In a funny video posted to YouTube by director Brett Lotriet Best, Best holds up signs to propose to his boyfriend Khalid Shawwa, who's a big fan of Stewart's show 'Star Trek: The Next Generation'.
"We all know how you feel about Star Trek's Captain Picard. So I searched the galaxy for Patrick Stewart and finally asked his best friend for help!," Best wrote.
McKellen appears in the video with this advice: "Khalid, I've got bad news for you-it's good news as well-but the bad news is, Patrick Stewart is married," the 75-year-old actor said.
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