Conan O'Brien breaks silence over killing of Rob and Michele Reiner after his holiday party

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Hours before filmmaking legend Rob Reiner and his wife Michele were found stabbed to death in their Brentwood home, they attended a holiday party at Conan O’Brien’s house.Now, two months after the tragedy, the comedian has broken his silence about the death of his good friends.“To have that experience of saying good night to somebody and having them leave and then find out the next day that they’re gone ...

I think I was in shock for quite a while afterward,” O’Brien said in an interview for “The New Yorker Radio Hour” podcast.“I mean, there’s no other word for it.

It’s just very — it’s so awful.It’s just so awful.”As host of the Dec.

13 party, O’Brien was among the last people to see the Reiners alive.Their 32-year-old son, Nick, was arrested the following night and charged with murdering his parents.

Two sources who attended the party described witnessing a loud verbal exchange between Nick Reiner and his parents.California Rob Reiner, a Hollywood scion who directed films including ‘When Harry Met Sally’ and ‘The Princess Bride,’ was found dead with his wife Sunday in Brentwood.

He was 78.In an interview published Friday, O’Brien said he and his wife were very close with the couple, describing them as “just such lovely people.” O’Brien praised Rob Reiner’s talent as a director and his tireless advocacy efforts.The “When Harry Met Sally ...” director was a prominent Democratic donor, noted critic of President Trump and a champion for causes such as early childhood education and gay marriage.

“I think about how Rob felt about things that are happening in the country, how involved he was, how much he put himself out there — and to have that voice go quiet in an instant is still hard for me to comprehend,” O’Brien told The New Yorker.O’Brien said he considers Reiner “one of the greats” given his impressive t...