Billy Crystal ‘went to see’ Rob Reiner’s body to say one last thing to him
Within hours of the crime scene being secured, police arrested the Reiners’ youngest son, Nick Reiner, 32. He has since been charged with two counts of first-degree murder.
When Billy Met Rob
Crystal and Reiner’s ‘bromance” began in 1975 on the set of the sitcom All in the Family, where they played best friends on screen. Their connection extended far beyond television, continuing through numerous collaborations over the years.
“It worked really well, and we said, ‘It feels right onstage, why don’t we just continue this in our lives?’ We became the closest of friends,” Crystal, 77, wrote of his early bond with Reiner in a 2016 personal essay for The Hollywood Reporter.
Crystal then recalled that his “favorite moment” with his pal was at their first screening of When Harry Met Sally.”
“Rob and I were sitting in the back next to each other. Then the orgasm scene happens, and the place goes berserk. When Rob’s mother, Estelle, says, ‘I’ll have what she’s having,’ it was thunderous, a laugh you can only hear with the best of jokes in a concert hall. It’s those moments that make movies so spectacular: You set up the joke in September, and you don’t hear the punch line until May. We just grabbed each other’s hands because we knew something exciting was about to happen with this movie.”
