William Shatner explains the feud with George Takei

Takei: "I've worked with Bill Shatner off and on for fifty years and it's like he genuinely doesn't know who I am." Shatner: "I've worked with George Takei off and on for fifty years and I genuinely don't know who he is." Seems pretty straightforward.

I met William Shatner as a kid at the Albert Hall in 96. He was warm, funny and just himself. When I got his autograph, he gave a 14 year old kid 30 seconds of his time, as did Leonard Nimoy. It's a memory I treasure. Thanks Bill.

Shatner doesn't mean he don't know who George Takei is. He knows his name, his face and what character he played and all that. It is George Takei as a person he don't know.

Takei is just full of himself. He's made himself a brand, every aspect of his life is political and self glorifying. He picks fights to build himself up at the expense of others who are arguably more famous and beloved. That's called ENVY.

Notice here, that Shatner never resorted to Ad Hominem. He explained the whole thing from his point of view and never once attacked Takei in any way. Didn't call him names, didn't besmirch his character. Now, listen to Takei talk about Shatner and it's a very different story. Now, I don't know who is and who isn't telling the truth and to what degree. I have no way to verify what each of them say about each other. But, I am naturally going to lean my belief toward the one who isn't acting like a child in a school playground.

I've heard George take stabs at Shatner and other people many times, but I've never heard Shatner taking a stab at George. I think that says a lot tbh.

I was in the audience for this. I never miss Shatner at a convention, I always skip Takei.

TAKEI: We have an ongoing decades-long bitter feud! SHATNER: Which one are you, again?

Dont know about any of the others but I once met Nichelle Nichols in Chicago about 5 years ago...In a Seven Eleven ...she was beautiful...stunning really...she took the time to speak with me and allowed me to take a selfie with her...after 4 or 5 minutes of amazing conversation she said she had to go and loved talking with me...she then leaned forward hugged me and kissed me on the cheek...what an extraordinary woman...

I’ve been to separate conventions with both Shatner and Takei. Shatner had the largest venue and talked positives. Takei had the smallest room and talked negatives. The feud in a nutshell.

Whatever appearance Shatner makes, whatever show he hosts, it's always a ray of sunshine. It always lifts up the whole endeavour. He seems like a class act, and I believe him.

I am a fan of Leonard Nimoy; I respect him in how he acts on and off screen. That he thinks of Shatner as a friend, makes me also trust his judgement of Shatner's character. By the same token, Nimoy does not seem to think of Takei as a friend and that says a lot.

Judging by the level of camera shake in this video, this must have been recorded during the largest and most intense space combat of all Star Trek history

I've been an actress for decades. Mostly Theatre, some film and tv. It' is true what Bill Shatner said - you're there to WORK. Show up on time, know your lines, understand the scene, do your homework re your character and their background, know what your intentions are etc. IF you have time to make friends, great. But you're not there to make friends. Sometimes you do make friends, and then there are those who are never more than acquaintances. Theatre is different, in that you rehearse for weeks together before performing. Film or tv? You may not have any scenes together at all. I've done films where I had a few scenes, worked with a handful of actors...and I was done. Never met the rest of the Cast because we never were in any scenes together. Bill Shatner was the star of Star Trek, was married, 3 daughters, divorced (I think) prior to or during the 3rd season. Being the star (or one of the stars) means a lot of pressure. Rightly or wrongly, the star feels the success of the show rests on their shoulders. Shatner had a lot to worry about, other than making friends. Whatever issues George Takei had should have been dealt with years ago. He needs to get over it and move on.

after reading some of Takei's tweets, I am totally on Bill's side with this.

Another less known fact is that when Takei took a role in THE GREEN BERETS film during TREK season two, he was off for most of that season and thus Walter Koenig was brought in as Chekov. When Takei returned, he was very resentful of Koenig being his "replacement" and pretty much treated him like shit for quite some time afterwards according to Koenig himself. It seems it wasnt all the cast having a problem with Shatner at the time was quite true as they would have it. Also, they were the supporting cast-period. The series leads, as you see in the main credits, were Shatner, Nimoy and Deforest Kelly and they got along and saw each other socially off camera. Nimoy didnt hang out with Takei, Nichols, Doohan or Koenig either nor did Deforest Kelly and yet you dont see them bitching about them..it's a lot of sour grapes because they werent the main focus of the show. Bottom line: they wouldnt even be known now, if it werent for Shatner, Nimoy and Kelly making the show what it was and they seem to forget that.

I had the pleasure of working with Shatner on many occasions, and I worked with Takei on one occasion. They were both very nice people. Sometimes people just don't get along with each other. It happens.

I have always respected William Shatner, and more so now.

And now at age 90 Shatner's been to space, and Takei is even more bitter than he was before. I guess the world owes him a flight too (sarcasm mode).

What a Gentleman William Shatner is! "Don't know him?" Biggest insult to Takei ever!