There’s no need to worry about William Shatner, the actor himself confirmed.
“I over indulged. I thank you all for caring but I’m perfectly fine,” Shatner, 94, captioned an Instagram post on Thursday, September 25, after reportedly being hospitalized. “I keep telling you all: don’t trust tabloids or AI!”
The actor posted a meme of himself that reads, “Rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated!” (The message refers to a slightly misquoted line from late author Mark Twain, whom Shatner is dressed up as in the image.)
It was widely reported that Shatner had been rushed to the hospital on Wednesday, September 24, following an issue with his blood sugar.
TMZ broke the news, reporting that Shatner had been taken to the hospital from his Los Angeles home to get checked out. (Us Weekly reached out to Shatner’s rep at the time.)
The apparent medical mishap came months after Shatner spoke candidly to Us Weekly about some “bad habits” that he indulges in.
“Staying up too late at night,” he said at the time. “Sometimes I’ll record something during the day [that] I want to watch at night, and by the time I’ve finished watching, it’s 2 o’clock in the morning.”
He quipped, “I think the trick is, apparently, to get six [or] seven hours of sleep, hopefully at a regular time.”
Shatner rose to fame for playing Captain James T. Kirk in the Star Trek franchise, a role he debuted in 1966. (He appeared in seven Star Trek movies along with various TV shows.)
He even cosigned the recent continuation of the franchise.
“It’s phenomenal,” Shatner told Us in January. “It’s like [a] good seed being planted all over.”
The Star Trek universe has “sufficient possibilities of growth,” he explained. “Once some writers get a hold of it, they can invent all kinds of wondrous things.”
Shatner was also baffled that the franchise has lasted for 60 years.
“This show is just phenomenal,” he said. “It’ll be really in our lifetime, impossible to repeat, because it would take some entertainment to exist for 60 years from now to equal what Star Trek has done. We won’t be alive then.”
The following month, Shatner won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 52nd annual Saturn Awards in February for his famous character.
“It’s an honor that I’m delighted to receive,” Shatner told Us of the honor. “I’ve watched with delight how the organization has grown [over the years], and for them to go back and do a Lifetime Achievement Award, that’s great.”