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'What the hell do you say?': elder son of Rob Reiner speaks out on parents' murders
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/24/rob-reiner-son-jakeJake Reiner calls parents 'center' of his life and says brother being at 'center' of loss is 'almost too impossible to process'
From left, Jake Reiner, Romy Reiner, Rob Reiner and Michele Reiner in Los Angeles, California, on 15 January 2024. Photograph: Gilbert Flores/Variety/Getty Images
The elder son of beloved director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Reiner, eulogized his parents, who were "the center" of his life, in a Substack essay published Friday, four months after the pair were found stabbed to death in their Los Angeles home.
Nick Reiner, the couple's younger son, who long struggled with drug addiction and mental illness, has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder in connection to their deaths, to which he has pleaded not guilty.
"What the hell do you say to someone who is living through this reality?" Jack Reiner wrote in his essay, his first public comment on his parents' deaths.
"We lost more than half of our family that night in the most violent way imaginable. Sure, any loss of a parent is devastating, but nothing compares to losing both of them at the same time and, on top of that, having your brother be at the center of it. It's almost too impossible to process."
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Nick Reiner, the couple's younger son, who long struggled with drug addiction and mental illness, has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder in connection to their deaths, to which he has pleaded not guilty.
"What the hell do you say to someone who is living through this reality?" Jack Reiner wrote in his essay, his first public comment on his parents' deaths.
"We lost more than half of our family that night in the most violent way imaginable. Sure, any loss of a parent is devastating, but nothing compares to losing both of them at the same time and, on top of that, having your brother be at the center of it. It's almost too impossible to process."
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It's been unfathomable to process, on a smaller scale than Jake, Romy, and all their friends and family, of course.
But still crave news on how they are possibly bearing this. I imagine it helps to speak out about it, and so glad Jake did. 
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So Nick is pleading not guilty. 
I'm sure they love their brother, but how can they ever accept this horrible loss? How can they ever forgive him?
None of their lives will ever be the same.
