Michael McKean fondly remembers Rob Reiner after his death

Michael McKean is still processing the shocking death of his friend Rob Reiner and Reiner’s wife, Michele Singer Reiner, who were murdered in December 2025. "I’m still adding it up," he said at a press day for his upcoming off-Broadway show, "Are You Now or Have You Ever Been," earlier this week.

"That was a rough time." The two men met in 1969 when David Lander introduced them in New York, and McKean said they "were pretty close." "He 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," McKean recalled, remembering the time the "When Harry Met Sally" director called him a "genius." "It was because I brought a five-pound bag of pistachios to a meeting," he added with a laugh.

"He was a beautiful guy." McKean spoke warmly of Michele as well. "His wife was remarkable and very efficient and very disciplined as far as the projects we worked on," he said. McKean played David St.

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