The deaths of Rob Reiner and his spouse, Michele Singer Reiner, hit particularly near residence for Michelle Obama. The previous first woman revealed that she and husband Barack Obama had plans with the couple the very day they had been killed.
Throughout a Monday, December 15 look on Jimmy Kimmel Reside, the previous first woman revealed that she and her husband had plans with the couple the identical day they had been killed.
“We’ve identified them for a lot of, a few years, and we had been imagined to be seeing them that evening — final evening — and we obtained the information,” Michelle, 61, mentioned.
Rob, 78, and Michele, 68, had been discovered useless inside their Brentwood, Los Angeles residence on Sunday, December 14. The Los Angeles Police Division mentioned the couple had been found with obvious stab wounds. Their son, Nick Reiner, has been taken into custody with a $4 million bail. The investigation is ongoing.
Michelle additionally appeared to reply to feedback made earlier that day by President Donald Trump, who mocked Rob’s dying and described him as a “deranged particular person” with “Trump derangement syndrome,” referencing the filmmaker’s outspoken opposition to the Trump administration.
“And let me simply say this: Not like some folks, Rob and Michele Reiner are a number of the most first rate, brave folks,” Michelle mentioned. “They don’t seem to be deranged or crazed. What they’ve all the time been are passionate folks. In a time when there’s not loads of braveness happening, they had been the sort of people that had been able to put their actions behind what they cared about. They usually cared about their household, and so they cared about this nation, and so they cared about equity and fairness, and that’s the reality. I do know them.”
Barack additionally shared an announcement honoring the late filmmaker and his spouse.
“Michelle and I are heartbroken by the tragic passing of Rob Reiner and his beloved spouse, Michele. Rob’s achievements in movie and tv gave us a few of our most cherished tales on display,” he wrote by way of X. “However beneath the entire tales he produced was a deep perception within the goodness of individuals—and a lifelong dedication to placing that perception into motion.”
“Collectively, he and his spouse lived lives outlined by function. They are going to be remembered for the values they championed and the numerous folks they impressed.”
Rob and Michele shared three kids, sons Jake, 34, and Nick, 32, and daughter Romy, 27. Rob additionally had an adopted daughter, Tracy, 61, from his first marriage to filmmaker Penny Marshall.
“It’s with profound sorrow that we announce the tragic passing of Michele and Rob Reiner,” a household spokesman mentioned in an announcement on Sunday. “We’re heartbroken by this sudden loss, and we ask for privateness throughout this unbelievably troublesome time.”
