WILIAM SHATNER SAYS he loved Leonard Nimoy, who died last week, “like a brother”.

So he’s taken criticism over missing the Star Trek’s actor’s funeral to heart. Shatner explained over the weekend that he would be missing the service as he had decided to honour a commitment to a Red Cross charity event instead.

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While some fans supported Shatner’s decision, and his representation at the funeral by his two daughters, others criticised his absence.

And the eighty-three-year-old hasn’t taken it lying down.

This headline published by the New York Daily News did not go unnoticed:

Shatner explained that there simply wasn’t a flight available to return him to LA in time for the 9am service yesterday morning.

He tackled this radio host for suggesting he take a private jet to get to the service on time.

Schnitt offered to make a donation to the Red Cross if Shatner appeared on his radio show, and the whole situation turned a little nasty, with Shatner’s fans piling on in support.

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Shatner, who played Captain Kirk alongside Nimoy’s Spock took to Twitter again yesterday to invite fans to share their questions and memories about his late friend, in a session he called “healing”.

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