One thing about William Shatner is that he's never afraid to offer his opinion. After rumors surfaced this year about him returning to Star Trek, a fan asked why his character was ever killed off in the first place. Shatner wasted no time responding to a critic of his decision to participate in Generations despite knowing how James T. Kirk died, and was pretty sassy about it.
Shatner is still active on X and will occasionally interact with fans who ask him various things about Star Trek. Unfortunately, one fan made the mistake of asking why the Kirk actor "agreed" to let his character be killed off in Generations, and Shatner pointed out there was little other choice for him to say otherwise:
