![]() ![]() Perhaps he is not someone who engages comfortably in physical contact with people he does not know well. Perhaps he doesn’t want to touch the strangers constantly approaching him for photos for mysterious hygiene reasons of his own. As is standard in internet culture, a variety of intense opinions followed from commenters, with many celebrating Reeves for respecting his female fans, and others saying that his choice of pose was directly influenced by #MeToo proof that male celebrities need to engage in this sort of behaviour in order to avoid potential accusations of sexual misconduct and expensive law suits.īoth these interpretations are possible, as is the idea that Reeves, who is enjoying a career high and moment as the universally beloved golden good guy of Hollywood, has always seemed unique and even a little awkward. In the photos, Reeves is doing the usual "arm around the person's waist" celebrity photo pose, but his hand is blatantly hovering behind the women in the photos – he is very deliberately refraining from touching them. I thought about my friend last week when images of actor Keanu Reeves posing with female fans circulated online. I have got used to his physical brand of friendliness, which he expresses the same way with everyone, but I sometimes wonder if someone won’t misread his intent at some point, or just tell him right to his face to keep his hands to himself. ![]() His mixed gender siblings are the same, so it appears that this is just how they were raised – he is a hugger, even when meeting friends of friends, and will place his hand on someone’s shoulder (rather than the perfunctory shoulder tap) when politely asking them to let him by on the bus. I have a friend who touches everyone he talks to. However, some people are just more touch-led than others. It should go without saying that the sort of groping physical contact that is the sole remit of career perverts is also deeply unwelcome. The odd arm touch from a colleague I don’t know all that well during a lively conversation is fine, but lingering touches? No. Personally, I don’t like it when strangers put their hands on me. He says, “I like to help.Most of us, female and male, have experience of being touched – not necessarily in a sexual manner – when we would prefer not to be. Today, with his heart wide open and his career going full-throttle, Keanu Reeves remains humble and always ready to reach out to those in need. They collaborated on a book called Ode to Happiness with Keanu writing its text.Įventually, their friendship blossomed into love. They eventually met in person and went on to develop a decade-long friendship. After watching his sister go through so much pain before finally beating leukemia, he now donates seventy percent of his earnings to cancer research.Īlexandra Grant, a Los Angeles-based visual fine artist and philanthropist, heard about a poem Reeves had written. He paid $5 million to cover all of her medical treatment. He spent time working with charities and helping his sister Kim in her cancer battle. Reeves was a pallbearer at her funeral service.ĭespite his intense grief, Reeves chose to pay it forward. Syme would end up dying in a car accident eighteen months later. Weeks later, this tragedy would destroy Reeves’s and Syme’s relationship, so they went their separate ways. But at eight months pregnant, Syme gave birth to their stillborn daughter, Ava Archer. In the late ’90s, Keanu Reeves was in love with actress Jennifer Syme. Hopefully, by setting such a good example, he taught onlookers a thing or two about helping someone in need. When the people sitting at their cafe tables recognized Keanu Reeves, a number of them got up, crossed the street, and helped push the car to the curb so they could rub shoulders with this kindhearted celebrity. He insisted Octavia slip behind the steering wheel while he did the pushing. Octavia started walking toward the trunk, ready to push while Keanu steered.īut Reeves wasn’t about to let that happen. They decided to push the car to the side of the street and out of the traffic. It was Keanu Reeves asking if he could help. Then her night in shining armor appeared on a motorcycle. Not one person got up and offered to help. She could see people seated at cafe tables across the street watching, maybe enjoying her dilemma. She was blocking the flow of traffic, and they were forced to slow down and navigate around her car-but no one stopped for her. On the way home, her car broke down in the middle of the street in a posh area of Beverly Hills.Īs she stood on the side of the street, she was stressed out by a stream of drivers angrily beeping their horns at her. The back of her car was splattered with bird droppings from being perpetually parked under the trees in her driveway. Long before the actress Octavia Spencer became famous Oscar winner Octavia Spencer, she left her house one day extremely dressed down to pick up a script for an audition. ![]()
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