Matthew Perry questions why Keanu Reeves is still alive in upcoming memoir

“Why is it that the original thinkers like River Phoenix and Heath Ledger die, but Keanu Reeves still walks among us?,”

Hmmmmm

OMG. He does it twice.

[quote]Perry also reportedly wrote about being upset after Chris Farley’s death, and again brought up Reeves.

[quote]“I punched a hole through Jennifer Aniston’s dressing room wall when I found out,” Perry wrote of “Almost Heroes” co-star Farley’s 1997 death by overdose. “Keanu Reeves walks among us.”

What the hell.

Seriously. Who has a problem with Keanu Reeves? He really comes.off.like an asshole here.

Why would Chandler bash him without an explanation? Otherwise he comes off as a mean girl.

He gives a reason. It’s easy to understand what he’s saying. He is asking why the unique, original, genuine and creative talents like River Phoenix, Chris Farley, Heath Ledger etc. always end up dead while generic puppets for the industry like Keanu Reeves never do.

Keanu seems like a loveable, unproblematic, sweet guy. This fat ugly drug abuser with no self control needs to sit down and shut his mouth. Also nice name dropping there of Jen Aniston's name, loser. He was also the weakest link in the Friends cast and should thank his lucky star someone hired him. Without the Friends money, this loser would be living under a bridge.

Keenu despite lacking somewhat in dramatic skill at least is a compelling presence unlike Perry who is a blight wherever he shows up.

Never been much of a Keenu fan, but Perry's comments are incredibly tasteless and inappropriate. Furthermore, Keenu was friends with River.

You know who amazes me that they're still alive? That fat, talentless, whiny, drug-addicted cunt Matthew Perry.

The guys brain is fried. He needed money and a publisher saw an opportunity. Anything he says is filtered through a broken man.

Although his memoir is being positioned as a story of survival he’s actually been dead for years. He needs sober handlers to be with him around the clock. His alleged insights into other people both living and dead are meaningless.

R9 he’s doing interviews etc. his brain isn’t fried. His sit down airs tonight I believe.

And he isn’t broke. Money still comes in from Friends.

[quote]And he isn’t broke.

He may not be broke, but he's broken.

The only way this makes sense is if there's something personal between them. Keanu must have made fun of Matthew to his face, said something mean to a mutual friend behind Matthew's back, or stole a part/girl Matthew wanted.

WHAT a shitty thing to say!

Well.....consider the source.

Why put Valerie Bertinelli on blast like that?

They're contemporaries, he's probably jealous of Keanu's good looks, lovability, and mainstream success in film, while Matthew's millions are tainted by shameful television. Jealousy, plain and simple, based on nothing.

He used Keanu as he’s example because Pete Davidson wasn’t born yet.

I don't think Chris Farley would have worked as Neo.

River was a junkie and really stupid. I loved him so much when I was younger and when I read his interviews from back in the day I find him embarrassingly dumb. His brother let him die on the street so, we’ll never know if he’d have kept his acting cred.

Keanu Reeves is lifelong healthy, takes good care of himself, dabbles in substances on occasion maybe, but he can control himself, that's why he's still alive and kicking and sweet. Sadly, Those other guys are dead due to unrestrained fast living with no limits, that's not Keanu's fault... Keanu has a very positive outlook, he will live a long healthy life of prosperity and success, adored by millions who enjoy his movies and his philosophy and pleasant world view. I certainly adore Keanu. :-)

R13 what doesn’t make sense? You don’t need to meet someone to find them to be talentless and unoriginal. You all say this shit about celebs daily and you’ve never met them.

R19 his brother LET HIM die???? What an ugly thing to say. Have you heard the phone call he made to the police? He didn’t let him die. The police took forever to come. There was but so much Joaquin could do.

Both Matthew and Keanu are longtime drug addicts with no talent, but at least Keanu was hot decades ago.

Perry would be nowhere and a nobody if he didnt have his fathers connections. It angers me when these products of nepotism and wealth bitch about how unfair everything is. Most of us would kill for those opportunities and connections.

Agree w R16. Perry is just jealous. Neither Heath Ledger nor River Phoenix struck me as philosopher geniuses.

What a cunt. Figures he idolizes fellow low lives who are drug addicts like him. All those fuckers deserved to die for being addicts. That is why Keanu is still here.

Apparently, Keanu is really generous with the crew on the sets he works on. I've heard nothing but great things from him.

[quote]All those fuckers deserved to die for being addicts.

No, they did not deserve to die.

As for Perry's gripe with Keanu, it seems pretty clear. Keanu became a bonafide movie star, and Perry did not.

I didn't read this whole article but it does confirm what I said about him giving money to the crew.

