In 2021, the legendary face behind Captain James T. Kirk, William Shatner, revealed to People he had never seen an episode of “Star Trek.” “I have never watched ‘Star Trek,'” he said. “There are many episodes I don’t know, there are some movies I don’t know.” However, he did end up directing and watching one of the movies, “Star Trek V: The Final Frontier.” Shatner went on to explain, “I had to watch that one. But it’s all painful because I don’t like the way I look and what I do.”

Trekkies took to Twitter to express their shock and disbelief. But the “Rescue 911” star has reiterated that he greatly respects the impact of “Star Trek.” In fact, he sees the show as a beacon of hope during such trying times. In 2021, he told People TV’s “Couch Surfing” that the adventures of the Enterprise were as popular as ever because it seems that humanity is on the “verge of extinction” in the midst of the world’s environmental issues.

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“‘Star Trek’ says, ‘Hey! We exist 400 years from now and we exist so there’s hope,'” he told the outlet. “I think that’s what the audience gets — is the hope. That’s the message of ‘Star Trek’ and that’s why I think ‘Star Trek’ is popular.”