Oh man. Apparently Robert Beltran is a bigger jerk than William Shatner (and that is just one video of several with similar sentiments, sadly). I am seriously bummed. I had no idea he had been talking so much trash over the years. I mean, I get it, he didn’t like Trek. Whatever. I don’t care about that. But don’t tell fans to go f* themselves, you know? His royalty checks come from us. I think a little more respect is in order.

Remember Robert, we’re not all basement dwelling socially inept dorks. I’m sorry you haven’t been able to see that.

As a fan of Robert’s character, I was totally pissed at how he was turned into 7 of 9′s romantic plaything at the end of the series. I actually stopped watching the show over it for a while. So I am sympathetic to his anger with the producers/franchise over the whole thing. He’s been very vocal about his feelings on the kind of crap he was given to “act” and on most points I actually agree with him (he WAS given crap). Chakotay, like Harry Kim, was totally ignored for several seasons. It made me jaded as a fan, and clearly jaded him as an actor.

However, it doesn’t excuse a nasty attitude. It really saddens me, because my past experience in meeting him was good.

I take it back, and will promptly go back to fawning over the likes of Wil Wheaton and Garrett Wang, who actually do appreciate their fans.

About Kelly Rowles

The founder and creator of The Convention Fans Blog is Kelly Rowles. She created the blog back in the fall of 2008, and has been working on it ever since. She started attending fandom conventions back in Orlando, Florida when she was just a teenager. Now based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she’s exploring all the tri-state area has to offer. While she’ll attend just about any convention out of sheer curiosity, at heart she’s mostly a Star Trek fan looking to meet every major cast member from each series. She’s getting closer to that goal than she ever thought possible.

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