R28 Fuck you. Addicts are fucking low lives and have zero reason to exist with normal people.

Back in the early 2000s, when there were gay rumors about him, it was alleged he specifically gave money to the crew's GUYS.

Keanu Reeve is awesome. I had no idea he was so generous.

There have been nothing but positive things floating around about Keanu for years!!! I remember when he gave his seat up on the subway for a woman or the time he was spotted shopping a stoop sale. He seems very humble

What’s his deal? “Original thinkers” does he not realize these men were actors not philosophers? At least Keanu Reeves doesn’t have a busted out asshole.

it is well known that Keanu is VERY generous - and it wasn't a one-time thing either.

his humility probably stems in part from the loss of his pregnant girlfriend and baby in a car accident (i believe).

Also, he was born in Canada. Canadians, in general, tend to be very nice, polite and all around good people. Yes, I'm certain someone will provide me with examples of asshole Canucks, but having lived very close to the Canadian border for 10 years, spending a good amount of time in Canada and having a Canadian boyfriend for a few years, it is my experience Canadians are very sweet, nice, conscientious people who care about others besides themselves are very environmentally fastidious.

Keanu still lives in Canada.

*and are very environmentally fastidious.

[quote] he comes off as a mean girl.

r3 Um, he IS a mean girl. A pretty self-loathing one at that.

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R39 that entire cast was known for being cold and rude. Many guests have said they were like a HS clique that wouldn’t allow anyone to sit at their table. Kathleen Turner has been the most outspoken of them all about what assholes they were.

[quote]his humility probably stems in part from the loss of his pregnant girlfriend and baby in a car accident (i believe.)

You know nothing.

There was an actor who was a guest about 1 time almost every season and he wrote a book, and in it he speaks about how the Friends cast changed from season 1 onward. They were cool the first season and alright the second but by season 3/4 you could see a change in all of them. They became very famous and wealthy fast, and their attitudes and personalities changed with that.

Keanu was always known for being a kind person, even as a teenager. He played his cards right with the right people, hence the career he’s had with almost no talent.

Matthew Perry is an untalented shitface and still has a career, too, r44.

r42 i know you're an asshole. Also, it is known fact that he's generous (always has been) and DID lose his pregnant girlfriend to an accident.

Also, I *do* know something about Canadians, as detailed in my reply. So fuck off and die. You're now blocked so, don't bother responding as I won't see it.

Have a great day and maybe get a hug. You apparently need it.

Reeves looks gaunt in OP's photo.

Matthew Perry is an asshole. Fucking cunt. Talentless. Ugly. And yes, the worse character of the Friends cast.

He gives away so much because he’s supposedly a bit embarrassed by how wealthy he is.

Keanu Reeves was truly beautiful in his youth. He now looks like my Native American great uncle after a lifetime of smoking.

Wow. Pretty ignorant. Was Keanu ever a druggie like Farley and Phoenix? Maybe that’s a reason why, Chandler Bing. Why didn’t his overgrown heroin filled ass not die instead of Phoenix? Can you TELL me that?

Keanu isn’t an American Citizen, still to this day, despite owning homes here (as well as his hometown, Toronto).

I didn't know that he hated Keanu. I didn't know he was such a mean and dumb fucker. Goes to show what I know. Original thinkers?! Dying from dope is not original thinking, you jackass. Why didn't that pathetic dope head Johnny Depp survive all this time? Is he an original thinker or ordinary dog food, like Keanu Reeves? Think I liked him better when he was stoned, or nothing but a memory. Such a sneery face on him, too. Blech.

Raise your hand, please, if you give a shit that Keanu is not an official American.

Foreigners from Canada and Europe seem so cool and personable until they start feeling this sick need to build themselves up by shitting on Americans. I expect it from then now. It's just a matter of time. Every one of them. And I'm not refering to Keanu Reeves, reply 52

He was into drugs. His “girlfriend” was his drug partner who he had sex with. And then she died in the car accident.

Keanu is generous, but he’s not a saint like some are purporting.

R35 Mathew Perry is a Canadian also, so there's one Canadian asshole right there.

r57...He may have dual citizenship because his mother was Canadian, but hes an American. His father is American, and he was born in MA. Yes, he was raised in Canada when his parents divorced, but that doesnt negate his US birth.

Matthew Perry is an American citizen. Dual citizenship.

He was also born in the states

R42 Agreed. People don't develop humility because some bitch dies or aborts their fetus. Fucking moron. Definitely cunt brain speaking.

I stand corrected. Thank you.

At least I can shit without a tube.

Why so many stories about this no neck bitch lately.

