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William Shatner is speaking out against a comment made by the editor-in-chief of Russian state-funded television news network, RT.
The station recently acquired the rights to a show hosted by Shatner titled, “I Don’t Understand”.
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Shatner took to Twitter on Friday to respond to a post by Margarita Simonyan, who is head of the network.
Let me be crystal clear. I don’t know this woman at all. In NO WAY am I going to tolerate vernacular like this. I am not political & I am angry that the head of a network would say this about me on a show they only bought for distribution. I apologize to my fans on her behalf. https://t.co/vfd6nuVUJF pic.twitter.com/WAEJGKMLxq
— William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) July 2, 2021
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In her Tweet, Simonyan said Shatner’s famous “Star Trek” character, Captain Kirk, “went over to the good side”.
In his response, Shatner wrote, “Let me be crystal clear. I don’t know this woman at all. In NO WAY am I going to tolerate vernacular like this.”
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The Canadian star continued, “I am not political & I am angry that the head of a network would say this about me on a show they only bought for distribution. I apologize to my fans on her behalf.”
The show, which sees Shatner posing questions to guests on a variety topics, is set to debut on the network later this month.