Random TV Best Friends Who Hated Each Other In Real Life (12 items)

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  (#5) William Shatner And Leonard Nimoy On 'Star Trek'

  There may be no sci-fi friendship or partnership more enduring than that of Captain James T. Kirk and the Vulcan science officer Spock. Together, William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy pioneered science fiction television and popular culture aboard the starship Enterprise for three seasons and several movies. On the show, Kirk and Spock were trusted comrades in arms who put their personal differences aside to work together, live together, and explore together. It seems that Shatner and Nimoy's real-life friendship was just as complicated, and ultimately more tragic.

  Infamously, Shatner and Nimoy clashed from the very beginning of their time on the original Star Trek. Both were driven, dedicated actors looking to break through, and Spock's character proved to be far more popular than expected during the first season. Speaking with The Hollywood Reporter in February 2016, a year after Nimoy's passing, Shatner admitted that there were "fireworks," but his own issues weren't directed toward his co-star:

  I remember going to the producers and wondering whether they were going to change the thrust of the show as a result of the popularity of Spock. So my anxieties were never directed at Leonard per se, it was about "How was the show going to go?"

  The actors eventually formed a close friendship, and Shatner would even go on to describe Nimoy as the "the only friend I ever had." However, in his final years, Nimoy cut Shatner out of his life entirely, and Shatner said he never understood what led to the rift. According to the actor:

  I just don't know, and it is sad and it is permanent. I don't know why he stopped talking to me. I have a picture of him and me laughing in my office. I have the echo of the laughter that we had between us but that's all that I have.

  One possible reason for the rift is Shatner's attempt to get Nimoy to appear in a documentary called The Captains. In the doc, Shatner interviews actors who starred as captains in different Star Trek shows. He reportedly asked Nimoy to be in it, and the actor refused. Afterward, Shatner's cameraman apparently filmed footage of Nimoy at a fan convention without his permission. Perhaps that is the unfortunate reason behind the actors' late-in-life falling out. 
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  (#10) Bea Arthur And Betty White On 'The Golden Girls'

  When it came to the beloved quartet of besties on The Golden Girls, Dorothy Zbornak (Bea Arthur) and Rose Nylund (Betty White) were as close as could be. At times, their wildly different personalities put them at odds, but their bickering was more sisterly than anything else. Apparently, when the cameras weren't rolling, the actresses' real-life relationship was a bit more complicated.

  According to White, Arthur made her feelings toward her co-star fairly clear. During a 2011 panel discussion, White said Arthur was "not that fond" of her. "She found me a pain in the neck sometimes," she continued. "It was my positive attitude - and that made Bea mad sometimes. Sometimes if I was happy, she'd be furious!"

  Arthur's son, Matthew Saks, essentially confirmed this in an interview with Closer. According to him: 

  My mom unknowingly carried the attitude that it was fun to have somebody to be angry at... I think she felt she was more of an actress than Betty. Mom came from Broadway. Betty starred on a game show at one point.

  This led to some real tension in 1986 when White became the first of the show's main cast to earn an Emmy. While all four stars would eventually take home the honor during their time on the show, White's initial win really rubbed Arthur the wrong way - at least according to co-star Rue McClanahan, who played Blanche Devereaux.
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  (#12) Dominic Monaghan And Matthew Fox On 'Lost'

  When Oceanic Flight 815 crashed on the mysterious island of ABC's hit series Lost, the band of survivors included doctor Jack Shepherd (Matthew Fox) and troubled rock star Charlie Pace (Dominic Monaghan). To solve the island's many mysteries and stay alive, the two had to quickly bond and find common ground. While they may not have been the two closest companions among the group, their fates were inexorably intertwined.

  The show came to an end in 2010, and as far as the public knew, there was no animosity between the two stars. On red carpets and during public appearances, Fox and Monaghan appeared friendly in front of the cameras. Fast-forward two years and Monaghan shocked the world with blatant, bold allegations against his former co-star.

  During a Twitter Q&A in 2012, a fan asked Monaghan to encourage Fox to join the social media platform, to which the Lord of the Rings actor responded, "He beats women. No thanks." When the same fan asked, "What about all those good times you had together?" Monaghan quickly fired back, "How do you know we ever did? You don’t know either of us. He beats women. Not isolated incidents. Often."

  Monaghan later doubled down on his allegations, tweeting, "An accusation is when you ‘claim’ someone did something wrong. I know. But hey little fan girl maybe want to get slapped."

