How Keanu Reeves Reacted to Matthew Perry’s Memoir Digs at Him

Keanu Reeves was not anticipating Matthew Perry‘s digs towards him in his memoir, a supply completely reveals within the new problem of Us Weekly.

“Keanu thought the feedback got here out of left discipline,” the insider says. “It’s sort of backfired on Matthew anyway, which is why he needed to apologize.”

The Buddies alum, 53, stunned readers along with his shade at Reeves, 58, in Buddies, Lovers, and the Massive Horrible Factor. In a number of sections of the guide, Perry referred to The Matrix star in a seemingly unfavourable mild.

“River [Phoenix] was a lovely man in and out — too stunning for this world, it turned out. It at all times appears to be the actually gifted guys who go down. Why is it that the unique thinkers like River Phoenix and Heath Ledger die, however Keanu Reeves nonetheless walks amongst us?” the Massachusetts native wrote whereas addressing the demise of their mutual buddy.

Perry took goal at Reeves once more whereas discussing Chris Farley’s December 1997 demise, including, “I punched a gap by way of Jennifer Aniston’s dressing room wall once I came upon [about Farley’s death].”

He famous within the part: “Keanu Reeves walks amongst us.”

Following backlash, the 17 Once more actor issued a press release, saying, “I’m really a giant 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.”

Within the memoir, which was launched on Tuesday, November 1, Perry additionally claimed that he made out with Valerie Bertinelli whereas she was nonetheless married.

“Valerie and I had an extended, elaborate make-out session. It was taking place — perhaps she felt the identical manner I did. I advised her I had thought of doing that for a very long time, and she or he had mentioned it proper again to me,” the creator detailed earlier than recalling how the Meals Community host, 62, “made no point out” of the alleged encounter the next morning. “I shortly bought the trace and in addition performed the position I used to be purported to, however inside I used to be devastated.”

Bertinelli, for her half, seemingly reacted to Perry’s claims when she took to TikTok final month to share a video of herself cringing and waving to Taylor Swift‘s tune “Anti-Hero.”

“Anybody misbehave of their 20s and early 30s? Are you mortified?” she wrote within the clip as Swift, 32, sang, “It’s me, hello, I’m the issue. It’s me.”

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