Matthew Perry is removing controversial mentions of Keanu Reeves from future editions of memoir

Matthew Perry is removing controversial mentions of Keanu Reeves from future editions of memoir

The one the place Matthew Perry tries to make amends with Keanu Reeves.

The Friends star appeared on the LA Times Festival of Books on Saturday and through a panel, advised the viewers that he plans to take away Reeves’ title from future editions of his 2022 memoir Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing.

The memoir is a candid telling of Perry’s wrestle with substance abuse and dependancy, however the actor confronted backlash final fall for references to Reeves that some discovered offensive together with in a single excerpt about his good friend River Phoenix’s 1993 loss of life.

Matthew Perry and Keanu Reeves
Matthew Perry stated he would apologise to Keanu Reeves if he noticed him on the road. (CNN)

“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,” Perry wrote.

“Why is it that the original thinkers like River Phoenix and Heath Ledger die, but Keanu Reeves still walks among us?”

Perry beforehand apologised for the remark, saying in an announcement to People in October 2022 that he is “a big fan” of Reeves and had simply chosen a “random name” within the prose.

“I apologise. I should have used my own name instead,” he added within the assertion.

Matthew Perry
Perry beforehand apologised for the remark, saying in an announcement to People in October 2022 that he is “a big fan” of Reeves and had simply chosen a “random name”. (Getty)

On Saturday, Perry addressed the Reeves point out as soon as extra, this time telling the viewers “I said a stupid thing. It was a mean thing to do,” in keeping with the LA Times.

“I pulled his name because I live on the same street,” Perry stated throughout the panel, noting that “any future versions of the book will not have his name in it”.

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While Perry had beforehand apologised to Reeves, he additionally talked about on Saturday that he is but to apologize to the Matrix star in individual.

“If I run into the guy, I’ll apologise. It was just stupid,” Perry concluded.

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