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Matthew Perry is making an edit to his
memoir. The Friends star reveals that

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future copies of his book, Friends
Lovers and the big terrible thing will

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not mention actor Keanu Reeves. During
an April 22nd panel at the Los Angeles

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Times Festival of books, Matthew shares.
I said a stupid thing. It was a mean

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thing to do. I pulled his name because
I live on the same street. Any future

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versions of the book will not have his
name in it. Matthew publicly apologized

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back in October after referencing Keanu
in part of his book while reflecting on

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the death of Hollywood stars including
River Phoenix who died in 1993 of a

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drug overdose. As seen in excerpts from
the memoir, Matthew Wright's River was

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a beautiful man inside and out too
beautiful for this world. It turned out

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it always seems to be the really
talented guys who go down. Why is it

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that the original thinkers like River
Phoenix and Heath Ledger die? But Keanu

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Reeves still walks among us in October.
The 17 again actor said in a statement

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to People Magazine, I'm actually a big
fan of Keanu. I just chose a random

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name. My mistake, I apologize. I should
have used my own name instead. The 53

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year old explained that the Los Angeles
Times event that he has not apologized

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to Keanu in person just yet saying if I
run into the guy, I'll apologize. He

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adds it was just stupid. The actors
2022 memoir detailed his decades long

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struggle with drugs and alcohol opening
the book with the revelation that he

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almost died at the age of 49. Prior to
the release of the book, the actor sat

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down with Diane Sawyer in October where
he opened up on camera about his

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addiction battle and how he's overcome
it. Your disease is just outside just

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doing one armed push ups, just waiting,
just waiting for you, waiting to get

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you alone because alone you lose to the
disease. And now I finally feel okay

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and feel like I've got some strength.
What does it mean to feel? Okay? It

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means that I've developed some safety
nets around this.