Matthew Perry apologizes for questioning why Keanu Reeves 'still walks among us'

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Matthew Perry has backtracked on his shockingly negative feelings about Keanu Reeves as he has apologized for what he wrote in upcoming memoir Friends, Lovers, And The Big Terrible Thing.In the book Perry, who recently delved into his history with drug addiction, writes, 'Why is it that the original thinkers like River Phoenix and Heath Ledger die, but Keanu Reeves still walks among us?' in a passage obtained by Page Six.After the revelation, the Friends actor released a statement clarifying his comments to People on Wednesday as he said: 'I'm actually a big fan of Keanu.

Mistake? Matthew Perry has backtracked on his shockingly negative feelings about Keanu Reeves as he has apologized for what he wrote in upcoming memoir Friends, Lovers, And The Big Terrible Thing'I just chose a random name, my mistake.

I apologize. I should have used my own name instead.' In the excerpt Perry, 53, seemed to be barely able to hold back his disdain for the 58-year-old Matrix star — whom he doesn't appear to have ever collaborated with — while discussing their mutual friend River Phoenix, who died in 1993 of a drug overdose at only 23.Although Reeves has called Phoenix one of his 'closet friends of that era,' according to the Irish Times, Perry also had a strong connection with the rising star after the future TV mainstay made his feature film debut opposite him in 1988's A Night In The Life Of Jimmy Reardon.

In the book Perry, who recently delved into his history with drug addiction , writes, 'Why is it that the original thinkers like River Phoenix and Heath Ledger die, but Keanu Reeves still walks among us?' in a passage obtained by Page Six  In his memoir, Perry describes how their time filming the movie in Chicago helped establish a.