Within the wake of Donald Trump’s “disgusting and vile” response to director Rob Reiner and his spouse Michele’s demise, the Hollywood legend’s swish response to Charlie Kirk’s homicide in September resurfaced Monday morning.
The clip from “Piers Morgan Uncensored” is being applauded throughout the political spectrum for demonstrating Reiner’s “means to separate the particular person from their political opinions.”
“Omit politics,” one X person wrote in response to the video. “Nobody deserves this brutality. God relaxation their souls.”
“Relaxation in peace, Rob. You had been an ideal filmmaker, regardless of our disagreements,” wrote one other.
Within the “Piers Morgan Uncensored” clip of Reiner, circulating Monday as one of many 78-year-old filmmaker’s ultimate TV interviews, the host asks for Reiner’s “fast intestine response” to the assassination of conservative youth organizer Kirk on Sept. 10. The lifelong liberal and vocal opponent of Trump and MAGA shocked some viewers by expressing misery over the divisive political determine’s violent demise.
“Nicely, horror. Absolute horror. And I sadly noticed the video of it, and it’s past perception what occurred to him and that ought to by no means occur to anyone,” Reiner mentioned. “I don’t care what your political opinions are, that’s not acceptable, that’s not an answer to fixing issues. And I felt like what his spouse mentioned on the service, the memorial they’d, was precisely proper. I’m Jewish, however I consider within the teachings of Jesus and I consider in do-unto-others, and I consider in forgiveness. And what she mentioned was stunning. She forgave his murderer. And I believe that’s admirable.”
Watch the clip beneath:
Rob Reiner responded with grace and compassion to Charlie’s assassination. This video makes it all of the extra painful to listen to of he and his spouse’s tragic finish. Might God be near the damaged hearted on this horrible story. pic.twitter.com/07g2EFu8Ha
— Andrew Kolvet (@AndrewKolvet) December 15, 2025
In a separate put up of his personal, Morgan shared one other clip from the identical interview and thanked Reiner for “the superb leisure.”
“A horrible household tragedy which has robbed the world of certainly one of its best filmmakers,” Morgan wrote. “Rob was a visitor on ‘Uncensored’ three months in the past, and we had such an ideal interview. On the finish, I requested him which of all his fantastic motion pictures he would most prefer to be remembered by, and I liked his reply each to that query, and to after I instructed him that mine was ‘When Harry Met Sally.’ Thanks for all of the superb leisure, Rob.”
Trump, in the meantime, drew swift backlash on-line Monday after claiming in a Fact Social put up that Reiner and his spouse Michele had been killed due to the director’s opposition to him in what he known as an “incurable” case of “Trump Derangement Syndrome.”
Social media outrage rapidly erupted on-line bashing the president’s insensitive feedback. Maria Shriver mentioned that Trump “has no human decency.” Her son, Patrick Schwarzenegger, additionally responded to the assertion calling it “disgusting and vile.”
