Rob Reiner’s closest mates are rallying round his household within the wake of an unthinkable tragedy — they usually’re doing all the pieces they will to assist his kids by means of it, RadarOnline.com reviews.
In keeping with sources who spoke to the outlet, longtime mates Billy Crystal, 77, and Albert Brooks, 78, have been “stepping up” to assist Reiner’s kids after the surprising murders of the legendary director, 78, and his spouse, Michele Singer, 70.
“Rob and Michele had been beloved in Hollywood and their mates like Billy Crystal and Albert Brooks are really like household and fiercely protecting,” an insider instructed RadarOnline.com. “They’ve completely lived as much as that.”
The couple, who had been married for 36 years, shared three kids collectively: Jake, 34, Nick, 32, and Romy, 28. Reiner additionally has an older daughter, Tracy, 61, whom he adopted.
As Life & Model beforehand reported, tragedy struck when Reiner and Singer had been discovered stabbed to demise of their Los Angeles dwelling earlier this month. Their son Nick was arrested simply hours after Romy reportedly found her mother and father’ our bodies and has since been charged with two counts of first-degree homicide. His arraignment is scheduled for January 7.
Sources instructed RadarOnline.com that amid the devastation, Crystal and Brooks have been a gradual presence for the household — significantly for Jake and Romy — ensuring they aren’t dealing with the aftermath alone.
“They’re being extremely sturdy and have an enormous assist system they will lean on,” the insider added. “Jake and Romy won’t ever be alone as they attempt to face this,” the supply continued. “It’s in fact been an enormous shock to the system. This nightmare got here out of nowhere for them, however they’ve been surrounded with assist because the second they came upon.”
Jake and Romy publicly acknowledged that assist in an emotional assertion shared on Wednesday.
“Phrases can’t even start to explain the unimaginable ache we’re experiencing each second of the day,” the siblings mentioned. “The horrific and devastating lack of our mother and father, Rob and Michele Reiner, is one thing that nobody ought to ever expertise.
“They weren’t simply our mother and father; they had been our greatest mates,” the assertion continued. “We’re grateful for the outpouring of condolences, kindness and assist now we have acquired not solely from household and mates however individuals from all walks of life.”
Notably, the assertion made no point out of their brother Nick or the fees towards him.
“We now ask for respect and privateness, for hypothesis to be tempered with compassion and humanity, and for our mother and father to be remembered for the unimaginable lives they lived and the love they gave,” they concluded.
