Rob Reiner spoke to comedian Eric Idle hours before the director and his wife were killed inside their Los Angeles home.
Idle, 82, revealed details about the pair’s final conversation on Monday following news of the double homicide.
“Rob Reiner was a lovely man. I spoke to him last night for over an hour,” the “Monty Python” star wrote on X.
“I always enjoyed his company. I met him at his Dad’s in 1975,” Idle continued. “He was telling me about fiming at Stonehenge and his thoughts for the future.”
Idle added, “This is so awful. I shall miss him. A clever, talented and very thoughtful man. So awful.”
According to Deadline, Rob was working on a “Fawlty Towers” reboot with Idle’s fellow Monty Python troupe member John Cleese at the time of his death. Rob and Michele were set to produce the project.
On Sunday, Rob, 78, and Michele, 68, were found stabbed to death at their Brentwood, Calif. home.
The couple’s daughter Romy, 28, discovered their bodies.
After finding her parents with their throats slashed, Romy reportedly told cops that she believed a family member “should be suspect” and that the relative was “dangerous.”
Their 32-year-old son Nick, who has a history of addiction and homelessness, was taken into custody by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department on Sunday night, The Post confirmed.
Rob, famous for directing some of Hollywood’s most beloved films like including “When Harry Met Sally,” “The Princess Bride,” “This Is Spinal Tap” and “A Few Good Men,” married Michele, a photographer, in 1989.
The couple welcomed three children: Jake in 1991, Nick in 1993, and Romy in 1997.
Rob was also the adoptive father of actress Tracy Reiner, whom he shared with his first wife, director Penny Marshall, who died in 2018 at age 75.
Tracy spoke out about Rob and Michele’s murders, telling NBC News, “I came from the greatest family ever. I don’t know what to say. I’m in shock.”
Rob and Michele’s family also released a statement about the tragedy.
“It is with profound sorrow that we announce the tragic passing of Michele and Rob Reiner,” the family told Variety. “We are heartbroken by this sudden loss, and we ask for privacy during this unbelievably difficult time.”
Three months before Rob and Michele’s deaths, the Reiner family — including Nick — attended the Los Angeles premiere for Rob’s movie “Spinal Tap II: The End Continues”