Doesn't anybody here give a damn about what he did to Valerie Bertinelli!?!

A person isn't tainted or immoral just because they do drugs dumbass. R56

I didn’t that claim that r57. But tell that to others who bash Perry for his drug usage.

All drug users, 100%, should be forced to get MAID.

[quote] Kathleen Turner has been the most outspoken of them all about what assholes they were.

Well…consider the source.

r70 I read that in Alec Baldwin's throaty voice.

R67 OH I bet Keanu's taint was quite delicious when younger.

r59, yes, but we don't want him.

I just read that he says that the world would be a better place if Keanu Reeves had died instead of River Phoenix or Heath Ledger.

Yeah, he's since tried to walk it back, but what a shithead

He lost me with that comment. I never want to hear from or about Perry again. Wishing death on someone who has done you no harm. What a shifty person. Supposedly "in recovery". Even if he's not using he's still a sociopath.

If you take drugs and alcohol away from a sociopath what do you have? Answer: A sociopath.

That is such a gross comment from Matthew Perry. Didn't somebody actually edit the book and tell him it would be better to remove it because it is no tasteless and unnecessary.

I suppose on the plus side show what a cunt Perry is.

Well, that backfired. Just one line of his book and that's all people talk about. I guess the rest of his book must suck too.

[quote]Keanu was always known for being a kind person, even as a teenager. He played his cards right with the right people, hence the career he’s had with almost no talent.

It doesn't say much for an industry when someone as untalented as Keanu can have such a long and successful career.

Look, yes these guys were talented but it's no cosmic injustice that they are no longer here while the clean living Reeves still is. Drug use is high risk behavior, and no amount of talent or potential will change that.

Reeve was always a terrible actor but at least he was clean. So he can live to shit on our screens for decades.

Does he realize that his cruel little "still walks among us" dig against a still-popular actor with a stellar personal reputation can more accurately be employed against himself?? "Robin William died, yet MATTHEW PERRY still walks among us!"

Fuck YOU, Matthew Perry, you bloated washed up bag of hot mess.

Back in the 1990s, people blamed Keanu for River's death based on a rumor that Keanu was there at the time and ran off instead of helping River. I can't find any articles but there is this old 1998 Usenet thread that mentions it. The rumor was debunked pretty quickly, but it spread enough that there were little mini conspiracy theories about it for a while.

No one has really blamed Keanu for what happened since, I dunno, mid 1990s I would guess. Matthew Perry bringing it up at this late date is bizarre. There can't be more than a handful of people like me who even REMEMBER that this was a rumor at one time, let alone anyone left who believes Keanu is to blame.

[quote] I've been wanting to ask if anybody remembers the BRIEF rumor that Keanu was in attendance at the Viper Room the night River died. I'm positive I read that in an early report, probably in a tabloid, though. Whatever source, the story was that several well knowns were there when River was at the club, but they quickly vacated the premises when River became ill, because they knew cops would come with the ambulance, and drug busts were possible. Keanu was named as an attendee that night.

This is who he's attacking.

Why is Perry still alive???

Keanu isn't a junkie, right? That's why he's still alive.

[quote]In a statement to PEOPLE, Perry says: "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."

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WHY is Faye Dunaway still Alive??!?!

Woah! That's like, way harsh dude!

Perry is gross and has the appeal of a 13 year old obese child with poo on his fingers.

Bookstores and libraries the world over are going to have to create a whole new genre for Perry's memoir and Harry's "Spare." Look for these scintillating page turners in the Whiny Loser section.

R87" I should have used my name". That's actually a decent apology. I really think Perry was just trying to be Gen X snarky and didn't think it through. I don't think he hates Keanu or anything.

[quote]It doesn’t say much for an industry when someone as untalented as Keanu can have such a long and successful career

R79, People like him. It’s no different in any field. Being liked can take you a long way.

He doesn’t cause trouble on sets, does his job and will happily do promo. While he may be a limited actor, being great to work with and be around can take you quite a long way once you get your foot in the door …. just as being a dick can sink your career.

And I called him a “limited” actor because I do think he was great in Bill & Ted and then later on in Speed. His “acting” style also fit The Matrix and John Wick. He got lucky enough that those were all hits and kept him afloat.

Reeve is the same age as Johnny Depp. At least Reeve used his wealth to spread around other people instead of pissing it all away and having absolutely nothing. All addicts need to be extinguished from the planet.

Is Keanu a bisexual bottom?

'It doesn't say much for an industry when someone as untalented as Keanu can have such a long and successful career.'

It says nothing about an industry but everything about audiences.

Keenu has an extraordinary 'it' factor. It's probably the most important thing.

That's a great link at R84. He was an adorable twink.

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