Martin Shorts daughter bonded with Nick Reiner when they played together as kids: Report

Martin Short’s daughter “bonded” with Rob Reiner’s son when they played together as children, a new report has revealed.New details have emerged about the close relationship Katherine had with Nick, who’s been accused of killing his Hollywood filmmaker father and his mother Michele.He has pleaded not guilty.On Monday, Short’s daughter took her own life and since her death more information has come out about how the 42-year-old struggled with depression and mental health, something Nick also battled.Short and his late wife Nancy Dolman, raised Katherine, Oliver, now 39, and Henry, 36, just minutes away from the Reiners who lived in Brentwood with their kids Jake, 34, Nick, 32, and Romy, 28. “Martin and Rob were very close,” a source told the Daily Mail.

“There were holidays together, birthday parties, dinner parties and the kids were always around, always in each other’s company, they pretty much grew up together.”The source added, “Katherine and Nick bonded over being the children of famous people, it was a connection they had because they both tried to overcome it, they both tried to find their own way in life and it was very challenging.Hollywood kids are often miserable, it’s common.”“They wanted their own identity, they didn’t want to be called so-and-so’s kid.” In 2012, Katherine even filed court documents to have her last name changed to Hartley.When asked why she explained that she was a psychiatric social worker with a father for a public figure and she was “concerned about potential harassment from future patients resulting from my association with my father.”Both children of famed members of tinseltown also spent time in institutions over the years dealing with mental health issues. Rande Levine – founder of Karma Rescue, a dog charity on a board Katherine served – said there were several times during the 2010s when Katherine checked into an inpatient mental health facility.“She’d say, “I won’t be aro...