Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios reveals ‘insane’ Egyptian pyramids conspiracy theory

Nick Kyrgios is almost ready to make a full return from injury – but the controversial star is making headlines for different reasons, including peddling some wild conspiracy theories.

Controversial Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios says it is “insanity” to believe humans built the Egyptian pyramids.

Kyrgios, who has been battling injuries for 12 months, is hoping to play at the Australian Open this summer for the first time since 2022.

While he has been sidelined, the divisive star has kept busy brushing up on some popular conspiracy theories.

Chief among them is that humans did not build the pyramids of Giza, which are one of the Seven Wonders of the World, by transporting the giant stone blocks using wooden log ramps.

“That’s insanity,” Kyrgios said on the Louis Theroux Podcast.

“How is that possible they got every measurement correct and they’re all aligned, and they did it with rolling large stones on logs. It is an insane statement.

Australia's Nick Kyrgios has questioned the veracity of how the Egyptian pyramids were built. Picture: Getty

“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.”

Kyrgios was also suspicious of the moon landing and whether the earth was round.

“Maybe we need to have a beer and have this off record,” he told Theroux.

Kyrgios once said in a podcast with YouTube star-turned-boxer Logan Paul: “I believe in that sort of stuff. I’m a massive conspiracy guy.”

When asked about whether he believed the earth was flat, Kyrgios said: “I don’t even know what to believe anymore.”

The pyramids, in Cairo, are one of the seven wonders of the world.

He then pitched his pyramids theory and weighed in on the moon landings of the 1960s and ’70s.

“America weren’t apparently even close to having anything successfully going up there, right?” he said.

Kyrgios this month confirmed his availability for the 2025 Australian Open and said his “deep motivation” was to “shut up” his critics.

“I am coming back because something is keeping me around the game,” Kyrgios said.

“I have beaten pretty much every person that has been put in front of me, made a final of a grand slam, won a doubles title in a grand slam, won multiple titles and made money.

“But I think the one thing that is now on my target is a grand slam.

“I think that will be the only thing that will shut people up.

“That will be my deep motivation.”