA Settles Antitrust Lawsuit With Paramount Over Warner Bros. Discovery Merger 8 hours ago See All Getty Zelda Williams is calling for fans to stop circulating AI-generated videos of her late father, Robin Williams, nearly a year after she last took to social media to ask them not to send her augmented content featuring the actor. In a statement posted to X on Monday, the “Lisa Frankenstein” director wrote that a “supposedly ‘private video’” circulating of her father “is clearly AI, and not even particularly convincing AI,” she wrote. “Anyone who claims to be a fan who believes it clearly listened to his movies on mute because that voice is robotic and terrible. That said, a human made a robot create it, and to you I say: leave him out of your delusional bullshit and let him rest. If you cannot make your case without making a dead man make it more convincing for you, then tell me: who’s the one manipulating the public thru media now?”
Zelda continued: “I hate this cesspool of an app. It’s mostly bots and people willingly being duped by bots at this point so not sure why I feel the need to come back to clarify, but I love him, so I will. Just because he’s gone does not mean he’s now your puppet. Have some shame.” Popular on Variety The iconic comedian, who starred in films including “Jumanji,” “Good Will Hunting,” “Dead Poets Society,” “Hook,” “Mrs. Doubtfire,” and more, died in 2014 at the age of 63. In recent years, his likeness has become a popular target for AI recreation as users continue to create and share augmented videos of the actor. This isn’t the first time Zelda has voiced her feelings about AI; Back in Oct. 2025, she wrote “Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad” on Instagram. “Stop believing I wanna see it or that I’ll understand, I don’t and I won’t. If you’re just trying to troll me, I’ve seen way worse, I’ll restrict and move on. But please, if you’ve got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop. It’s dumb, it’s a waste of time and energy, and believe me, it’s NOT what he’d want.”
Just last month, she revived her father’s Instagram account with siblings Zak and Cody in an attempt to “fight back against rampant AI abuse of his voice and likeness on here.” That supposedly ‘private video’ of dad that I’ve been shown talking about conspiracies is clearly AI, and not even particularly convincing AI. Anyone who claims to be a fan who believes it clearly listened to his movies on mute because that voice is robotic and terrible. That…— Zelda Williams (@zeldawilliams) September 21, 2026 Read More About: Robin Williams, Zelda Williams Jump to Comments
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Zelda Williams has issued a statement urging fans to feel shame regarding the creation and circulation of artificial intelligence videos of her late father, Robin Williams. In her comments, she asserted that a supposed private video circulating of her father is clearly generated by AI and is not convincingly rendered, noting that those who claim to be fans who believe the content is authentic fail to recognize the robotic and poor quality of the resulting audio. She further questioned the source of this media manipulation, asking who is influencing the public narrative through media when such deepfakes are being created. Williams expressed strong disapproval of this trend, stating that if fans cannot make a convincing case without resorting to creating a dead man through technology, they should cease this activity and allow him to rest. She voiced frustration with the applications and platforms facilitating this content, describing them as a cesspool where bots and manipulated users are involved. Although she loves her father, she indicated that his passing does not grant anyone the right to use his likeness as a puppet; she demanded that people exercise decency toward him and everyone else involved. This sentiment is not new; Williams had previously expressed reservations about AI content. In October 2025, she had asked on Instagram that people stop sending her AI videos of her father, warning that she would restrict access if she felt trolled, emphasizing that the actions were a waste of time and energy and contrary to what her father would have wanted. In response to the ongoing issue of AI misuse of his voice and likeness on social media, Zelda Williams recently revived her father's Instagram account with her siblings, Zak and Cody, as an attempt to resist this rampant AI abuse. |