Late Wednesday night, a report from TMZ about William Shatner being “rushed to the hospital” after a “medical emergency” sparked alarming headlines across the world. But by Thursday morning, things de-escalated with representatives of the 94-year-old Star Trek legend denying reports he was hospitalized and clarifying he had “issues with blood sugar.” Now, the man himself has issued a statement to calm his fans. TrekMovie has also confirmed he hasn’t changed his upcoming appearance plans, including the ones he has planned for this weekend.

“I’m perfectly fine”

On Thursday morning, a post on William Shatner’s X (formerly Twitter) account explained he “over indulged,” but assured his fans he was “perfectly fine.” Shatner also warned against believing tabloids and AI. Shatner’s post also memed himself with the message “rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated!”

I over indulged. I thank you all for caring but I’m perfectly fine. I keep telling you all: don’t trust tabloids or AI! 😉 pic.twitter.com/p1jC202kAx

— William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) September 25, 2025

The image in the post was of Shatner as Mark Twain in a 2015 episode of Murdoch Mysteries.

Keeping busy

A representative for Shatner tells TrekMovie “He doesn’t have time to be sick!” TrekMovie has confirmed that Shatner is still planning to appear this weekend at the FanX convention in Salt Lake City, UT. He is also planning to appear at GalaxyCon in St Louis, MO in two weeks and at Creation’s Trek Tour Chicago event in November. He also has several stops for his Wrath of Khan tour in that same month.

And this is all following several appearances over the summer at events like Fan Expo Denver, STLV: Trek To Vegas, starting with Dragon Con on Memorial Day Weekend. He also just headlined Creation’s STNJ earlier this month.

William Shatner at STNJ 2025 (Photo: Brandon Edling)

Bill is also set to to go on a grand voyage to the Galapagos with a collection of astronauts, scientists, and more for the Space 2 Sea Galapagos cruise. That sets sail November 1st.

I’m excited to be headed for the Galapagos Islands 🏝️ in a few weeks. 🙌🏻 I’m gonna enjoy these 👇🏻 peoples’ intelligence, taste and conversation.

If you are interested in the full details of where we are going, check out https://t.co/K0GrgogbQV pic.twitter.com/gef0K9qcRE

— William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) September 4, 2025

Shatner’s schedule will not slow down in 2026, already set for multiple events, including headlining the STLV: Trek To Vegas convention in August, celebrating the 60th anniversary of Star Trek. He will also be filming Family Tree, a new Christmas-themed film dramedy, starring along Tom Bergeron

Keep on Trekkin’ Bill!

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