"People asked if I was upset when I learned that William Shatner was not my father."
His license plate still says “Shatner.”
And his driver’s license still reads “Peter Shatner” because, well, that is his legal name.
He changed it from Peter Sloan in 2019 due to a long-standing belief that William Shatner was his biological father. But it’s been two years since the 65-year-old Clearwater man learned the truth.
His biological father was Benjamin Freedman, who died two decades ago. So why does he maintain the Shatner name?
“Honestly, it’s just easier to keep Shatner for now,” he said with a laugh. “That was a real hassle to change it.”
Shatner said he is not clinging to the years when he had tabloid celebrity, dubbed by The National Enquirer as “Shatner’s Love Child.” Instead, he is focused on connecting with his biological family and learning more about his father.
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