Matthew Perry reveals bitterness toward Keanu Reeves in new memoir

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Matthew Perry appears to have revealed some shockingly negative feelings about Keanu Reeves in his upcoming memoir Friends, Lovers, And The Big Terrible Thing.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.DailyMail.com has reached out to representatives for Perry for additional comment and context.

Bizarre beef: Matthew Perry, 53, revealed his shockingly negative feelings about Keanu Reeves, 58, in his upcoming memoir. He lamented that Reeves was still alive today while their mutual friend River Phoenix died youngPerry, 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 his memoir, Perry describes how their time filming the movie in Chicago helped establish a strong bond, while also tagging another presumed jab at Reeves.'River was a beautiful man inside and out and too beautiful for this world, it turned out.

It always seems to be the really talented guys who go down,' he writes. Although Reeves has called Phoenix one of his 'closet friends of that era,' Perry also had a strong connection to him after he made his feature film debut opposite Phoenix in 1988's A Night In The.