Overview
- Rob and Michele Reiner were found dead at their Brentwood, Los Angeles home on Sunday, prompting an LAPD homicide investigation with no arrest or named suspect.
- In a recently resurfaced interview with Piers Morgan, Rob Reiner said he felt “absolute horror” over Charlie Kirk’s assassination and praised Erika Kirk’s message of forgiveness.
- The interview clip circulated widely Monday as tributes were shared, including a post from Andrew Kolvet of The Charlie Kirk Show highlighting Reiner’s words.
- President Trump posted on Truth Social blaming Reiner for his own death, a statement condemned on CNN by Dana Bash and criticized by Republicans including Marjorie Taylor Greene, Thomas Massie, and Mike Lawler.
- Public figures such as Maria Shriver and Patrick Schwarzenegger called Trump’s message “disgusting and vile,” and Piers Morgan shared his own tribute thanking Reiner for his work.