{"id":1739496,"date":"2022-11-15T08:03:25","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T13:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1739496"},"modified":"2022-11-15T11:04:19","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T16:04:19","slug":"william-shatner-91-eviscerates-former-star-trek-co-stars-for-attacking-him-they-are-full-of-envy-and-hate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/william-shatner-91-eviscerates-former-star-trek-co-stars-for-attacking-him-they-are-full-of-envy-and-hate\/","title":{"rendered":"William Shatner, 91, Eviscerates Former \u201cStar Trek\u201d Co-Stars for Attacking Him \u2013 \u201cThey Are Full of Envy and Hate\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwilliam-shatner-91-eviscerates-former-star-trek-co-stars-for-attacking-him-they-are-full-of-envy-and-hate%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1739496&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.14-06.41-themixnet-63728bef9c2bd.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>William Shatner is lashing out at his former \u201cStar Trek\u201d co-stars who have publicly criticized him for his behavior on the set of the 1960s television series.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">William Shatner,Star Trek(TV Series) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Bh5v9SN5Jj\">pic.twitter.com\/Bh5v9SN5Jj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 peterkidder (@peterkidder) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/peterkidder\/status\/1590103518060646400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3><strong>\u2018They Were Doing It For Publicity\u2019<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-11417459\/William-Shatner-91-says-former-Star-Trek-stars-criticise-publicity.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Mail<\/a> reported that Shatner, 91, claimed that his co-stars only publicly attack him \u201cfor the publicity.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSixty years after some incident they are still on that track. Don\u2019t you think that\u2019s a little weird? It\u2019s like a sickness,\u201d Shatner told <a class href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/william-shatner-george-takei-has-never-stopped-blackening-my-name-it-s-like-a-sickness-l9f5cclsf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\">The Times<\/a>. \u201cI began to understand that they were doing it for publicity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This comes after George Takei, who played\u00a0Hikaru Sulu on \u201cStar Trek,\u201d spoke out against Shatner recently being sent into space thanks to the billionaire Jeff Bezos. This didn\u2019t sit well with Takei, who said that Shatner was only being sent as a \u201cguinea pig\u201d to test out the impact space would have on an \u201cunfit\u201d specimen.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a guinea pig, 90 years old and it\u2019s important to find out what happens,\u201d Takei told <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2021\/10\/14\/star-trek-star-george-takei-slams-william-shatners-spaceflight\/\">Page Six<\/a>\u00a0last year.\u00a0\u201cSo 90 years old is going to show a great deal more on the wear and tear on the human body, so he\u2019ll be a good specimen to study. Although he\u2019s not the fittest specimen of 90 years old, so he\u2019ll be a specimen that\u2019s unfit!\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"email-signup inarticle\">\n<h4>Subscribe and get our daily emails and follow us on social media.<\/h4>\n<div class=\"terms-privacy\">\n<p>By opting in, you agree to receive emails with the latest in Lifestyle + Entertainment from TellMeNow. Your information will not be shared with or sold to 3rd parties.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Shatner fired back at Takei for this in his latest interview.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGeorge [Takei] has never stopped blackening my name,\u201d Shatner said. \u201cThese people are bitter and embittered. I have run out of patience with them. Why give credence to people consumed by envy and hate?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Takei, who remains very active on social media to this day, has yet to respond to this.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">William Shatner: *has a nice day*<\/p>\n<p>George Takei: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P5Cf5q9vsv\">pic.twitter.com\/P5Cf5q9vsv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Plippy McGee (Parody?) (@Plipster) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Plipster\/status\/1449368137808371717?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themix.net\/2022\/03\/william-shatner-turns-91-years-old-fans-wish-him-happy-birthday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">William Shatner Turns 91 Years Old \u2013 Fans Wish Him Happy Birthday<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>\u2018I Was Horrified\u2019<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Shatner has previously said that he was devastated when his\u00a0late co-star\u00a0Nichelle Nichols, who played Lieutenant Ulhura, accused him of being \u201ccold and arrogant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018I was horrified to learn this, ashamed that I hadn\u2019t realised it,\u201d Shatner wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Boldly-Go-Reflections-Life-Wonder\/dp\/1668007320\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in a memoir<\/a> released last month.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Though he isn\u2019t close to his former co-stars, Shatner still has fond memories of his time on \u201cStar Trek.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere is a group of people you get to love going on an adventure that, although unusual, harkens back to things that happen on Earth,\u201d Shatner said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2022\/tv\/news\/william-shatner-slams-star-trek-stars-hate-me-publicity-1235432060\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Variety<\/a>. \u201cThe futurist stories we told were really human stories with a twist. People loved the stories, they loved the characters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Shatner doesn\u2019t watch \u201cStar Trek\u201d reruns, he does enjoy going to fan conventions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI enjoy the conventions when I am on stage fielding questions,\u201d Shatner said. \u201cI have acquired a way of doing this hour so that it becomes a kind of mutual distribution of information. The fans are interesting, it\u2019s part of the reason why I go.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">R.I.P to the beautiful Nichelle Nichols who will always be known by us Sci fi fans as Uhura her and William Shatner shared the first interracial kiss in television history <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StarTrek?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StarTrek<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vr3nDTI9zK\">pic.twitter.com\/vr3nDTI9zK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Richard B. (@COOLLANEHERO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/COOLLANEHERO\/status\/1553818175220977665?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 31, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themix.net\/2022\/08\/william-shatner-honors-star-trek-actress-nichelle-nichols-after-she-dies-at-89\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">William Shatner Honors \u2018Star Trek\u2019 Actress Nichelle Nichols After She Dies At 89<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Shatner Talks Space<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Shatner previously opened up about the immense grief he felt when he went to space last year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was crying,\u201d Shatner told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2022\/10\/23\/1130482740\/william-shatner-jeff-bezos-space-travel-overview-effect\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NPR<\/a>. \u201cI didn\u2019t know what I was crying about. I had to go off some place and sit down and think, what\u2019s the matter with me? And I realized I was in grief.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was the death that I saw in space and the lifeforce that I saw coming from the planet \u2014 the blue, the beige and the white,\u201d he added. \u201cAnd I realized one was death and the other was life.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">William Shatner surprisingly moving this morning talking on BBC1 about his real-life trip to space. He felt with sudden certainty that the never-ending darkness above was death, and the blue planet below was life, and that we all have to nurture life on Earth while we still can. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ddVLqGvbXU\">pic.twitter.com\/ddVLqGvbXU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Peter Wakelin (@PeterWakelin1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PeterWakelin1\/status\/1589197712398110721?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Whether Shatner\u2019s former co-stars like him or not, there\u2019s no denying that he\u2019s a true icon who is beloved by millions of fans. Hopefully he doesn\u2019t let the hate from his former \u201cStar Trek\u201d co-stars drag him down too much!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>William Shatner is lashing out at his former \u201cStar Trek\u201d co-stars who have publicly criticized him for his behavior on the set of the 1960s television series. 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