The Friends star, 53, said at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books on Saturday that he would remove any mention of actor John Wick from future versions of his memoir Friends,
Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing, which was published last year. In the book, which chronicles Perry's struggles
Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing, which was published last year. In the book, which chronicles Perry's struggles
"I said something stupid. It was a bad thing," Perry said at the festival, the Los Angeles Times reported.
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"I mentioned his name because I live on the same street. I publicly apologized to him. No future versions of the book will include his name."
While not personally apologizing to Reeves, Perry told festival-goers, "If I meet this guy, I'm sorry. It was just stupid.
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In his memoir, Perry hit the 58-year-old Reeves in a passage about the untimely deaths of actors like River Phoenix, who died of a drug overdose in 1993.
“The list of geniuses ahead of their time is too long to detail here – suffice it to say that River Phoenix, my co-star in Jimmy Reardon's One Night in the Life,
topped this one list should be," he wrote to Perry in his memoir, which was then reported by Variety.
"It always seems like it's the really talented guys that come down," Perry continued. "Why do original thinkers like River Phoenix and Heath Ledger die when Keanu Reeves is still with us?
River was a better actor than me; I was funnier No small feat when I look back decades later.
Matthew Perry says he will remove Keanu Reeves
He later mentioned Reeves a second time when discussing the death of another former colleague, Chris Farley.
Farley, with whom Perry co-starred in Almost Heroes, died of an accidental drug overdose in 1997.
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