As we mentioned last month, former Star Trek star George Takei, better remembered as Sulu, will be marrying his longtime boyfriend of 21 years later this September.
And ,although you would assume he’d be inviting all of his former Star Trek co-stars, there’s one name who won’t make the list, as usual.
William Shatner!
Poor guy, it must suck to be him. He never gets invited anywhere. He wasn’t even invited to make a cameo in the new Star Trek film!
Talk about a major snub!
As for not being invited to the wedding, Brad Altman, Takei’s partner, tells the AP radio, “We have only 200 seats. Our contact list has, like, 3,500 names, so we have to whittle it down and I don’t know if William Shatner is going to make the cut.”
Takei and Shatner have had their disagreements in the past. Especially with Takei and other cast members getting annoyed by Shatner’s constant pressuring of the directors to have several close-ups of Captain Kirk. Even when the dialogue didn’t include him!
Classic!
Takei has said, “One or two times, you know, is fine. But when it happens almost regularly, it gets to be a little irritating.”
But despite the past, Takei has stated, “No one could have created the character Capt. Kirk the way he brought his singular metabolism to the character.”
Well put.
We’re behind Takei, though. You’re wedding day is an intimate affair. You should only invite those close to you that mean the most.
Besides, they probably didn’t want Shatner harassing the wedding photographers to take only close-up pictures of him!
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