  Fox vehemently denied the claims made against him by Monaghan - as well as by a female bus driver who claimed, in a lawsuit she later dropped, that Fox had hit her after denying him entry on a party bus in Cleveland, Ohio. He told Men's Fitness magazine:

  It’s been a long, trying year of sitting on my hands on a lot of negative [stuff] said about me, when they’re the furthest things from who I am. In the 46 years I’ve been breathing on this planet, I have never hit a woman before. Never have, never will... The Cleveland situation, the Monaghan situation [it] was a pile of sh*t, and I’m not gonna waste too much breath on that.
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  (#7) Nicollette Sheridan And Teri Hatcher On 'Desperate Housewives'

  While Desperate Housewives' Wisteria Lane was filled with drama, feuds, and nefarious deeds, one of the most notorious rivalries was between Edie Britt (Nicollette Sheridan) and Susan Mayer (Teri Hatcher). The characters weren't exactly friends, but their lives were inexorably intertwined on the show. Apparently, whatever animosity there was between Edie and Susan paled in comparison to the real-life hostility between Sheridan and Hatcher.

  Sheridan, according to reports, didn't get along with nearly any of her co-stars, or the show's creator, Mark Cherry. The feuding within the cast was so notorious that a Desperate Housewives cover shoot for an issue of Vanity Fair was captioned, "You wouldn't believe what it took just to get this photo!"

  Ultimately, Cherry decided to eliminate Sheridan's character. Writing off an actor or actress is a regular occurrence on TV shows - but in this case, Sheridan wasn't having it. She sued Cherry for wrongful dismissal.

  During the trial, Cherry took the stand and recounted some of the arguments that exploded on set during filming. As he recalled:

  There was a problem going on between Nicollette Sheridan and Teri Hatcher... they were furious with each other. Nicollette pulled me aside and told me that Teri Hatcher was the meanest woman in the world because of how she was acting.

  Cherry was prevented by Sheridan's lawyers from further recounting the feud in his testimony.
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  (#2) Isaiah Washington and Patrick Dempsey On 'Grey's Anatomy'

  Two of the most influential and talented doctors to walk the halls of Seattle Grace Hospital were Preston Burke (Isaiah Washington) and Derek Shepherd (Patrick Dempsey). While they may have been professional rivals, their respect and appreciation for one another was undoubted, and Shepherd even saved Burke's hand from irreparable nerve damage after Burke was shot. However, in a controversial blow-up that played out in the headlines, Washington was fired and written off the show after allegedly using a homophobic slur toward another co-star, T.R. Knight, who played Dr. George O'Malley.

  Washington claims he was actually standing up for Knight against Dempsey. According to the actor:

  [Knight] had led me to believe that Patrick Dempsey was so... horrible to people in a two-and-a-half hour conversation on the plane. For two and a half hours, this boy talked my ear off [about] how horrible Patrick Dempsey is and how he needs to be removed from the show.

  Washington admitted to using a homophobic slur, but not toward Knight. Instead, he told Larry King that he yelled at Dempsey in Knight's defense, telling his co-star to stop treating Knight like a "B-word," a "P-word," and an "F-word." Dempsey later claimed that Washington didn't actually call Knight the inflammatory term and that Knight's version of the event was wrong, but the defense came after Washington had already been fired.
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  (#9) Ariana Grande And Victoria Justice On 'Victorious'

  Before Ariana Grande was the biggest name in pop music, she was a Nickelodeon star playing high-schooler Cat Valentine on Victorious. Meanwhile, Victoria Justice starred as the series lead, Tori Vega. Tori and Cat were best friends throughout all four seasons of the show, which ended with Grande's character being spun-off into the series Sam & Cat.

  Both actresses claim the real-life tension between them was low-key, with more importance given to their passing comments and innocuous social media posts than was really justified. However, it's hard to dispute some of the more blatant shade-throwing.

  Some fans blamed Sam & Cat for the demise of Victorious, but Grande suggested the opposite was true. When asked on social media why Victorious ended, Grande wrote in 2013:

  Sweetheart the only reason Victorious ended is because 1 girl didn't want to do it. She chose to do a solo tour instead of a cast tour. If we had done a cast tour Nickelodeon would have ordered another season of Victorious while Sam & Cat filmed simultaneously but she chose otherwise. I'm sick of this bs.

  While it might be a coincidence that Justice happened to go on her own solo music tour immediately after the conclusion of the series, Justice seemingly confirmed Grande's post was about her when she wrote, "Some people would throw some1 that they consider a friend under the bus just 2 make themselves look good. #StopBeingAPhony #IfTheyOnlyKnew."

  The stars' back-and-forth never became more confrontational than that, but their lack of a real-life friendship has been apparent in the years since the show has ended.

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