George says he’s willing to mend fences with his former co-star, as long as his chum — shock jock Howard Stern — is there to mediate.

“Bill is an energetic guy who likes to be in the spotlight,” George, who played Sulu on the original series, explained in a video interview with The Associated Press Wednesday. “However, strangely, when any of us – the rest of us invite him to things we are doing; throwing a party or one of us are getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame or anything that we want to celebrate – birthdays – we’re there to celebrate, congratulate and enjoy each other – except Bill,” he added.

“Bill’s never shown up. It’s very strange because he enjoys the limelight and yet he doesn’t like the limelight to be shared with colleagues from Star Trek.”

The actor says he thinks he’s found “neutral” ground for them to settle their dispute – Howard Stern’s profane Sirius Satellite Radio show, where George is a frequent guest.

“If Bill accepts, and I would applaud his balls if he accepts and joins me in that kind of discussion with Howard mediating as an interlocutor, I said, ‘I’d be happy to do that’.”

Takei, who played Sulu on the Star Trek television series in the late ’60s, married Altman in September 2008, two months before the California Supreme Court upheld a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage. Their marriage remains legal.

Brad and Mr. Sulu appear on a special celebrity episode of The Newlywed Game on Tues., October 13 @ 6PM ET/PT.

“George and I are thrilled. It’s pretty historic for us,” Brad says. “It’s going to be a great experience for both of us to see how well we really know each other after 22 years together.”

Takei, who played Sulu on Star Trek in the late ’60s, married Altman last September, two months before the California Supreme Court upheld a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage. Their marriage remains legal.

The updated version of The Newlywed Game, which first aired in 1966, now stars Carnie Wilson.

Official Book Club Selection writer Kathy Griffin couldn’t leave the Kimmel stage last night without giving the spitfire star of TLC’s Jon & Kate Plus 8 the parody treatment. The fiery redhead teamed up with Star Trek actor George Takei to poke fun at The Gosselins — reality royality turned tabloid trash — in the spoof trailer for a fictional biopic entitled Kate Is Enough: The Kate Gosselin Story.

The skit is a trailer for a fictional biopic about TLC’s Jon & Kate Plus 8, and features the Emmy-winning star of Bravo’s My Life On The D-List as Kate and Takei as her estranged husband Jon.

In promo pics released by ABC on Friday, Kathy shows off a spot-on impersonation of the original Octomom — right down to her signature spiky blonde haircut. In one of the photos, Kathy, in character as Kate, catches George, as Jon, in an embrace with a cheerleader.

Check out the full clip on Jimmy Kimmel Live next Wed., Sept. 9 @ 12:05 AM on ABC.

Can anyone explain what in the devil William Shatner is rambling on about?

All I can decipher is that the original “Captain Kirk” and “Sulu” still hate each other–and that could have been summed up in less than two minutes. Instead, the veteran actor has taken to YouTube to air his thoughts on former Star Trek castmate George Takei in a lengthy recorded rant that includes many references to the word “festering.”

“What is it with George Takei and his issues with me?” William asks, before launching a nearly five minute spiel about not being invited to George’s wedding in California last Summer.

“Why go out of his way to denigrate me? It’s sad the man can’t find enough peace in his life to be positive and say, I forgive him for whatever those hurts were.”

Now that gay marriage is legal in California, Star Trek star George Takei plopped down $70 on a marriage license in North Hollywood on Tuesday. The license is good for ninety days. The seventy-one year-old actor, best known for his role as Sulu on the classic sci-fi series, will marry his fifty-four year-old partner Brad Altman on September 14th in Los Angeles.