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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
Entertainment
Nardine Saad

Matthew Perry apologizes for 'Keanu Reeves still walks among us' put-down in new book

Could he be any more sorry? "Friends" star Matthew Perry has apologized for passages in his forthcoming memoir that put down fellow actor — and beloved internet boyfriend — Keanu Reeves, whom he says he's a big fan of.

In his book "Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing," the 53-year-old actor goes into detail about his decadeslong drug and alcohol addiction and its repercussions. He also name-checks several luminary colleagues and friends who died of overdoses during his career, namely the 1993 death of close friend River Phoenix (the "Stand By Me" actor was also Reeves' best friend) and the overdose deaths of comedian Chris Farley and Oscar winner Heath Ledger.

"Why is it that the original thinkers like River Phoenix and Heath Ledger die, but Keanu Reeves still walks among us?" Perry wrote in the memoir.

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