Matthew Perry plans to remove controversial remarks about Keanu Reeves from his memoir

Following immense backlash for writing about Keanu Reeves in his memoir Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing, Matthew Perry is planning to remove the controversial remarks from all the future editions of his book.

As the Variety notes, the Friends actor apologized after receiving backlash for writing about Reeves in his book, questioning why the actor “still walks among us” when “talented” actors and “original thinkers” like River Phoenix and Chris Farley had passed.

“I said a stupid thing. It was a mean thing to do,” Perry said of the controversy at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books on Saturday. “I pulled his name because I live on the same street. I’ve apologized publicly to him. Any future versions of the book will not have his name in it.”

Perry also made sure to apologize to Reeves personally. “If I run into the guy, I’ll apologize. It was just stupid,” said Perry. Back in October, Perry was quick to issue an apology for the writeup, “I’m actually a big fan of Keanu. I just chose a random name, my mistake. I apologize. I should have used my own name instead.”

In his memoir, Perry notes, “The list of geniuses who were ahead of their time is too long to detail here — suffice to say, near the top of any such list should be my costar in ‘A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon,’ River Phoenix.”

Perry continues, “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. Why is it that the original thinkers like River Phoenix and Heath Ledger die, but Keanu Reeves still walks among us? River was a better actor than me; I was funnier. But I certainly held my own in our scenes — no small feat, when I look back decades later.”

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