{"id":4061,"date":"2026-05-30T14:00:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T14:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/michael-mckean-fondly-remembers-rob-reiner-after-his-tragic-death\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T14:00:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T14:00:02","slug":"michael-mckean-fondly-remembers-rob-reiner-after-his-tragic-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/michael-mckean-fondly-remembers-rob-reiner-after-his-tragic-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael McKean fondly remembers Rob Reiner after his tragic death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F05%2F128990911.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Michael McKean is still processing the shocking death of his friend Rob Reiner, who was murdered alongside his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, in December 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cBetter Call Saul\u201d alum, 78, met Reiner in 1969 when they were introduced by David Lander, who went on to star opposite McKean in \u201cLaverne &amp; Shirley.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Michael McKean, seen here in 2025, spoke to Page Six about his decades-long friendship with the late Rob Reiner. <span class=\"credit\">Todd Owyoung\/NBC via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The two, photographed above in 2000, first met in 1969 in New York. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>McKean says he and Reiner \u201cwere pretty close.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was a great guy to hang out with, he was an amazing guy, and he was always ready to laugh, and he was always ready to eat,\u201d he noted, remembering the one time the \u201cWhen Harry Met Sally\u201d director called him a \u201cgenius.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was because I brought a five-pound bag of pistachios to a meeting,\u201d McKean recalled with a laugh. \u201cHe was a beautiful guy.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>McKean called Reiner, pictured here with his wife Michele in 2012, a \u201cgreat guy.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>They worked together on 1984\u2019s \u201cThis is Spinal Tap.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Rob and Michele\u2019s son, Nick, pictured here with his parents in September 2025, was arrested for their murders. <span class=\"credit\">The Hollywood Reporter via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And the \u201cBest in Show\u201d star was equally effusive about Reiner\u2019s wife, Michele.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis wife was remarkable and very efficient and very disciplined as far as the projects we worked on,\u201d he recalled fondly.<\/p>\n<p>McKean played David St. Hubbins in 1984\u2019s \u201cThis is Spinal Tap,\u201d which was directed by Reiner, and then reprised the role in <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/video\/watch-page-sixs-last-interview-with-rob-reiner-ahead-of-his-tragic-death\/\">\u201cSpinal Tap II: The End Continues\u201d<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n<p>Rob, 78, and Michele, 70, were <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/12\/14\/celebrity-news\/two-found-dead-at-director-rob-reiners-home-confirmed-by-los-angeles-police\/\">found stabbed to death<\/a> inside their Brentwood home last December. Shortly afterward, their troubled son, Nick, 32, was <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/12\/15\/celebrity-news\/rob-reiner-and-wife-micheles-son-nick-arrested-for-murder-in-parents-stabbing-deaths\/\">arrested<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/12\/16\/celebrity-news\/rob-reiners-son-nick-officially-charged-with-2-counts-of-first-degree-murder-in-stabbing-death-of-parents\/\">later charged<\/a> with two counts of first-degree murder with special circumstances of multiple murders and personal use of a knife.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>McKean took part in a segment honoring Reiner at the Oscars earlier this year. <span class=\"credit\">Disney via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>McKean stood alongside his \u201cSpinal Tap\u201d costar, Christopher Guest. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>McKean <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/03\/15\/entertainment\/billy-crystal-leads-moving-rob-reiner-oscars-2026-tribute-with-meg-ryan-demi-moore-and-more\/\">took part in an emotional salute<\/a> to the late actor\/director at this year\u2019s Oscars, which included stars from his other movies like Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan from \u201cWhen Harry Met Sally,\u201d Kathy Bates from \u201cMisery,\u201d and Fred Savage, Carey Elwes, Mandy Patinkin and Carol Kane from \u201cThe Princess Bride.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He stood alongside his fellow \u201cSpinal Tap\u201d star, Christopher Guest.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cA Mighty Wind\u201d star will be appearing at New York City Center in a revival of <a href=\"https:\/\/areyounowplay.com\/?gclsrc=aw.ds&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=23841358217&amp;gbraid=0AAAABDVU_SRspJShMNHbgl8fSp4hqCpT1&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjwz9_QBhD_ARIsADnSCfDJkkzYvbMj_QOMqntQI_tM5hXZahUB1WouXlJpPaaEaNcW8Bp6GnwaAheEEALw_wcB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cAre You Now or Have You Ever Been,\u201d <\/a>which uses original transcripts of artists who were called before the House Committee on Un-American Activities hearings and put in the impossible situation to name colleagues who were suspected of being a \u201ccommunist\u201d or never work again.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/30\/celebrity-news\/michael-mckean-fondly-remembers-rob-reiner-after-his-tragic-death\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael McKean is still processing the shocking death of his friend Rob Reiner, who was<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4062,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/128990911.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4061\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}