Celebrity Ass of the Week: William Shatner
He’s been one before, he’s sure to be one again, but William Shatner is such a self-involved, self-deluded asshole.
The real life alter ego of Captain James T. Kirk posted a video on his web site bitching because his former co-star George Takei didn’t invite him to the wedding. Walter Koenig (Chekov) was the best man and Nichelle Nichols (Uhurua) was the matron of honor. Leonard Nimoy was invited, but Shatner was not. Okay, perhaps not in the best taste to invite everyone from the cast except Shatner. But come on, it’s his wedding. I’m in a perpetual state of war with one of the reporters in the newsroom (long story involving balloons and then a haunted house debacle) and, believe me, if the whole staff except me was invited to her wedding, I’d feel a bit hurt and awkward, but I’d kind of expect it.
Shatner, 77, acts more like a 7-year-old by calling Takei a “poor man” and saying he has a “sickness” and “It’s so patently obvious that there is a psychosis there. I don’t know what his original thing about me was. I have no idea.”
Dude, you just don’t get along. That’s fine. The video itself notes that Takei said he was often annoyed with Shatnerfor pressuring directors to do close-ups of Capt. Kirk, even when the dialogue focused on other characters. Shatner himself admits that they are “in effect a total stranger(s)” and says he pities him.
Shatner said he really never knew Takei when they worked together on the original TV series and later in the “Star Trek” films. And in another case of making everything all about him, Shatner seems to indicate that Takei’s hidden homosexuality put the barrier between them.
I know what it is: You’re an ass.
And the thing is that Takei says Shatner was invited to the wedding back in September, but he never RSVPed.
“It is unfortunate that Bill was unable to join us for our wedding as he indeed was invited to attend,” Takei responded. “It is our hope that at this point he joins us in voting no on Proposition 8, which seeks to eliminate the fundamental right for same-sex couples to marry in California.”
Shatner obviously gets to decide what he wants to talk about on “The Shatner Project” and this is his topic of choice more than a month later? On You Tube?
The entire video series reeks of egotism and self-delusion that makes me want to not invite Shatner to my wedding and send out press releases about it.
You, William Shatner, and your ego-centric, rude and impolite behavior that lingers in the cess pool of poor taste have made you the Celebrity Ass of the Week.
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