Rob Reiner Said Son Nick Was 'in a Really Good Place' and Hadn't Done Drugs 'for Over 6 Years' 3 Months Before Murders
- - Rob Reiner Said Son Nick Was 'in a Really Good Place' and Hadn't Done Drugs 'for Over 6 Years' 3 Months Before Murders
Tommy McArdleDecember 17, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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Rob Reiner and Nick Reiner on May 4, 2016 -
Rob Reiner said he believed his son Nick was "in a really good place" in a September interview, three months before he and his wife Michele Singer Reiner were killed on Dec. 14
Rob, who was 78, and Nick, 32, previously collaborated on the 2015 movie, Being Charlie
Nick was charged with two counts of murder in connection to his parents' deaths on Monday, Dec. 15
Rob Reiner said he believed his son Nick Reiner was in "a really good place" during an interview just three months before the director and his wife Michele Singer Reiner were killed.
In newly resurfaced clips from Reiner's September interview with NPR, the filmmaker, who was promoting Spinal Tap II: The End Continues at the time, revisited his 2015 movie Being Charlie, which he directed and Nick co-wrote. The film follows a teenager struggling with addiction, echoing some of Nick’s self-described “dark years” after he started to use drugs at a young age.
During the interview, Rob compared his relationship with Nick to the father-son one depicted in the film, saying that unlike the dad in the film, "I was never, ever too busy" for Nick.
"I mean, if anything, I was the other way, you know, I was more hands-on and trying to do whatever I thought I could do to help," he continued. "I'm sure I made mistakes and, you know, I've talked about that with him since."
Rob added that he believed Nick was doing well in the September interview. "He's been great … hasn't been doing drugs for over six years," he said. "He's in a really good place."
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Rob Reiner and Nick Reiner on May 4, 2016
According to Los Angeles Sheriff's Department records, Nick, 32, was taken into custody on Dec. 14, and he has been charged with two counts of murder in relation to Rob and Michele's deaths. The Los Angeles Police Department said in a Dec. 15 press release that Nick was being held on no bail.
Rob and Michele also shared son Jake and daughter Romy, 28. Rob also has a daughter, Tracy, from his first marriage to Penny Marshall. Rob and Michele had been married since 1989; they met while Rob was directing When Harry Met Sally..., which was released that same year.
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Jake Reiner, Nick Reiner, Romy Reiner, Michele Singer Reiner and Rob Reiner on Sept. 14, 2024
Nick and the Reiner family have spoken about his struggles with addiction and homelessness, beginning in his teens. Nick told PEOPLE in a 2016 interview about Being Charlie that he had been in rehab 17 times and experienced some stints of homelessness along the way.
“I was homeless in Maine. I was homeless in New Jersey. I was homeless in Texas. I spent nights on the street. I spent weeks on the street. It was not fun," he said at the time. "That made me who I am now, having to deal with that stuff. . . Now, I’ve been home for a really long time, and I’ve sort of gotten acclimated back to being in Los Angeles and being around my family. But there was a lot of dark years there."
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