Matthew Perry Vows To Take 'Stupid' Keanu Reeves Diss Out Of His Memoir

Matthew Perry says the feedback about Keanu Reeves will likely be faraway from future editions of his guide, “Mates, Lovers, and the Huge Horrible Factor.”

The “Mates” actor admitted he’d finished a “silly factor” by slighting “The Matrix” star in his memoir, which was printed in November 2022.

Throughout an look on the Los Angeles Occasions Pageant of Books on Saturday, Selection reported Perry telling audiences, “I mentioned a silly factor. It was a imply factor to do.”

Matthew Perry speaks during the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books on Saturday.
Matthew Perry speaks through the Los Angeles Occasions Pageant of Books on Saturday.
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Providing some rationalization, he added, “I pulled his title as a result of I dwell on the identical avenue. Any future variations of the guide is not going to have his title in it.”

Within the memoir, which chronicles Perry’s struggles with stardom and substance abuse, the actor clumsily muses about stars who left the world too quickly.

“Why is it that the unique thinkers like River Phoenix and Heath Ledger die, however Keanu Reeves nonetheless walks amongst us?” it reads.

Perry returns to the thought once more whereas writing about Chris Farley’s 1997 loss of life within the guide.

Keanu Reeves arrives at the Oscars on Feb. 9, 2020, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
Keanu Reeves arrives on the Oscars on Feb. 9, 2020, on the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
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After publication, the sitcom star made a rapid about face, telling the media, “I’m truly an enormous fan of Keanu. I simply selected a random title, my mistake. I apologize. I ought to have used my very own title as an alternative.”

On the occasion, Perry revealed he has solely “publicly” mentioned sorry to the “John Wick” actor.

“If I run into the man, I’ll apologize. It was simply silly,” he reasoned.

The “17 Once more” actor mentioned writing his story was a cathartic course of.

“It got here pouring out of me, the painful stuff, hospitals, rehabs, all of these things, it poured out of me,” he mentioned. “It went actually rapidly.”

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