Jamie Lee Curtis said she is “much closer” to Jake and Romy Reiner following their parents’ deaths.
The actress, who was a close friend of the late Rob and Michele Reiner, told Extra on Friday, November 5, that the tragic loss had strengthened her bond with Jake and Romy.
“Of course, I mean, we are family,” Curtis, 67, told the outlet of the siblings. “Something like this brings people so much closer. Like Jake and I were sitting shoulder-to-shoulder doing an interview…. and just feeling him there is emotional, and then of course him talking about his parents and their fantastic relationship.”
Rob and Michele died in late December 2025 at the ages of 78 and 70, respectively. The couple’s son Nick was arrested in connection to his parents’ killings but pleaded not guilty and is currently awaiting trial.
Curtis and her husband Christopher Guest shared their grief over their close friends’ deaths via a statement shared with Us at the time.
“Christopher and I are numb and sad and shocked about the violent, tragic deaths of our dear friends Rob and Michele Singer Reiner and our ONLY focus and care right now is for their children and immediate families and we will offer all support possible to help them,” the statement read.
The statement continued, “There will be plenty of time later to discuss the creative lives we shared a the great political and social impact they both had on the entertainment industry, early childhood development, the fight for gay marriage and their global care for a world in crisis. We have lost great friends. Please give us time to grieve.”
In August, Jake, 35, opened up about how he has been navigating the shocking deaths of his parents.
“It’s been eight months. It feels like eight years at the same time, and it also feels like eight minutes,” Jake told KABC-TV’s Mark Cota-Robles in an interview shared on August 27 on Good Morning America. “Every moment that I wake up, I’m reminded of my reality.”
Jake acknowledged that his brother’s arrest further impacted his grief.
“I mean, he’s in jail, so,” Jake said. “You know, I physically lost my parents, and then Nick was arrested. Now, it’s me and Romy.”
Jake previously detailed his grief via a Substack essay published in April, and revealed how Romy, 28, initially told him that their parents had died.
“On the afternoon of December 14, I was in Union Station at a celebration of life for one of my best friends, Christian Anderson, who died in October,” Jake wrote. “It was at that moment I received a call from my sister Romy telling me our father was dead. Minutes later, she called back telling me our mother was also dead.”
He continued, “The 45-minute Lyft ride from downtown to the west side was unendurable. My world, as I knew it, had collapsed. I was in a trance. The only thing I could focus on was that I needed to get to my childhood home. I needed to get to my sister. I needed to figure out what the hell just happened.”
