Today is Keanu Reeve's 60th birthday.
You may not know that he was abandoned by his father at 3 years old and grew up with 3 different stepfathers. He is dyslexic. His dream of becoming a hockey player was shattered by a serious accident. His daughter died at birth. His wife died in a car accident.
He has no bodyguards, no luxury houses.
In 2010, on his birthday, he walked into a bakery and bought a brioche with a single candle, ate it in front of the bakery, and offered coffee to people who stopped to talk to him.
Keanu lives in an ordinary apartment and likes wandering around town and is often seen riding a subway or simply eating a cupcake in NYC.
"I have two young sons who watch quietly when grown-ups make jokes of my last name... And it's 2018 and maybe I could take it and smile a strained smile before, but not now, not in front of my children."
@aimeenez for @Poetry_Society "In Their Own Words" https://t.co/RAD8XGZHfq