William Shatner Bitter Over George Takei’s Wedding Snub

By Jane Ivory
14:55, October 23rd 2008
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William Shatner Bitter Over George Takei’s Wedding Snub

William Shatner has kind of interesting and definitely confusing things to say about apparently not being invited to fellow “Star Trek” cast member George Takei’s wedding last month.

“Star Trek” star William Shatner appears in a YouTube video this week bashing George Takei during the 4-minute material for not having invited him to his wedding last month. George Takei and longtime partner Brad Altman were among the first couples to take advantage of the new California law legalizing same-sex marriage.

Shatner does not explain why he waited a month before venting his anger in the video but then again, he does not explain what exactly is wrong between him and Takei either.

“The whole thing makes me feel badly, poor man,” Shatner says in a somewhat condescending tone, adding that there is “such a sickness” and a “patently obvious psychosis” there. The actor himself says he doesn’t know what Takei’s “original thing about me was.”

The rant continues, with Shatner expressing his pity for the actor who played Mr. Sulu on the 1960s sci-fi series, for the decades through which he hid his homosexuality and for Takei’s apparent dislike of him. Shatner appears to believe that Takei has spoken badly about him over the years and has complained that Capt. Kirk asked for more than his fair share of close-ups.

Takei, 71, for his part, says he most certainly invited Shatner, 77, to his wedding. In a video response posted on his website Wednesday, Takei says an invitation was sent and that it was unfortunate the actor could not attend. Altman himself told the New York Daily News that an invitation was sent to Shatner through his manager and suggested that the actor threw it out, mistaking it for junk mail.

Takei and Altman’s nuptials in mid-September occasioned a bona fide “Star Trek” reunion, as Nichelle Nichols, who portrayed Lt. Uhura, and Walter Koenig, who played Chekhov on the series, both attended. They were matron of honor and best man, respectively.

Takei first revealed his sexual orientation in 2005. Earlier this summer, when same-sex marriage was legalized, Takei posted a message on his website professing his love for his partner of more than two decades, Altman, and saying that they now could enjoy “the dignity, as well as all the responsibilities” of marriage.

Shatner, who currently stars on ABC’s “Boston Legal,” ends his video rant with one interesting comment, suggesting that perhaps he did somehow upset Takei years ago. He says he would have expected “an epiphany at some point,” where Takei realized that the reason “poor Bill Shatner” did all those “terrible” things to him was because he [Bill] was “such a lonely, desperate, unhappy man.”



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