The Truth About William Shatner's Ex-Wives

Publish date: 2024-05-04

Before she became William Shatner's third wife in 1997, Nerine Kidd was an actor and model from Boston. "She was a typical girl from a working-class family who knew nothing about this business," her agent, Janet Chute, later told the Los Angeles Times, recalling how Kidd left home at age 17 to seek fame. "But she was spirited," Chute added. "And in a business where there's a lot of deadheads, she really stood out."

Shatner first caught sight of the young Kidd in Toronto while shooting a project. "Ironically, as it would turn out, we met in the bar of a hotel," he observed in "Up Till Now." "... I was there meeting an old friend of mine, and we were laughing maybe too loudly and I looked over his shoulder and saw her." The actor went on to describe her striking looks, adding that "she had strawberry-blond[e] hair and freckled pale Irish skin, the brightest blue eyes you've ever seen, and a spectacular figure, and, I was to soon find out, street-smart intelligence and a wonderful sense of humor."

He soon began spending time with the model and her friends in Canada, exploring the Ontario Fair and going on a bungee cord jump. "The first days of a relationship are a gift that lives forever in memory," Shatner later wrote. "You always remember the smiles and the laughter and the moments of discovery."

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