Much like his beloved sarcastic Friends character Chandler Bing, Matthew Perry tends to use humour as a coping mechanism. But sometimes the line gets lost between playful sardonicism and actually wishing death upon people. Specifically, currently Canadian actor Keanu Reeves.
In the sitcom actor's forthcoming memoir, Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing, there is a recurring tendency — a bit, if you will — of Perry reflecting on the deaths of people close to him by wondering why Reeves is still alive.
As per NME, the first occurrence takes place in a section of the book that mourns River Phoenix, whom Perry starred opposite in 1988's A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon. Phoenix's fatal drug overdose in 1993 seems to have affected Perry deeply: "Why is it that the original thinkers like River Phoenix and Heath Ledger die, but Keanu Reeves still walks among us?" he wrote.
The death of actor and comedian Chris Farley is mentioned elsewhere in Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing. Perry wrote, "I punched a hole through Jennifer Aniston's dressing room wall when I found out," adding, "Keanu Reeves walks among us."
While it previously seemed like "the big terrible thing" was Perry's struggle with opioid addiction that brought him close to death, there's a greater and greater likelihood that that part of the book title is actually referring to Reeves. For the record, the two actors have never worked together, and Perry reportedly does not offer any clarification on his feelings toward Reeves in the memoir.
Last year, Perry obviously appeared in the Friends reunion, while Reeves also got nostalgic with The Matrix Resurrections and has since continued being a wholesome angel impossible to wish death upon.
In the sitcom actor's forthcoming memoir, Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing, there is a recurring tendency — a bit, if you will — of Perry reflecting on the deaths of people close to him by wondering why Reeves is still alive.
As per NME, the first occurrence takes place in a section of the book that mourns River Phoenix, whom Perry starred opposite in 1988's A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon. Phoenix's fatal drug overdose in 1993 seems to have affected Perry deeply: "Why is it that the original thinkers like River Phoenix and Heath Ledger die, but Keanu Reeves still walks among us?" he wrote.
The death of actor and comedian Chris Farley is mentioned elsewhere in Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing. Perry wrote, "I punched a hole through Jennifer Aniston's dressing room wall when I found out," adding, "Keanu Reeves walks among us."
While it previously seemed like "the big terrible thing" was Perry's struggle with opioid addiction that brought him close to death, there's a greater and greater likelihood that that part of the book title is actually referring to Reeves. For the record, the two actors have never worked together, and Perry reportedly does not offer any clarification on his feelings toward Reeves in the memoir.
Last year, Perry obviously appeared in the Friends reunion, while Reeves also got nostalgic with The Matrix Resurrections and has since continued being a wholesome angel impossible to wish death upon.
