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Beam Me Up, Shatner! Star Trek Legend Dispels Wild Shoulder Shatter Tale!

By 3/13/2026
Beam Me Up, Shatner! Star Trek Legend Dispels Wild Shoulder Shatter Tale!

Captain Kirk to the rescue! William Shatner, the stellar 94-year-old celeb, astral projected onto Instagram to vaporize pesky rumors of a 'shattered' shoulder. Reporting for duty, Shatner zapped the tabloid buzz—spun out of a horse-riding hiccup—as pure fiction, labelling his recent operation a 'routine procedure.' Despite the gossip gravity pull, the intrepid actor confirmed he’s boldly going where fans await, gearing up for a fan event in Cleveland. And whaddya know, the space cowboy turns 95 on March 22! At a recent Saturn Awards confab, Shatner, always the cosmic comedian, had galactic groupies in fits describing his equestrian escapade and 'reverse something-or-other' shoulder surgery. But he wasn't shy admitting that his stuntman days are light years behind him. This health hiccup is just one in a series of challenging missions for Shatner, who's laughed in the face of exaggerated 'demise' reports and braved a stage 4 melanoma showdown. Still, this space voyager keeps his phasers set to ‘engage’ with Trekkies galaxy-wide. Remember folks, in the tabloid cosmos, fact is often stranger (but not as fun) as fiction!

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