Legendary Star Trek actor William Shatner wasn't going to wait around, hoping that fans would ignore all the fake stories claiming that he had stage IV glioblastoma, a dangerous type of brain cancer. Instead, he took to social media to sound the alarm that he's neither dying nor sick.
"There is a page on [Facebook] that is using AI to create horrible fake news stories about me," Shatner wrote on X on April 2. "The page is by The Beanstalk Functions Group which is allegedly an Event Planner in South Africa. They have created stories that say I have stage 4 brain cancer, was in some kind of fight with Erika Kirk and that I’m dying."
I wanted to put this out yesterday but given the day and the possibility that it would look like a joke I waited for today. There is a page on @facebook that is using AI to create horrible fake news stories about me. The page is by The Beanstalk Functions Group which is… pic.twitter.com/q0zjSjYkMy
— William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) April 2, 2026Shatner claimed that he had already contacted both Facebook and Guillermo Rauch, the CEO of Versel, which manages the open-source web framework Next.js, where the stories originated. However, the false stories have continued to circulate.
He explained that the photos were AI-generated images of him, and then posted several pictures of the offending stories. "They apparently seem genuine enough for fans to repost them across social media and send messages of support to me and my family all while the culprits behind the account make money," he added.
He reminded his fans and followers that, unless they hear it directly from him or one of his verified accounts, "take it with a grain of salt."
Several hours later, he shared a photo showing him sitting on a patio, smiling, and looking decidedly not ill. "My daughter came over to tell me her daughter heard that I had brain cancer," he captioned the photo. "She took this photo and sent it to me to upload to prove I'm not ill."
View this post on InstagramThanks in part to the more than 130,000 people who read his story on X, not counting the other accounts where he posted it, Facebook finally listened and took action. Andy Stone, Meta's communications manager, responded to Shatner's post with a Star Trek pun, writing, "Our apologies for not moving at warp 7 or faster, Mr. Shatner. The page is now down."
Luckily, the 95-year-old has plenty of people looking out for him, including his devoted fans. Unfortunately, this isn't the first time he's had to refute reports that he's sick or on his deathbed, and it most likely won't be the last.
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