Star Trek William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy Feud ‘Sad and Unfortunate’

Leonard Nimoy’s son says he knows why his late father stopped talking Star Trek co-star William Shatner in the year before his death.

Both men played legendary characters in the Star Trek franchise, with Captain Shatner Kirk leading the crew of the Starship Enterprise through three seasons on television in the 1960s and seven. Star Trek movies. Leonard Nimoy played Kirk’s second in command, Spock, for almost 50 years.

In January 2014, Nimoy revealed that he had been diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and on February 25, 2015, he died of complications from the disease. Unfortunately, Nimoy and Shatner had fallen out before their deaths.

During the interview with Page Six about his new book, “The Most Human Man: Reconciliation with My Father, Leonard Nimoy,” Adam Nimoy shares his insight into the two men’s long-standing feud.

Newsweek Emailed Shatner and Adam Nimoy’s publicists for further comment on Monday.

“I understand why,” Adam Nimoy said of the reason for the dispute, before saying he planned “sleeping dogs lie.

“It’s unfortunate, it’s sad, you know, but it is what it is, you know. There’s nothing I can do, there’s nothing I can do, and I love Bill.

“But they have very, you know-I can say, I will say, that they have a very challenging relationship alone. Although there are times when they are really beautiful, I think, together.”

Adam Nimoy then said that he and his brother had heard stories about two actors arguing while in the Star Trek set, so they were shocked when Leonard Nimoy referred to his former co-star as his “best friend” in his biography.

“Julie and I were scratching our heads like … you’ve been beating your head with Bill, your whole professional life,” he said.

“And now there’s some reconciliation and it’s beautiful, but it’s just not. He just can’t sustain it. And that’s unfortunate.”

Just a few days after Leonard Nimoy died, Shatner took to X, which was before Twitter, to express his grief, writing on February 27, 2015: “I love him like a brother. We will all miss his humor, talent, and ability to love .”

ex Boston Legal The star did not attend the funeral of Leonard Nimoy, he said he had a previous charity commitment to fulfill a Red Cross fundraiser at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago.

In his 2016 book, “Leonard: My Fifty-Year Friendship with a Good Man,” Shatner revealed that he and Nimoy haven’t spoken in the past five years. Shatner also theorized that the feud could be because he was made a film for Nimoy Star Trek-related documents without permission, but this has not been confirmed or denied.

Then in the 2020 memoir, “Live Forever And …: What I Learned Along The Way,” Shatner went into more detail about the friendship and the funeral.

“It was made clear to me that I am not welcome at his funeral. That is painful,” he wrote. “I have a simple reason. My closest friend is Leonard Nimoy. We were born four days apart and raised in Orthodox Jewish homes. We were together throughout our careers. I love Leonard, and he considers me his brother.

“But at the end of his life, and for reasons I still don’t know, he wasn’t my friend. I would call him and he wouldn’t answer the phone or send me any messages. He died and I didn’t feel it. welcome to his funeral.”

When Shatner said Entertainment Tonight in October 2022, he claimed he did not know the reason for the crack.

“I don’t know what happened. He won’t answer my phone, I wrote him a letter carefully that I love him and I expect him, because he died. I want to see him, and I’m sick. , and so broken ,” he said.

However, some solace came from Nimoy’s daughter Julie, who Shatner said said her father loved her.

Shatner added: “There are people who say they know people who are sick and they don’t want to see anybody, because they’re sick, and I want to say that’s the reason.”