{"id":297892,"date":"2024-04-13T12:27:45","date_gmt":"2024-04-13T17:27:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/bill-maher-drills-down-on-star-treks-controversial-interracial-kiss"},"modified":"2024-04-13T12:28:02","modified_gmt":"2024-04-13T17:28:02","slug":"bill-maher-drills-down-on-star-treks-controversial-interracial-kiss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/bill-maher-drills-down-on-star-treks-controversial-interracial-kiss","title":{"rendered":"Invoice Maher Drills Down on &#039;Star Trek&#039;s Controversial Interracial Kiss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div readability=\"50.5659276546\">\n<section id=\"cb-9f1970a932249ba9437347369a1aebe2\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-60eb6fa8-9705-4a6c-aebd-e8ca7a65de9f-1646332339-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-60eb6fa8-9705-4a6c-aebd-e8ca7a65de9f-1646332339-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/a2\/16by9\/2024\/04\/13\/a281e4a1768c49aeb2fdb1ef1f792274_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">HBO<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-9f1970a932249ba9437347369a1aebe2--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-cb9626556a4c828c7f94cd9bf4015fd5\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"24.1013513514\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/bill-maher\/\"><strong>Bill Maher<\/strong><\/a> tackled one of the most burning questions in the history of &#8220;Star Trek&#8221; Friday &#8230; and thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/william-shatner\/\"><strong>William Shatner<\/strong><\/a>, we now have our answer!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-cb9626556a4c828c7f94cd9bf4015fd5--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-04bbe4b91c94069d1dc19fbbd79b83a9\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"31\">\n<p>The &#8216;Real Time&#8217; host interviewed Shatner on his HBO show \u2013 and, at one point during their convo, Bill asked about the famous interracial kiss between Admiral James T. Kirk (white) and Lt. Nyota Uhura (Black).<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-04bbe4b91c94069d1dc19fbbd79b83a9--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-7e618ebce00fc51512da7bf63c660081\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20240413_b838e98138f544d8b6447af2121cbd02\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:e721e8e5-d24b-4cba-96be-0218e061d998\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/b8\/4by3\/2024\/04\/13\/b838e98138f544d8b6447af2121cbd02_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Nichelle on 'Star Trek'_\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-7e618ebce00fc51512da7bf63c660081--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-bf2ea71a5a59f5ad9f2c0b66a44adf60\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"32.0289855072\">\n<p>Shatner, as Kirk, planted the lip smacker on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/nichelle-nichols\/\"><strong>Nichelle Nichols<\/strong><\/a>, as Uhura, in the 1968 Star Trek episode titled, &#8220;Plato&#8217;s Stepchildren.&#8221; The moment was very controversial because NBC \u2013 which aired &#8220;Star Trek&#8221; \u2013 was afraid of turning off their conservative Southern audience.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-bf2ea71a5a59f5ad9f2c0b66a44adf60--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-e947749dc0d9a172c3398f40b1c61ee1\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"30\">\n<p>Network execs demanded the two actors never lock lips while they shot the scene, using instead a technique to suggest they were kissing by turning their heads away from the camera. But that&#8217;s not how it went down in the end.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-e947749dc0d9a172c3398f40b1c61ee1--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-e165a7d6361af9f922d98a689f262e23\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20240413_b0fce73a238244e4ac65405d68f0b2e7\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:e721e8e5-d24b-4cba-96be-0218e061d998\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/b0\/4by3\/2024\/04\/13\/b0fce73a238244e4ac65405d68f0b2e7_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"shatner on star trek\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-e165a7d6361af9f922d98a689f262e23--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-40682874aba71c467674fe3451a46e8c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29\">\n<p>Bill dove into all the drama, first commending Shatner for being &#8220;brave about it&#8221; because Southern TV stations canceled programs that attempted to promote interracial relationships.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-40682874aba71c467674fe3451a46e8c--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-fc10e7e384f3c4a6130cc241053927b6\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block canvas-gallery-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block--default  \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-fc10e7e384f3c4a6130cc241053927b6--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-355047b6fd589347626eed19b6c27d65\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"30\">\n<p>At first, Shatner made light of the situation, saying he puckered his lips before shaping his mouth into a fish for the laughing crowd.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-355047b6fd589347626eed19b6c27d65--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-d711f2e35fb4f363af1f00fba30c2eb2\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"26.1475409836\">\n<p>Then he got a bit more serious, explaining that Nichelle \u2013 who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2022\/07\/31\/nichelle-nichols-dead-dies-age-89-star-trek-uhura\/\"><strong>died in 2022<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 was a beautiful woman &#8220;in her lifetime.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-d711f2e35fb4f363af1f00fba30c2eb2--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-fc6cfb276c66c4654dbf149fda950436\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block canvas-youtube-video-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block--default  \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-fc6cfb276c66c4654dbf149fda950436--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-428c1ea42e44857900be83594854c645\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"28\">\n<p>Bill then turned to the big question &#8230; Would the kiss have appeared in the scene if Shatner had not insisted on doing it?<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-428c1ea42e44857900be83594854c645--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-e5b32c9b85f532241ba438ec1a210fd6\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29\">\n<p>Shatner didn&#8217;t miss a beat, replying, &#8220;It would have not got done.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-e5b32c9b85f532241ba438ec1a210fd6--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-157234d0a67f0e1c65229a288742c1b2\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block canvas-gallery-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block--default  \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-157234d0a67f0e1c65229a288742c1b2--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-56f695e9ff96f2a2d40d2a859c5179e9\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29\">\n<p>Bill heartily applauded along with the audience, acknowledging Shatner&#8217;s boldness in breaking barriers during that period.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-56f695e9ff96f2a2d40d2a859c5179e9--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-16cd12f4d29f9b979cd4977f823f9e5c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Mystery solved!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-16cd12f4d29f9b979cd4977f823f9e5c--><\/p><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2024\/04\/13\/bill-maher-william-shatner-star-trek-interracial-kiss-nichelle-nichols\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Play video content HBO Bill Maher tackled one of the most burning questions in the history of &#8220;Star Trek&#8221; 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