Wil Wheatonis reflecting on his relationships with his formerStar Trekcostars.
“That is a supernatural impulse.
Every child has a mom and a dad.
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And you want to share that with them.
And I’ve just accepted that when I have that impulse, I text myStar Trekfamily.”
Wheaton recalled being particularly moved by his interaction with Burton.
Wil Wheaton at the ‘Picard’ season 3 premiere in Los Angeles on Feb. 9, 2023; LeVar Burton at the National Arts Advocacy Summit at Summerlin in Las Vegas on Feb. 12, 2025.Araya Doheny/Getty; Denise Truscello/Getty
But this wouldn’t exist without you.
This wouldn’t exist if you hadn’t said, “How can I help?"'”
“[He] told me how proud of me he was,” Wheaton remembered.
“He said, ‘I couldn’t just text you.
I had to hear your voice.'”
He was curious about me and about what I did and how I did it.
And then last night, I felt that way from LeVar."
Wheaton said that he became emotional after the call.
“‘Sit in this, enjoy this, feel this in your body.
LeVar Burton and Wil Wheaton on ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’ in 1988.CBS via Getty
Have these feelings in your heart and in your arms.”
So love that feeling.'"
Listen to the full conversation between Wheaton and Rosenbaum above.
