William Shatner fired back at his fellow Star Trek alum George Takei for his criticism over Shatner going to space at the age of 90.
The spat is reigniting a decades-long feud that began on the set of the 1960s sci-fi show.
Asked about his thoughts on William Shatner's trip 62 miles above the surface of the Earth on Wednesday, Takei said: 'He's boldly going where other people have gone before,' mocking Shatner's popular phrase as Captain Kirk.
'He's a guinea pig, 90 years old and it's important to find out what happens,' Takei added during the Broadway opening of Thoughts of a Colored Man on Wednesday night, according to Page Six.
'So 90 years old is going to show a great deal more on the wear and tear on the human body, so he'll be a good specimen to study. Although he's not the fittest specimen of 90 years old, so he'll be a specimen that's unfit!'
Shatner, in a tweet referencing the comments, responded succinctly.
'Don’t hate George,' Shatner wrote. 'The only time he gets press is when he talks bad about me. He claims 50+ years ago I took away a camera angle that denied him 30 more seconds of prime time TV. I’m giving it back to him now by letting him spew his hatred for the world to see! Bill the [pig emoji].'
William Shatner fired back at his fellow Star Trek alum George Takei for his criticism over Shatner going to space at the age of 90
The spat is reigniting a decades-long feud between Shatner and Takei (pictured) that began on the set of the 1960s sci-fi show
!['Don’t hate George,' Shatner wrote. 'The only time he gets press is when he talks bad about me. He claims 50+ years ago I took away a camera angle that denied him 30 more seconds of prime time TV. I’m giving it back to him now by letting him spew his hatred for the world to see! Bill the [pig emoji].'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/10/16/05/49241359-10098163-image-a-10_1634358631931.jpg)
'Don’t hate George,' Shatner wrote. 'The only time he gets press is when he talks bad about me. He claims 50+ years ago I took away a camera angle that denied him 30 more seconds of prime time TV. I’m giving it back to him now by letting him spew his hatred for the world to see! Bill the [pig emoji].'
Shatner, 90, (second from left) became the oldest person in space after three minutes of weightlessness aboard a Blue Origin rocket on Wednesday
Shatner and newly minted astronauts Chris Boshuizen, Glen de Vries and Audrey Powers spent three minutes in weightlessness aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket earlier that day.
Shatner became the oldest person in space, eclipsing the previous
