LOS ANGELES — Mel Brooks has spoken out on the murder of Rob Reiner, saying the tragic killing would have devastated his best friend — Rob's father, and Brooks’ fellow comedy legend — the late Carl Reiner.
Speaking at the Jan. 20 premiere of the upcoming documentary "Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!," Brooks, 99, somberly expressed relief that Carl Reiner, who died in 2020 at age 98, was not alive to see Rob Reiner and wife, Michele Singer Reiner, killed on Dec. 14.
"Anyway, with Carl, with what's happened, I'm glad that he passed away when he did," Brooks said during a Q&A with Judd Apatow. "He never could have survived this terrible, terrible thing."
"I loved him. I loved Carl," Brooks added.
Nick Reiner has been charged with the double-murder of his parents and is due back in court on Feb. 23.
