Nothing he's said sorry. He picked a random actor to make a point but said he should have said himself.Book promo has started, what’s his issue with Keanu Reeves?
Nothing he's said sorry. He picked a random actor to make a point but said he should have said himself.Book promo has started, what’s his issue with Keanu Reeves?
My husband listened to the audio book and he thought it was one big pity party. Being horrible to/about Keanu Reeves feels a bit ‘punching down’ to me - he’s very popular, he’s not problematic and I’ve read a lot of stories about people meeting him and being a really nice guy. Maybe Matthew knew he wouldn’t get involved in a public spat so he was an easy target?It's a good thing he apologised and will leave it out of future editions but the fact he even included it at all...what on earth! That was the moment I went right off him and I'm not even what I'd call a fan of Reeves (as in, I've not seen many of his films is all) because anyone who thinks it's okay to tell the world something like that is to be avoided.
It was absolutely grim the stuff Perry was coming out with during the memoir PR tour. Has sort of ruined Chandler Bing for me at least somewhat. There's being honest and then there's taking soulbearing and attention seeking to unhealthy levels.
Yeah, I have heard nothing but good things about Reeves and that's pretty rare.My husband listened to the audio book and he thought it was one big pity party. Being horrible to/about Keanu Reeves feels a bit ‘punching down’ to me - he’s very popular, he’s not problematic and I’ve read a lot of stories about people meeting him and being a really nice guy. Maybe Matthew knew he wouldn’t get involved in a public spat so he was an easy target?
I loved the book but the Keanu references insinuated that his acting is awful...Matthew Perrys isnt great cos he would have had more big hits...he is insecure. He wrote the book too soon also...I have no doubt he will be on and off the wagon for life. Also his timeline is not linear in the book...to disguise how unfaithful he was alll of the time.Yeah, I have heard nothing but good things about Reeves and that's pretty rare.
I think Perry lost a lot of fans that day!
She had very little interaction with him at the James Corden reunion...as did Courtney Cox. Hw was obsessed with Jennifer.Jennifer Aniston was on Jonathan Ross this weekend and he asked how often she spoke with the others, I noticed she mentioned every other cast member but him! He seems very hard work really
I listened to the audio version and the most grating thing about the Keanu passage must have been something that struck you too with the print version – the fact it was, like so much else, repeated twice. I hadn’t heard the uproar about this before listening though and actually went ‘Whoa!’ like Keanu himself and had to press pause. It just felt so unneeded and nasty. The second time round I just eyerolled and that’s the impression that’s stayed with me since. Whoever copyedited that book should have a career rethink. Then again, it was MP who read it – didn’t he feel uncomfortable himself being so repetative? Esp for someone so witty and ‘quick’ in his day.I think the Keanu thing is probably, originally meant as a flippant comment.
Obvs Keanu is beloved and is in some great films but his reputation as an actor, in the 90's especially, was that he was wooden and only said 'whoa'. See Bram Stroker's Dracula. The 90's was when Perry was at his height so it kinda makes sense in a lazy hack joke way.
He could have said Arnie, he could have said Jean Claude Van Damme, he could have said Pauly Shore, haha!
If it was him using Keanu as a stereotypical 'bad actor' he made the wrong choice because of Keanu's friendnship with River Phoenix.
I'd say text can be misinterpreted but not having heard the audio version I can't say how it comes across.
SameI feel really sad