George Takei Calls Out William Shatner Over 'Star Trek' Co-Star Comments; Calls Him A 'Cantankerous Old Man'

George Takei is hitting back at William Shatner‘s recent comments about his former co-stars on Star Trek.

If you missed it, William, 90, opened up about how he found out about what his co-stars really thought of him in his new memoir, saying that most found him cold and arrogant on the set, and in an interview, added that them bringing his name into conversations now is like a “sickness”.

He personally named George in the article, saying, “George has never stopped blackening my name. These people are bitter and embittered. I have run out of patience with them. Why give credence to people consumed by envy and hate?”

Now, George is speaking out about it.

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George told The Guardian in a new interview of his own that he’s done with talking about William in the future.

“I know he came to London to promote his book and talked about me wanting publicity by using his name. So I decided I don’t need his name to get publicity,” he said. “I have much more substantial subject matter that I want to get publicity for, so I’m not going to refer to [Shatner] in this interview at all. Although I just did.”

George added, “He’s just a cantankerous old man and I’m going to leave him to his devices. I’m not going to play his game.”

The feud between George and William has been going on for a while.

Late last year, George took to social media to slam William‘s decision to go to space. While William admitted it wasn’t all it was cracked up to be, he didn’t regret it.