SINCERE APOLOGY TO KEANU REEVES

With regard to a story published on Keanu Reeves altercation with a paparazzi, which we got from news services we have since learned the real facts.
Mr. Reeves did not “run over” Mr. Da Silva nor did he even “hit” him with his car. At worst, if Mr. Reeves’ vehicle even came into contact with the photographer, it is possible that Mr. Reeves may have slightly grazed Mr. Da Silva as he was attempting to slowly and carefully maneuver his car away from him (in a slow, rolling manner) while Mr. Da Silva brashly and carelessly planted himself directly in front of Mr. Reeves vehicle and continued to take rapid fire flash photos of Mr. Reeves as he started to pull away from the curb. Mr. Reeves certainly did not “go after” Mr. Da Silva “like he wanted to kill him”, nor did he start driving away from Mr. Da Silva only to return and “drive straight at him”. The fact was, that Mr. Reeves was barely going one mile per-hour. Prior to slowly beginning to inch away from the curb, Mr. Reeves backed up and twice drove forward slowly, in an effort to indicate his intention to leave and expecting the paparazzo to move away, but to no avail. Mr. Da Silva continued to stand directly in front of of Mr. Reeves car blocking his way and snapping photos even after Mr. Reeves’ specifically told him to “move out of the way.” Mr. Reeves also did not attempt to “flee the scene”. To the contrary, as soon as Mr. Reeves heard Mr. Da Silva calling out about “his knee,” he immediately pulled into the nearby driveway, got out of his car and went to the photographer to make sure that he was all right. In fact, it was only after Mr. Reeves turned his car into and parked in the nearby driveway that he saw Mr. Da Silva fall down on the ground which certainly seems more likely to be posturing and feigning injury than the result of a low speed collision at 1 mph, slower than walking speed.
We highly apologize to Mr. Reeves.....

Comments

Anonymous said…
... and the source for this is???
James Edstrom said…
Take a guess....lol
Unknown said…
Wow, you actually took the time out to correct mis-information they printed AND apology to Keanu. Congratulations!
I visit your site more times...no I know that I can trust on your site!
James Edstrom said…
Well thank you....We try to get things right and when we are wrong or see another side of a story, we will make corrections. Thanks for reading !
Anonymous said…
I think gossip is gossip, but should always respect the truth. Or at least not spread false information. So I really appreciate your being able to say "we were wrong".
Anonymous said…
Thanks for being a class act and apologizing. A fellow New Yorker.
Anonymous said…
about time
Anonymous said…
The press like to use journalistic license with the truth wherever possible and if a story is just plain uninteresting in the first place, then hey why not embellish the truth & print an apology afterwards, it's still gonna sells papers, & the public will still read & believe what they want anyway!
James Edstrom said…
First of all we heard the other side of the story. We were never told that before. And I agreed with it. I only want stories that are real. But hey, this is a gossip site. If you want more fact with retractions, go buy the NY Times !