Billy Crystal is opening up about how a devastating year changed his relationship with God.During an interview with CBS Sunday Morning, the comedian, 78, opened up about how losing his longtime Pacific Palisades home in the January 2025 wildfires and the death of his close friend Rob Reiner greatly impacted his faith.Crystal was asked whether he had been speaking with God after the painful losses.The actor referenced his previous one-man show, "700 Sundays," in which he described conversations with God, before offering a stark response.BILLY CRYSTAL DESCRIBES PAIN OF LOSING HOME IN PALISADES FIRE AT FIREAID BENEFIT CONCERT: ‘FELL TO MY KNEES’Billy Crystal says he no longer trusts God after a year of loss. (Getty Images for Peabody Awards)"No, ’cause I don’t trust Him," Crystal said."Too many bad things have happened," he added.
"The Earth is in bad shape.This is a weird, scary time.
So no, not anymore."Crystal’s longtime home was destroyed in the Palisades fire after he and his wife, Janice, lived there for 46 years.The couple raised their children and grandchildren in the house, which Crystal described as a "magical place."Speaking at a benefit weeks after the disaster, Crystal recalled visiting the remains of what was once his home.ERIKA KIRK PENS ESSAY ON GRIEF AS READERS GAIN INSIGHTS INTO WRENCHING PAST YEAR"When we were finally able to get back to our house in the Palisades, which I lived in for 46 years, like thousands of you, our house now looked like this," Crystal said, before a photo of the aftermath of the Palisades Fire appeared on the screen.Billy Crystal lost his home of 46 years in the Pacific Palisades fire in 2025. (Getty Images)"I stepped onto the grounds and fell to my knees and I wailed.
I had not cried like that since I was 15 years old, and I was told that my father had just died.I remember looking in the mirror back then with my whole life ahead of me thinking, ‘What’s my life gonna be like without him?'""And now folks, ...