{"id":2201033,"date":"2025-12-16T10:08:32","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T10:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2201033"},"modified":"2025-12-16T10:08:32","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T10:08:32","slug":"obamas-planned-to-meet-with-rob-reiner-and-wife-the-night-couple-was-killed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/obamas-planned-to-meet-with-rob-reiner-and-wife-the-night-couple-was-killed\/","title":{"rendered":"Obamas planned to meet with Rob Reiner and wife the night couple was killed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2025%2F12%2Fnewspress-collage-6t3my5u7n-1765879021806.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall%261765861076\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Obamas were supposed to meet with director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele, the night they were allegedly killed by their son, Nick Reiner, in their home in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were supposed to be seeing them that night \u2014 last night \u2014 and we got the news,\u201d\u00a0Michelle Obama said on \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IqGNKbXBfPg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jimmy Kimmel Live!<\/a>\u201d Monday night, when host Jimmy Kimmel asked how she was coping with the news of her friends\u2019 murders.<\/p>\n<p>The former first lady said she and her husband were devastated when they learned that the legendary filmmaker and his wife, with whom they had been friends for \u201cmany, many years,\u201d had been killed.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Michelle Obama revealed on \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live!\u201d Monday night, she and the former president were about to meet Rob Reiner and his wife before discovering they had been murdered just hours earlier. <span class=\"credit\">Jimmy Kimmel Live \/ YouTube<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cLet me just say this: Unlike some people, Rob and Michele Reiner are some of the most decent, courageous people you would ever want to know,\u201d she said \u2014 appearing to allude to remarks made by former President Trump, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/15\/us-news\/trump-suggests-murdered-rob-reiner-drove-people-crazy-with-trump-derangement-syndrome\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">who called Reiner \u201cderanged\u201d and \u201ctortured and struggling\u201d <\/a>in a Truth Social post following the filmmaker\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are not deranged or crazed. What they have always been are passionate people who \u2014 in a time when there\u2019s not a lot of courage going on \u2014 they were the kind of people who were ready to put their actions behind what they cared about. And they cared about their family.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Following the couple\u2019s deaths, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/15\/entertainment\/tributes-to-rob-reiner-pour-in-from-hollywood-and-beyond\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">former President Obama released a statement<\/a> praising the Reiners\u2019 legacy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMichelle and I are heartbroken by the tragic passing of Rob Reiner and his beloved wife, Michele. Rob\u2019s achievements in film and television gave us some of our most cherished stories on screen,\u201d\u00a0he wrote on X.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut beneath all of the stories he produced was a deep belief in the goodness of people\u2014and a lifelong commitment to putting that belief into action. Together, he and his wife lived lives defined by purpose. They will be remembered for the values they championed and the countless people they inspired. We send our deepest condolences to all who loved them.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The former first lady said she and her husband were devastated when they learned that the legendary filmmaker and his wife, with whom they had been friends for \u201cmany, many years,\u201d had been killed. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@michelleobama<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Reiner and his wife, Michele, were found slain at their Brentwood mansion on Sunday afternoon. <span class=\"credit\">@michelereiner\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAnd they cared about this country. And they cared about fairness and equity. And that is the truth. I do know them,\u201d she added. <\/p>\n<p>Reiner, 78, a beloved Hollywood icon known for his hit films like \u201cThe Princess Bride,\u201d \u201cWhen Harry Met Sally,\u201d and \u201cThis Is Spinal Tap,\u201d was found dead alongside his 68-year-old wife, Michele, at their Brentwood mansion on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/entertainment\/who-is-nick-reiner\/\">The couple\u2019s son, Nick Reiner, 32<\/a>, has been taken into custody and\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/15\/us-news\/rob-reiners-son-nick-in-custody-after-horrifying-murder-of-princess-bride-director-and-wife\/\">charged with the murders<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Nick Reiner was arrested on Sunday night and was later charged with killing his parents. <span class=\"credit\">LAPD Gang and Narcotics<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>His 28-year-old sister, Romy, who found their parents\u2019 bodies, told investigators that he \u201cshould be a suspect\u201d because he\u2019s \u201cdangerous,\u201d sources told The Post.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cAll in the Family\u201d star\u2019s troubled son, who has a prominent history dealing with drug addiction and mental health struggles, was reportedly\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/15\/us-news\/nick-reiner-on-suicide-watch-after-allegedly-murdering-parents-rob-and-michele-reiner-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">placed on suicide watch<\/a>\u00a0after his arrest.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s being held on a $4 million bail.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Obamas were supposed to meet with director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele, the night they were allegedly killed by their son, Nick Reiner, in their home in Los Angeles. \u201cWe were supposed to be seeing them that night \u2014 last night \u2014 and we got the news,\u201d\u00a0Michelle Obama said on \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live!\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2201034,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25174],"tags":[22466,21741,23060,27653,359403,424544],"class_list":["post-2201033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gossip","tag-barack-obama","tag-entertainment","tag-jimmy-kimmel","tag-michelle-obama","tag-rob-reiner","tag-rob-reiner-murder"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Obamas-planned-to-meet-with-Rob-Reiner-and-wife-the.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2201033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2201033"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2201033\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2201035,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2201033\/revisions\/2201035"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2201034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2201033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2201033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2201033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}