James Woods made it clear he is not going to converse poorly about late buddy Rob Reiner, regardless of having wildly totally different political views.
The actor, who labored with Reiner on the 1996 biopic, “Ghosts of Mississippi,” paid tribute to the slain director on Fox Information Monday night. Whereas Woods is a staunch conservative, he famous that politics by no means impacted his friendship with Reiner, noting they’d nothing however “respect” for each other’s beliefs.
“I choose folks by how they deal with me,” Woods defined to host Jesse Watters. “Rob Reiner was a godsend in my life. We acquired alongside nice. We cherished one another.”
As Woods went on, he famous that he and Reiner — a vocal critic of President Donald Trump — had opposing political stances, however shared he nonetheless noticed the director as “an incredible patriot.”
“He doesn’t agree with me both, however he additionally respects my patriotism,” he added. “We had a unique path to the identical vacation spot, which was a rustic we each love. And when folks would say horrible issues to me on social media about him, I’d say, ‘You bought all of it mistaken.’”
Per Woods, you may disagree with somebody with out hating them – noting he usually interacts along with his liberal friends with out challenge. He added afterward, “When folks say horrible issues about Rob proper now, I discover it, fairly frankly, infuriating and distasteful.”
Woods additional praised Reiner as “an incredible thinker,” including that the deceased filmmaker is “any person I like, respect and cherish.”
Woods’ protection of Reiner comes hours after Trump claimed the director and his spouse, Michele, have been killed because of the filmmaker’s opposition to him, saying Reiner had an “incurable” case of “Trump Derangement Syndrome.”
“Rob Reiner, a tortured and struggling, however as soon as very proficient film director and comedy star, has handed away, collectively along with his spouse, Michele, reportedly because of the anger he induced others by way of his large, unyielding and incurable affliction with a thoughts crippling illness often called TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME,” Trump wrote on Monday. “He was identified to have pushed folks CRAZY by his raging obsession of President Donald J. Trump, along with his apparent paranoia reaching new heights because the Trump Administration surpassed all objectives and expectations of greatness, and with the Golden Age of America upon us, maybe like by no means earlier than. Might Rob and Michele relaxation in peace!”
The president’s submit sparked fairly a little bit of blowback, with California Gov. Gavin Newsom even blasting the president as a “sick man” over the comment.
Reiner and his spouse have been discovered slain of their Brentwood residence Sunday night. Their son, Nick, 32, who has a historical past of dependancy points, was the primary suspect and arrested not lengthy after their our bodies have been found. He’s at present being held with out bail.
Watch Woods’ full tribute to Reiner above.
