Matthew Perry is back in the news but probably not for the reason he'd like,
he decided to attack keanu Reeves yesterday specifically in a book
that is coming out friends, lovers and the big terrible thing in it.
Matthew Perry says why is it that the original thinkers like river phoenix and
heath ledger die?
But keanu Reeves still walks among us.
That wasn't the only reference to keanu Reeves.
He goes on in the book to say I punched a hole through jennifer Aniston's dressing
room wall when I found out Chris Farley had died, Keanu Reeves walks among us.
Keanu Reeves is not even a comedian so I don't understand the comparison there but
that's multiple times that he attacked him.
So you might have seen this going around yesterday.
He has actually now apologized as a result of the the criticism
saying 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.
So he is apologizing.
He's specifically saying he's apologizing.
He is saying what he is learning from this I guess.
But do you buy that apology?
Yes, but what do you think?
>> Yeah, I mean like, so I do have a soft spot for Matthew Perry especially
considering everything he's been through during and after his time on Friends I
feel like he was going for a joke but he was like stuck in the nineties and
he forgot that we're talking about not just any real human being, but like one of
the most beloved actors and seemingly one of the nicest guys in the country right?
Like back in the day, back in the nineties keanu Reeves wasn't easy target for
these kinds of jokes people love to hate on him.
And let's be honest, he wasn't that great of an actor before.
He's come a long time from his own stereotype.
But that said he's still one of my favorite parts of the Bram stoker
dracula movie.
He is not good in that movie and it's my favorite part of the movie.
It's very entertaining.
I don't who cast him in that, I don't know, but
I'm really glad he's a part of it.
>> Yeah, I think I read the director saying that he really wanted to nail
the british accent and the director kept telling him like, you don't got to
stress out man, you don't gotta, you should just talk and really wanted to.
Yeah, I haven't seen that so I don't know.
But obviously I love Keanu Reeves.
>> Yeah, that's a good one.
>> I probably do need to see that.
Isn't Winona Ryder in that I think.
Is that that one?
Okay.
I like both of those actors.
Okay. I'll consider it.
Good stuff.
It was like I was talking to Ashley before the show.
It kind of reminded me of the time that rick Moranis got sucker punched
on the upper west side in new york city and
everyone's like why would you do that to rick Moran.
It's like, don't don't hurt rick Moranis same kind of energy.
Yeah. Yeah exactly.
That was such a weird bit of news.
So look I'm sure that Matthew perry was just trying to be funny.
He throws out like hey keanu Reeves he's not great or
whatever and yeah I guess we can we can be a little bit sensitive.
The thing that makes it a little bit tougher though is he's talking about
choosing one person over another.
When the question of early death happens.
That's not just like a slight that's like the joke is that I wish keanu
Reeves had died so that makes people a little bit more sensitive.
I think I like that.
Yeah I like that.
He's apologizing.
I don't know that I 100% by the apology because as I think Ashley pointed out he
didn't just choose a random name.
Once. He twice talked about Kiana Reeves.
That makes it a little bit weirder.
Where were the editors to you know it's like pick a different name.
Matthew you know if you're going to use the same joke twice.
Sure that said though he's apologizing.
He didn't go run to Fox News to talk about cancel culture.
How you can't say anything more.
He admitted that the joke should have been about himself.
He turned it back and he's mocking himself now so I don't speak for keanu Reeves.
I don't speak for all keanu Reeves fans?
I'm not even sure what that group is called.
but I will say that I at least accept his apology.
He seems to understand that he touched a nerve and perhaps should not have.