Matthew Perry will take out future references to Keanu Reeves from his tell-all memoir, the “Friends” actor pledged this weekend.
Speaking at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, Perry expressed regret at some disparaging comments he’d made about the “John Wick” and “Matrix” franchises star.
“Why is it that the original thinkers like River Phoenix and Heath Ledger die, but Keanu Reeves still walks among us?” Perry, 53, wrote in “Friends, Lovers And The Big Terrible Thing,” which came out last fall.
The memoir details his battle with addiction and how “Friends” helped him cope, among other details of his life.
He later apologized for the Reeves diss.
“I’m actually a big fan of Keanu,” Perry said in November. “I just chose a random name, my mistake. I apologize. I should have used my own name instead.”
On Saturday afternoon, he went a step further.
“I said a stupid thing. It was a mean thing to do,” Perry told a packed USC Bovard Auditorium. “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 vowed to do the same privately if he encounters Reeves.
“If I run into the guy, I’ll apologize,” he said on the panel moderated by L.A. Times deputy arts and entertainment editor Matt Brennan. “It was just stupid.”
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