Nick Reiner hounded A-listers with a string of weird questions at Conan O’Brien’s Xmas bash just hours before his sister discovered the gruesome scene of their parents’ killing.
The glitzy Hollywood party took a dark turn when legendary Hollywood director Rob Reiner’s 32-year-old son was booted out after pestering stars with a barrage of odd questions.
Nick had been introduced to comic heavyweight Bill Hader by his famous father, and later interrupted the SNL star mid-chat.
“What’s your name? What’s your last name? Are you famous?” Nick Reiner asked, according to The Wall Street Journal.
He allegedly flew into a rage when Hader snubbed him by replying that he was “in the middle of a private conversation”.
An insider told NBC News that he “just stood there and stared before storming off.”
Nick was also spotted engaged in a fiery exchange with his parents before he was asked to leave.
What we know so far…
- The son of Hollywood legend Rob Reiner has been arrested and accused of murdering the director-actor and his mom, Michele.
- He could face the death penalty if convicted of the double homicide.
- A harrowing 911 dispatch call has captured the moment emergency crews asked for help at the grim scene.
- Now-devastating pictures of the couple were shared by Reiner’s daughter just weeks before his death.
- President Donald Trump suggested the director drove people “crazy” with “Trump Derangement Syndrome” in a shocking Truth Social post.
- Inside Nick Reiner’s addiction history
- Rob Reiner’s last chat revealed
The following afternoon, Princess Bride director Rob, 78, and his wife Michele, 70, were found with their throats slit at their $13.5 million Los Angeles mansion.
New details emerged that a massage therapist was unable to contact them for a scheduled appointment.
The masseuse rang the couple’s daughter Romy, 28, who lives across the street, asking for help.
Romy checked in and discovered the horrifying sight of her father’s dead body before fleeing the house in terror.
Her roommate frantically called 911 as Romy reached out to her father’s longtime pal Billy Crystal, who arrived in time to see first responders attending to the stricken couple.
Romy only discovered her mother had also been killed when paramedics arrived and delivered the devastating news.
Law enforcement sources told TMZ that Rob and Michele Reiner appeared to have been dead for hours when they were found on Sunday afternoon, with rigor mortis already setting in.
Rigor mortis usually begins between two and six hours after death.
Romy reportedly told cops that older brother Nick “should be a suspect” because he is “dangerous,” sources said.
Dramatic footage shows the moment he was tracked down to a subway station in Exposition Park, 15 miles from his parents’ mansion.
Armed cops forced the suspected killer to the ground at gunpoint and cuffed him on the pavement, according to photos shared by the LAPD’s Gang and Narcotics Unit.
Investigators raided Nick’s motel room that he had been staying in and found a shower “full of blood,” blood smeared all over the bed, and the windows blacked out with the bedsheets, according to TMZ sources.
He is reportedly being held on suicide watch at the Twin Towers Correctional Facility in Los Angeles, after his $4 million bail was revoked.
The troubled Being Charlie writer faces a possible death sentence if convicted.
At the time of his parents’ murders, he was living on their plush estate as they grappled with his mental health and substance abuse issues.
Nick previously admitted to tearing apart the guest house in a drug-induced rage while “totally spun out on uppers” and stealing $200 from his parents to solicit a sex worker.
The 32-year-old told People that he battled a 15-year-long addiction that saw him endure 17 stints in rehab.
He admitted that his battles with drug addiction led to him being homeless at one point, saying, “When I was out there, I could’ve died.
“It’s all luck. You roll the dice and you hope you make it.”
Alan Horn, who co-founded the production company Castle Rock Entertainment with Rob Reiner, said: “Nick was always troubled, even in his early teens.
“Rob and Michele kept all this very private, but they did share with us and others that they struggled with Nick’s addiction issues, tried everything and were really at a loss as to what else to do.”
Rob Reiner was candid about his son’s struggles in a 2016 New Yorker interview, saying his mantra while Nick was growing up was “keep him alive until he’s 25”.
Timeline of Rob and Michele Reiner’s death
Rob Reiner and his wife of Michele Singer Reiner were found dead in their Los Angeles home on December 14, 2025.
Timeline:
- December 13, 2025: Reiner and his wife Michele attended a holiday party on the evening of December 13 with their son, Nick.
- Sources conveyed to The U.S. Sun that the couple and their son were engaged in a heated public argument while at the event.
- December 14, 2025: Reiner and Michele were found dead in their Brentwood home in Los Angeles at around 3:30 pm PST.
- The couple’s daughter, Romy, reportedly discovered her parents’ bodies.
- Online police records show Reiner and Michele’s 32-year-old son, Nick, was arrested at 9:15 pm PST on December 14.
- December 15, 2025: Authorities in Los Angeles announce that Nick Reiner was arrested and charged with murder.
- Nick was booked into a Los Angeles jail at 5:04 am and was being held on $4 million bail, which was later revoked.
- December 16, 2025: Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman formally charged Nick Reiner with two counts of first-degree murder.
- Hochman said his office would consider the death penalty in Nick’s case.
- Nick’s scheduled court appearance on December 16 was postponed due to what his attorney said was a procedural issue.
