As famous world stars, they also experience mental pain when their loved ones pass away forever.

When mentioning Keanu Reeves, the audience thinks of the actor from the once famous movie “The Matrix”, but behind that is a life full of misfortune.

So much so that for a while, a photo of Keanu sitting on a park bench eating cake became a topic that netizens edited and parodied, and named the photo “Sad Keanu” because of his appearance. he was so sad, just like the real life of this world star.

The photo “Sad Keanu” was once famous on the Internet

Keanu’s father was once in prison for drug trafficking. When Keanu was only 3 years old, his father abandoned him and his mother. The last time Keanu saw his father was when he was 13 years old.

Later, when his mother remarried many times, Keanu also had to move to many places around the world to live with his mother and stepfather.

By the time Keanu grew up, his life was still unhappy after unhappy. During filming, Keanu became close friends with River Phoenix – his co-star in the movie “My Own Private Idaho”.

But this close friend left Keanu forever in 1993, when River died of drug shock.

Previously, the two stars have expressed their friendship for each other many times. River confessed that he sees Keanu as an older brother, and Keanu also sees River as an adopted brother.

At his best friend’s funeral, Keanu emotionally said: “All I can say is I have never felt like this in my life.

I am very sad, and something more than sadness. I don’t knowing what it was, I just sobbed for hours.”

Keanu and River Phoenix in the movie “My Own Private Idaho”

On screen, the two actors played each other’s lovers

Keanu’s close friend left him in 1993

In 1998, Keanu met the love of his life, girlfriend Jennifer Syme. When she was pregnant and about to give birth, Keanu thought she was about to enjoy complete family happiness, but bad news came in December 1999, when Jennifer gave birth prematurely and doctors could not save the baby.

Keanu Reeves and happy time with girlfriend Jennifer Syme

18 months later, tragedy continued when Keanu also had to see Jennifer Syme leave his life, after a tragic car accident.

Swallowing tears, Keanu Reeves buried his girlfriend next to his child at Westwood Village Cemetery in Los Angeles.

Keanu’s girlfriend passed away in 2001 because of a car accident while she was driving alone.

Grave of Keanu’s girlfriend and his child

Having gone through such a tragic life, Keanu now only focuses on work, and stays away from the hustle and bustle of Hollywood life.

He lives simply, only traveling by public transportation and spending most of his money on charity work.

Keanu has become an example for many people when he went through so many tragedies, but still had the strength to live, work and be a useful person for society. The actor once shared: “Other people need happiness to live, I don’t.”