Rob Reiner was honored with a touching tribute at Sunday’s Golden Globes 2026, almost one month after he and spouse Michele Reiner were killed.
Host Nikki Glaser wore a “Spinal Faucet” baseball cap as she closed out the awards present, referencing two traces from the Reiner-directed movie in her closing statements.
“That’s our present. This one went to 11,” the comic, 41, mentioned. “Thanks guys for an incredible evening, and I hope we discovered the road between intelligent and silly.”
Glaser, notably, told USA Today on Thursday that she would honor the late director “in [her] personal manner” for the reason that present doesn’t embrace an in memoriam section.
“I’ve one thing deliberate,” she teased, calling her tribute a “delicate” one.
Reiner, who was nominated for 9 Golden Globes throughout his profession, died on Dec. 14, 2025, alongside his associate of their Brentwood, Calif., house.
The couple’s youngest son, Nick Reiner, was subsequently charged with their murders.
Their different surviving children — son Jake, 34, and daughter Romy, 28 — released a heartbreaking statement final month about their “horrific and devastating” loss.
“Phrases can’t even start to explain the unimaginable ache we’re experiencing each second of the day,” the siblings wrote. “They weren’t simply our dad and mom; they have been our greatest mates.”
They continued, “We’re grateful for the outpouring of condolences, kindness, and assist we’ve acquired. … We now ask for respect and privateness, for hypothesis to be tempered with compassion and humanity and for our dad and mom to be remembered for the unbelievable lives they lived and the love they gave.”
The duo have put on a united front, hunkering down collectively of their household’s California seaside house in pictures obtained by Web page Six.
Nick, in the meantime, has made two court appearances, most just lately on Wednesday.
The 32-year-old has but to enter a plea, and his preliminary lawyer, Alan Jackson, quit representing Nick in an eleventh-hour twist.
Nick, notably, attended Conan O’Brien’s Christmas party together with his dad and mom the night earlier than their our bodies have been found — and reportedly drew attention for arguing with his family members.
On the festive bash, Rob reportedly advised a fellow visitor, “I’m frightened of [Nick]. I can’t imagine I’m going to say this, however I’m afraid of my son. I feel my very own son can damage me.”
A-listers’ tributes for Rob and Michele have been pouring in since their passing, and most of the stars the Emmy winner labored with acquired emotional in CBS’ “Rob Reiner: Scenes From a Life” particular.
Jerry O’Connell broke down discussing how variety Rob was to him filming “Stand By Me” in 1986.
“He took me out to lunch, man … months after the film got here out,” the actor recalled. “He didn’t have to do this, you understand what I’m saying? … He was a busy man. And he took a 12-year-old me out to lunch simply to be like, ‘Thanks a lot, what an incredible film.’”
Rob earned one in all his 4 Golden Globe nominations within the Greatest Director class for his work on the movie, together with his different nominations together with “When Harry Met Sally,” “A Few Good Males” and “The American President.”
His remaining 5 nominations have been for taking part in Michael Stivic in “All within the Household.”
