Earlier today, we reported that the former All In The Family star Rob Reiner was found dead along with his wife Michelle on Sunday. They were allegedly murdered by their own son Nick, who has since been arrested.
On Monday morning, Whoopi Goldberg became visibly emotional as she addressed his death on her ABC talk show The View.
Goldberg Honors Reiner
“Rob became a star in the iconic sitcom All In The Family,” began Goldberg, 70. “And went on to direct beloved movies like This Is Spinal Tap, The Princess Bride, A Few Good Men, When Harry Met Sally. And I was lucky enough to get directed by him in Ghosts of Mississippi. He was also an outspoken activist and quite a guy, quite an amazing man.”
“I don’t know how to process this,” Goldberg continued. “I don’t even have the words, I don’t know what to say.”
Rob, 78, and his wife Michelle, 68, were found dead yesterday by their daughter Romy, 28. Their son Nick, 32, has since been arrested after he allegedly stabbed them both to death. Police sources claimed to Daily Mail that he slit each of their throats.
Trump Weighs In
Rob was a proud liberal who was an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump. In the wake of Rob’s murder, Trump took to his Truth Social media platform to say that the star’s death was “reportedly due to the anger he caused others through his massive, unyielding, and incurable affliction with a mind crippling disease known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME.”
When co-host Sunny Hostin began to mention this on The View this morning, she was immediately admonished by Goldberg.
“Don’t read it, just tell them that it’s there,” Goldberg advised.
Their co-host Ana Navarro proceeded to become visibly angry about the president’s words.
“At a time when so many in the media industry, so many with a platform are afraid to speak, he put his money and his mouth where his heart was and for Trump to have put that out today, I’m gonna say it: You know, damn it, there’s an American family grieving,” she stated. “This is a tragedy, not just for the family, but for all who knew and loved him, and for the President of the United States to make this about him as a way to attack Rob Reiner, because he exercised his American right to speak up with what he disagreed with, is shameful. It is disgraceful. And of all the disgusting things that Donald Trump has done, this is right up there.”
‘Our Hearts Are Breaking…’
The co-hosts then discussed the two mass shootings that also took place over the weekend before Rob’s murder.
“If we can wrap our minds around the awfulness of these things, then we can open our hearts to all the people who’ve had to deal with this,” Goldberg lamented. “All the women, all the men, all the people of color, all the Jews, all the folks who’ve had to deal with this struggle. I don’t understand the man in that White House, because he talked so much about Charlie Kirk and caring, and suddenly this is what he puts out. Have you no shame? No shame at all? Can you get any lower? I don’t think so.”
“Our hearts are breaking through all of this, through Rob, through what’s happened at Bondi Beach, what happened at Brown and you don’t find the time to say, as Americans, we hate what’s happening,” she concluded. “You ain’t my president.”
Check out Goldberg’s full comments for yourself in the video below.
While we didn’t agree with Rob Reiner politically, we certainly never wanted to see any harm come to him. Please join us in saying a prayer for the Reiner family as they grieve this unimaginable loss.