William Shatner has given fans a health update after he was rushed to the hospital.
The Star Trek legend was taken to a Los Angeles hospital on Wednesday after suffering what sources described as a medical emergency linked to his blood sugar.
The 94-year-old, who famously played Captain James T. Kirk in the cult sci-fi series and its films, called emergency services as a precaution late in the afternoon.
A Los Angeles Fire Department ambulance attended his home and took him to a local hospital, TMZ reported.
The Hollywood veteran has now reassured fans that he “overindulged” and is “perfectly fine”.
He shared a mustachioed photo of himself on Instagram on Thursday with the text: “Rumours of my demise have been greatly exaggerated.”
Shatner captioned it: “I overindulged. I thank you all for caring but I’m perfectly fine.”
His agent also told TMZ that the star was doing “good” and “resting comfortably”.
Despite his age, Shatner has remained in the spotlight, regularly appearing at conventions and working on projects linked to his Star Trek legacy.
Earlier this month, he revealed to The Telegraph that he earned nothing from the show’s lucrative re-runs.
“Nobody knew about re-runs,” he said of the original series, which aired from 1966 to 1969.
“The concept of syndication only came in after Star Trek was cancelled when someone from the unions said, “Wait a minute, you’re replaying all those films, those shows.
“There was a big strike. But in the end, the unions secured residual fees shortly after Star Trek finished, so I didn’t benefit.”
Shatner said the series paid him “very well for me in my experience up to that time” but admitted that by Hollywood standards it wasn’t much”.
The actor, who shares three daughters, Leslie, Lisabeth and Melanie, with his first wife, actress Gloria Rand, added: “But by the standards of Hollywood, not very well – and with a dissolving marriage, with three children, I was broke at that point.”
Aside from Star Trek, Shatner made history in 2021 by becoming the oldest person to travel to space on Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin rocket.
