How about unlike the vast majority of A list actors, he works regularly for female directors.

Splinter was coming for Chris Evans (#1 Chris) last week, now this week Jez is snarking Keanu (the internets OG boyfriend). There are plenty of obviously shitty men to hate on. Why grasp at these straws so hard?

What a shit clickbait article.

I’m with you here. The biting tone doesn’t really fit for this piece.

And it doesn’t sound like *he* expects special adulation for being mindful of others, so there’s something that comes off as mean-spirited in that suggestion.

He has a tragic past. His girlfriend gave birth to a stillborn daughter and later died in a car accident (they had broken up by then). He was rumored to be engaged in 2005 but didn’t go through with it. 

Wow this was a completely unnecessary article. Not everything has to be hated on. He seems pleasant. People are excited by a pleasant person. Why the handwringing? 

Counterpoint: Maybe we’re getting a little TOO cynical when we have to question something as innocuous as Keanu Reeves being a nice guy. Anyway, if Keanu Reeves is the “truly low standard” for being a good man, I can’t even imagine what the high standard is.

Media needs to champion the “normal” celebrity who respects peoples boundaries and exemplifies how a socially conscious person should be acting. Nowadays 95% of all news involving popular people tends to focus on the negative - regardless of this being a symptom of society’s draw towards sensationalism in journalism.

I…

Yeah, no.

respecting people’s boundaries by avoiding the small of their back is the bare minimum

One of my co-workers was walking down a San Francisco street when she tripped and nearly fell into a row of motorcycles. In that weird time slowing thing that happens in crisis moments, imagining the wave of tumbling bikes as she fell, an arm reached in and caught her while the other hand grabbed the first bike.

Rather, and he’s not the only celeb to do this, it’s a guard against any accusations of impropriety. You see it a lot with married male celebs.

Two guys I've dated have told me, with pride, that they have never hit a woman. I didn't know what to say to either one of them

Keanu seems like the kind of person who recognizes when something is wrong and will avoid doing that wrong thing. He also strikes me as the kind of person who if they discover something makes another human being uncomfortable they not only stop doing that thing but immediately and profusely apologize for doing it.…

It seems to me that in the last 10 - 20 years or so society has moved to becoming more and more “huggy”. Like, people you hardly even know want to hug you in social situations now. What’s wrong with a sincere handshake?

He may be doing it to avoid appearances of impropriety, or to ensure others’ comfort. But underlying those theories is the assumption that he would put his hands on these people were it not for one of those decent reasons not to do so. Is it too crazy to think that maybe he just doesn’t want to put his hands on other…

Remember when Tom Brokaw got called out for being a perv? Even in his own defense, he admitted it but clearly wasn't aware that his behavior was wrong.

I’m going to start a rumor that he’s a Howard Hughes level germaphobe and just doesn’t want to touch any rando’s sweaty backs. 

I have always found it odd that often in business settings, i.e a retirement party or some function, men will often hug an outgoing female co-worker, shake hands with a male one and no one seems to object. And you see it on TV relentlessly if you watch...like cop shows, the male supervisor will touch the arm or put an…