Did Kean Reeves say about hatred of the world without “traditional” values?

Not the first year on social networks has been spreading the emotional text behind the authorship of the Hollywood star. We checked whether the actor really made a similar appeal.

The full version of the quote, the authorship of which is attributed to Keanu Reeves, looks like this: “I hate the world where husbands dress their wives as prostitutes, exposing everything that should be secret. Where there is no concept of honor and dignity. Where women do not want children, and men do not want a family. Where the vessels consider themselves successful behind the wheel of father’s cars, and anyone who has at least a little power tries to prove to you that you are insignificance. Where people hypocritically declare that they believe in God, with a glass of alcohol in their hands and with the absence of the slightest understanding of their religion. Where the concept of jealousy is considered shameful, and modesty is a disadvantage. Where people forgot about love, but only look for the best option for a partner. Where men, guys drink parental money in nightclubs, grimacing for primitive sounds, and the girls fall in love with them because of this. Where male and female no longer differ for a long time, and where all this is called freedom of choice together, but those who choose a different path will be branded by “backward despots”, I simply cannot accept it. I choose my way. "

This statement gained great popularity in the Russian -speaking part of the network. In particular, on YouTube, two videos with a salary, on which the Reeves, which gives an interview, was gained 5.9 And 2.6 A million views at the time of writing this analysis. Also, the quote was actively distributed in Facebook, Telegram, Twitter And "VKontakte". The statement is well known for West.

Keanu Reeves gave a lot of interviews in his career. So, in 1995, he declaredthat “there is nothing wrong with being gay”, and in 2020 Praised Director Lily Vachovsky for revealing secrets about the film “Matrix”: as it turned out, the picture was a metaphor for transgender identity. Reeves answered questions about his religion and religiosity as a whole, and at 52 admittedthat he is not going to have children (and for six years is faithful to his word). All this does not really fit with the words attributed to him from the sensational quote.

Separate attention is deserved by personnel on which the actor allegedly pronounces the specified monologue. In two popular examples on YouTube, video traffic is actually borrowed from interview 2019, dedicated to the exit of the John Wick -3 action movie with Reeves in the title role. In the video, he talks about filming, and Russian-speaking subtitles do not coincide with the fact that the actor speaks English.

On one more video, where, judging by the Russian dubbing, the actor speaks out in defense of “traditional” values, we see a younger Reeves. Against the background, you can notice a picture of Gauguin’s field on the Polynesian theme, and this is for a reason - the present interview Taken at the exhibition of the paintings of a French artist, which Reeves (the actor has Hawaiian Roots) visited in 2015. He spoke with journalists, of course, about art.

“Verified” could not even find indirect hints of the existence of a traditionalist statement by Reeves in authoritative sources. As for mentioning in social networks, then if in English the statement began to spread in the second half 2014, in Russian it appeared in Facebook And Twitter no later than January 2013. This suggests that with high probability the original text was not English -language. The Hollywood actor at that time was not indicated as the author.

Attribute a quote to the Reeves in social networks at least in November 2014, first in Russian and only a couple of months later - on English. At the same time, the texts of English -language publications were very different in places, which speaks of translations from other languages ​​- judging by the names of many distributorsincluding from Russian. A significant role in this was played by the post of actress Yana Poplavskaya In February 2015, which was shared by about 5,000 Facebook users from different countries. The dissemination of dubious quote in the future was also conducted through the English-speaking fan page of Reeves in the same social network, however, the artist’s PR manager in response to a request from our colleagues from Politfact Name Its fake and achieved the closure of the community. In the Russian language, the statement became meme And the basis for parodies. Why the statement was attributed to the star of the “matrix”, it was not possible to establish.

Thus, all facts say that Keanu Reeves has nothing to do with the quote presented. Judging by the diverse interview, the actor adheres to other views, never published and did not say anything like this in open sources, and initially the statement spread without instructing the author. In addition, the text with a high probability began to walk in English.

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