Matthew Perry Regrets Insulting Keanu Reeves in His New Book

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Matthew Perry is removing Keanu Reeves' name from future editions of his memoir, "Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing."

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Perry made the announcement at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books during a panel moderated by Matt Brennan.

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Perry expressed regret for insulting Reeves in the book, and acknowledged that it was a mean thing to do.

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Perry had not apologized to Reeves in person, but said he would if they ran into each other.

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Matthew Perry's memoir is about his struggle with substance abuse and addiction.

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Perry told a harrowing story about his experience with drugs that almost killed him.

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Perry acknowledged that "Friends" lacked diversity, but said that at the time, nobody talked about diversity.

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Perry's childhood was impacted by his parents' unhappy marriage and his early use of phenobarbital for colic.

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Perry said that he did not want to blame anyone in the book for the things they did wrong.

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Perry described fame as his first drug and said that getting sober involved a process of learning that "reality is an acquired taste."

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Perry believes there is a reason why he has escaped death so many times and hopes that sharing his story will help others.

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Matthew Perry Regrets Insulting Keanu Reeves in His New Book

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Matthew Perry is removing Keanu Reeves' name from future editions of his memoir, "Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing."

Perry made the announcement at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books during a panel moderated by Matt Brennan.

Perry expressed regret for insulting Reeves in the book, and acknowledged that it was a mean thing to do.

Perry had not apologized to Reeves in person, but said he would if they ran into each other.

Matthew Perry's memoir is about his struggle with substance abuse and addiction.

Perry told a harrowing story about his experience with drugs that almost killed him.

Perry acknowledged that "Friends" lacked diversity, but said that at the time, nobody talked about diversity.

Perry's childhood was impacted by his parents' unhappy marriage and his early use of phenobarbital for colic.

Perry said that he did not want to blame anyone in the book for the things they did wrong.

Perry described fame as his first drug and said that getting sober involved a process of learning that "reality is an acquired taste."

Perry believes there is a reason why he has escaped death so many times and hopes that sharing his story will help others.

Read similar stories like this one.