Jamie Lee Curtis Becomes Grandma Amid Heartbreak

revealed she became a grandmother during an interview with  and Craig Robinson on their IMO (In My Opinion) podcast on Tuesday.

The announcement was made all the more profound when Curtis admitted the birth of her grandchild happened just a week after the deaths of her dear friends Rob and Michele Reiner.

The Freaky Friday actress, 67, who adopted two daughters with her husband Christopher Guest, said that her eldest child Annie, 39, and son-in-law Jason Wolf welcomed their first son into the world during a very emotional time for the family.

'My husband and I became grandparents,' Curtis tearfully told Obama and co-host Robinson, who is the former First Lady’s brother. 'Their baby boy was born in December. And it was a week after Rob and Michele [died].'

The late film director and his wife were Annie's godparents, 'and they died on her birthday,’ the Scarpetta star continued.

Curtis, who appeared to , reflected on the contrasting feelings of the time because of the tragic deaths of her friends, who were slain in their home on December 14. The couple's son Nick has been charged with their murders.

'My beautiful daughter, who loved them, as we all did, managed to be able to metabolize that grief and sadness, as we have all had to do. Obviously, nothing greater than their children. But as close friends,'

Curtis noted that 'colleagues and friends and people we all admired' were also mourning the couple.

'And then my daughter and her husband brought their son to this world a week later,' she said. 'Life on life's harshest terms and life on life's most beautiful terms.'