William Shatner launches attack on former Star Trek co-star George Takei (Sulu)

London Telegraph ^ | 10/22/08 | Ben Leach

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Star Trek legend William Shatner has launched an astonishing attack on former co-star George Takei, calling him "sick" and "psychotic".

In an internet video clip the former Captain Kirk said nobody cared when Takei, who played Mr Sulu in the sci-fi series, finally came out as gay in 2005.

Shatner launched the attack after Takei announced that Shatner would not be invited to his gay wedding last month.

Takei has admitted harbouring ill-feelings towards his former co-star, who, he claims has a huge ego and hogged the limelight while on Star Trek.

Shatner says in the video: "The whole thing makes me feel badly, poor man. There is such a sickness there.

(snip)

But he has continued to speak badly about me for all these years. Obviously, hiding his homosexuality - talk about festering and not living the truth of your life and feeling badly about yourself - and being fearful somebody would find out about this terrible, terrible secret, so he thought.

"Finally at the age of, I think, 70, he decides to come out of the closet and say, "I'm gay".

"Like, who cares? Be gay. Don't be gay. That's up to you George."

(snip)

"I presume he can remember all these terrible thing I must have done when I said 'Hello' or something to him.

"You would think he had this epiphany and say - because he and I don't have many years left in this world - 'I wish him well. I'm so happy that I wish him well'.

"But instead what he does is he makes this big deal about not inviting me to his wedding.

(snip)

"It's sad. I feel nothing but pity for him."

[Citizen Blade]

Shatner always had a big ego. But when the Star Trek movies started up, he did make a point of bringing all of the original cast members along. I mean, did the Star Trek movies really need Chekov and Sulu?

I think this article is a little overblown- I don’t see Shatner as launching an attack on anyone. He just seems to be responding to a lot of crap that’s been thrown at him by some of his castmates over the years.

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

Depends on your definition of what a "B" movie is today.

The old fashioned way, budget.

[ExSoldier]

The old fashioned way, budget.

Again, I'm making the distinction of time and history. When it was made the OK Corral was probably "big budget" for that time period. TODAY, it's peanuts. So when I see the movie in the lineup on TNT for a western movie marathon I believe I can say correctly, it's a "B" movie. Why are we having this argument? Let's just agree to disagree!