Conan O'Brien is sharing some further reflections on the killing of his friends Rob and Michele Reiner, who were found dead at their home in December, the day after attending the comedian's holiday party.
O'Brien spoke with The Hollywood Reporter in an interview published March 9 about the couple's killing, and he was asked about the fact that his name appeared in many news stories about it because the Reiners were at his house in Los Angeles for a party hours before they died.
"Very simply, we had a party, we invited our really good friends and then, the next day, this terrible thing happened," he said.
"Whatever difficulties my wife and I have experienced having our name attached to it are nothing compared to the scale of the tragedy for the family and the loss of Rob and Michele. If you're a known person, your name is going to get dragged into things sometimes, but it is not a hardship. There is only sadness that they're gone."
Rob and Michele Reiner's son, Nick Reiner, who attended O'Brien's holiday party with them, has been charged with the murder of his parents. He has pleaded not guilty.
