William Shatner held a Twitter funeral today for Leonard Nimoy but also got into a fight with radio host Todd Schnitt after he supposedly offered him a jet donation.
Star Trek fans had called for a jet to be sent to help Shatner get back to LA from Florida which got the attention of conservative talk radio host Todd Schnitt who reached out to Shatner about a private jet hire.
Dearest @WilliamShatner, Commendable you kept Red Cross commitment, but was noting there was ample time to charter a jet to Nimoy funeral.
— Todd Schnitt (@toddschnitt) March 1, 2015
And yes, Mr. @WilliamShatner if money is an issue for you, I would have paid for your flight. I will have a quote on KPBI to KVNY shortly.
— Todd Schnitt (@toddschnitt) March 1, 2015
Shatner got the message but realized that the email he received wasn't an offer to help him out.
.@toddschnitt @THR I must have missed your email about underwriting the arrangement and payment for this.
— William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) March 1, 2015
The actor then decided to block the radio host on Twitter and asked for him to donate the money he was supposedly going to fork out for the flight to the Red Cross in Nimoy's memory.
Oh no! @WilliamShatner BLOCKED me on Twitter. Please Tweet him, tell Bill we want to talk to him on @WOR710 Mon morn,make Red Cross donation
— Todd Schnitt (@toddschnitt) March 1, 2015
So has Mr. Moneybags @toddschnitt made his donation yet to the @RedCross? A jet from FL to LA is about $30K in the name of #LeonardNimoy pls
— William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) March 1, 2015
.@WOR710 should be ashamed of having @toddschnitt as an employee. #LeonardNimoy
— William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) March 1, 2015
Despite not being able to go to Leonard Nimoy's funeral today, William Shatner's daughters are said to be attending. In the last few hours Shatner held a Q and A with the fans and spoke passionately about his friend in what was billed as a 'Twitter funeral'.
I do want to thank everyone for coming here and sharing their memories and celebrating the life of #LeonardNimoy LLAP! MBB
— William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) March 1, 2015
We now wait to see whether a Red Cross donation will be made from Todd Schnitt and acknowledged by William Shatner (or not).
UPDATE: William Shatner has just landed in LA and will make it to Nimoy's funeral after all.
