Director Rob Reiner and his spouse, Michele, who had been discovered useless Sunday at their Los Angeles residence, spoke candidly prior to now about their relationship with their son Nick, who has been arrested on suspicion of homicide.
The dad and mom, in an interview with the Los Angeles Occasions in 2015, stated they wished they might return and do issues otherwise in serving to Nick, now 32, as he struggled with dependancy and rehab packages.
“The program works for some people, but it can’t work for everybody,” the late director stated whereas discussing “Being Charlie,” the movie he made along with his son a few teen combating medication and stints of homelessness.
The household spoke about their troubles in getting Nick assist beginning round age 15, and the way they want they’d dealt with sure components of looking for him care.
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“When Nick would tell us that it wasn’t working for him, we wouldn’t listen,” Rob Reiner stated. “We were desperate, and because the people had diplomas on their wall, we listened to them when we should have been listening to our son.”
Michele stated she and her husband “were so influenced by these people.”
“They would tell us he’s a liar, that he was trying to manipulate us. And we believed them,” she stated.
Elsewhere within the interview, the couple’s daughter, Romy, spoke about her brother and pop making the film collectively.
“This is my best friend, and I was there for all of it. It’s weird but good to see [it] on the screen,” she stated.
Nick advised Folks journal in 2016 that, at instances, he selected homelessness over going to rehab.
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“If I wanted to do it my way and not go to the programs they were suggesting, then I had to be homeless,” he stated. “I was homeless in Maine. I was homeless in New Jersey. I was homeless in Texas. I spent nights on the street. I spent weeks on the street. It was not fun.”
Nick Reiner was taken into police custody on Sunday after Rob, 78, and Michele, 68, had been discovered useless of obvious stab wounds. Authorities haven’t launched details about a suspected motive.
A spokesperson for the household confirmed “the tragic passing” on Sunday.
“We are heartbroken by this sudden loss, and we ask for privacy during this unbelievably difficult time,” the spokesperson stated in an announcement to CNN.
The couple are survived by their three youngsters: Jake Reiner, Nick Reiner and Romy Reiner. Rob Reiner additionally has a 61-year-old daughter, Tracy, by adoption from his first marriage to fellow director Penny Marshall.
Tracy stated in an announcement shared with NBC Information that she “came from the greatest family ever.”
“I don’t know what to say. I’m in shock,” she added.
