Matthew Perry has an apology for Keanu Reeves ahead of memoir, Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing

Matthew Perry is offering Hollywood actor Keanu Reeves an apology ahead of the release of his memoir, Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing, after an excerpt was released that questioned why the actor "still walks among us" as he reflected on a few deaths including River Pheonix and Heath Ledger -- the star has issued an apology.

"I'm actually a big fan of Keanu," the actor told in an Oct. 26 statement. "I just chose a random name, my mistake. I apologize. I should have used my own name instead."

In the Friends star's personal memoir, in which he shares details of his addiction battle, the actor first mentioned the John Wick star when reflecting on the legacy of Phoenix. (Phoenix, who co-starred with Perry in the film, A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon, died of a drug overdose in 1993).

"River was a beautiful man, inside and out—too beautiful for this world, it turned out," a section of his memoir reads. "It always seems to be the really talented guys who go down. Why is it that the original thinkers like River Phoenix and Heath Ledger die, but Keanu Reeves still walks among us?"