Making amends. Matthew Perry issued an apology to Keanu Reeves shortly after facing backlash for comments in his upcoming memoir, Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing.“I’m actually a big fan of Keanu.
I just chose a random name, my mistake. I apologize. I should have used my own name instead,” Perry, 53, said in a statement to People on Wednesday, October 26.The Friends alum’s response comes after excerpts from his book about Reeves, 58, became a topic of conversation on social media.
Fans questioned if Perry was throwing shade at The Matrix star when he discussed the death of their mutual friend River Phoenix.“River was a beautiful man inside and out — too beautiful for this world, it turned out.
It always seems to be the really talented guys who go down. Why is it that the original thinkers like River Phoenix and Heath Ledger die, but Keanu Reeves still walks among us?” the Massachusetts alum wrote.In another section, Perry took aim at Reeves again while addressing Chris Farley’s December 1997 death. “I punched a hole through Jennifer Aniston’s dressing room wall when I found out [about Farley’s death],” he added, before noting, “Keanu Reeves walks among us.”Earlier this year, the Mr.
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