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Matthew Perry left many pages behind when he published Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing, a memoir built on his confession and regret. The book circles his addiction, childhood, and the wreckage he admitted creating across relationships and sets. Now, buried inside those 272 pages sits a moment that landed harder than the rest, a line that made readers pause even before they fully grasped where the anger was pointed.
Keanu Reeves As Hollywood’s Rare Constant
Meanwhile, Keanu Reeves existed as the one celebrity almost everyone agreed on. At a time when opinions were treated as facts if shouted loudly enough, Reeves remained the rare common ground. He is decent, good-looking, humble, and oddly untouched by bitterness. His reputation felt so solid that his acting ability barely mattered. Moreover, this image was sealed when he was cast as a literal angel in the 2025 film Good Fortune, a choice many called inspired, drawing easy comparison to Audrey Hepburn playing a guardian angel in the 1989 film Always.
The Real Reason Matthew Perry Targeted Keanu Reeves
The shock arrived when Perry aimed directly at this untouchable figure. While writing about his love for River Phoenix, Perry lamented how “original thinkers” and “really talented guys” like Phoenix and Heath Ledger died young while “Keanu Reeves still walks among us”. The same sentence surfaced again when Perry described punching a hole in Jennifer Aniston’s dressing room after learning of Chris Farley’s death. The resentment suddenly became clear; it was less about Reeves himself and more about who lived and who did not, and how unfair that math felt inside Perry’s head.
recent events have reminded me of the deep hatred matthew perry had for keanu reeves
HOW CAN EXPLICITLY WISH DEATH ON A GUY FOR THREE DECADES AND NEVER EXPLAIN WHY pic.twitter.com/UfZVtZdQ2U
— mao_wow (@realwow_mao) October 29, 2023
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Backlash & The Attempted Cleanup
The reaction, as one would expect, came in fast and was fierce. Perry was still alive when the book dropped, and the backlash forced reflection. He soon understood the scale of the mistake and removed the passage from later editions (as per BBC), an attempt at damage control that arrived far too late. Perry’s regret later followed in interviews, along with a public apology, though a private one never surfaced.
Keanu Reeves Responded With Silence
Reeves responded with silence, which fit the image people already carried of him. There was no defense, no counter, and no public wound dressing. The contrast sharpened the moment and made Perry’s words feel smaller with every passing day.
What The Memoir Ultimately Reveals
The only explanation that holds comes from the tone of the book itself. Perry struggled with the idea of fame existing without visible ruin. Reeves represented the opposite, a globally famous actor who seemed untouched by bitterness, still decent and intact. In that contrast sat the resentment, written plainly on the page, and once printed, impossible to fully erase.
matthew perry has sadly passed away at the age of 54.. rest in peace.
pic.twitter.com/LiSAumuAuD— 2000s (@PopCulture2000s) October 29, 2023
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