Matthew Perry has apologized after questioning why Keanu Reeves is still alive when ‘talented’ actors like River Phoenix, Heath Ledger, and Chris Farley are dead.
The former “Friends” star told Deadline that he had simply chosen a “random name” and had no malice in mind when he mentioned Reeves in his upcoming book, “Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing.”
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“Actually, I like Keanu a lot. My error: I just picked a name at random. I’m sorry,” Perry said “Instead, I ought to have used my own name.”
In his book, which will be published on November 1st, 53-year-old Perry discussed the “John Wick” actor.
While reflecting on the untimely deaths of Phoenix, Ledger, and Farley, Perry specifically referenced Reeves twice in passages from the book that were published by Variety and The Sunday Times.
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Perry described his “Phoenix, who played River, said of his co-star in “A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon,” “River was a lovely man, inside and out; too beautiful for this world, it turned out. The guys that fall tend to always be the genuinely talented ones. Why does Keanu Reeves still live among us when creative thinkers like River Phoenix and Heath Ledger pass away?”
