Keanu Reeves Finally Revealed Backstory Of The 'Sad Keanu' Meme!
Apart from being an iconic movie star, he is one of the kindest and friendliest people in the world. Fans have time and again shared stories of his kindness.
Actor Keanu Reeves is loved for reasons more than one. Apart from being an iconic movie star, he is one of the kindest and friendliest people in the world. Fans have time and again shared stories of his kindness.
Keanu is also the internet's favorite star because he keeps on trending for adorable reasons. Like, recently, the internet was flooded with Sad Keanu memes.
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The picture clicked by a paparazzi had Keanu sitting on a bench and eating a sandwich with a groceries bag by his side. The picture soon turned into a bunch of hilarious and relatable sad memes.
recreating the iconic 'sad keanu' meme pic.twitter.com/oarZR39TPG
¡ª ?? (@keanyssance) March 6, 2021
it's giving sad keanu energy pic.twitter.com/Y8p2WnvxIn
¡ª mag ? edmar enthusiast (@magpurplehoodie) December 11, 2021
However, many concerned were worried and wanted to know the real story behind Keanu's photo.
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Keanu Reeves says he wasn't actually sad in the 'sad Keanu' meme. #LSSC https://t.co/0nGRC1eNal pic.twitter.com/dd8LYadzSv
¡ª The Late Show (@colbertlateshow) December 14, 2021
this sad keanu is the best one ?? https://t.co/bxwqpfmQpJ pic.twitter.com/Nr5FzOnioS
¡ª Force Ghost Burt Reynolds (@ForceGhostBurt) December 14, 2021
Don't worry everyone! Sad Keanu had some friends stop by!#KeanuReeves #SadKeanu pic.twitter.com/B1bLst9tGq
¡ª DJ Skandalous (@DJ_Skandalous) December 17, 2021
And, looks like the prayers of fans have finally been answered. In a recent appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Matrix 4 actor spoke about the exact thought while sitting on the bench. He said he was trying to eat lunch, "I'm just eating a sandwich, man."
He also disclosed that he was pondering over some stuff on his mind.Sad Keanu Reeves in 2021 wasn't the first. There was a Sad Keany Reeves in 2013. pic.twitter.com/OhAlVN0LbE
¡ª Stephen Therry ??? (@StandingLeaf) December 17, 2021
For the uninitiated, this widely shared photo also became a meta-reference for ¡®BRZRKR,' a top-selling comic book that Reeves has written and created. Here's what he said -
Media: "Keanu tells us what he was really thinking for the 'Sad Keanu' photo"
¡ª BSolo86 on TTV (@Solo86B) December 17, 2021
Keanu: "I was hungry"
Twitter: pic.twitter.com/BsWomZIQDm
"Okay, I was thinking, I had some stuff going on. I was hungry. So, life and art. Ron Garney is an amazing artist who is illustrating and drawing BRZRKR. I didn't know he was going to do that. But that's what he did. So I think it's meta. He decided to take, and this is what I think, what I believe to be true, he took this moment. And the character is waiting for this moment to happen. Because he's being studied by the American government, a black ops program to figure out why he's immortal, why does he regenerate? I'm just trying to figure out why I exist."
When he was further quizzed as to why he's so, meme-able Reeves said,
keanu reeves drinking a corona & having an existential crisis pic.twitter.com/6deLioRw9i
¡ª keanu doing things (@keanuthings) March 4, 2018
¡°I have no clue, sir.¡± On the work front, Keanu Reeves will be next seen in Matrix Resurrections, the much-awaited fourth installment of the sci-fi film series.
To everyone reaching the end of this year, including finals, Sad Keanu is with you. I am excited for the new Matrix Resurrections movie¡ªmaybe giving us a less sad Keanu. pic.twitter.com/6RFY5mWaV6
¡ª Peter Gray (@peterbgray) December 16, 2021
The actor will reprise his role as Neo, and Carrie Anne-Moss will be seen as Trinity.
The film also stars Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Jonathan Groff, Jessica Henwick, Neil Patrick Harris. The movie is scheduled to hit the theatres on December 22, 2021.
