Nikki Glaser wrapped up internet hosting duties on the 2026 Golden Globe Awards by commemorating Rob Reiner.
Glaser, 41, took to the stage after the ultimate award was offered on Sunday, January 11, carrying a hat emblazoned with a This Is Spinal Faucet brand, which nodded to the late director’s acclaimed 1984 movie. The comic additionally subtly referenced the movie throughout her closing phrases, telling the group, “Thanks guys for a tremendous evening, and I hope we discovered the road between intelligent and silly.”
Her phrases mirrored one of many movie’s most well-known traces: “It’s such a high-quality line between silly and intelligent.”
Within the leadup to Sunday evening’s occasion, Glaser advised USA Right now that regardless of the normal absence of an “In Memoriam” section on the Golden Globes, she was dedicated to paying tribute to Rob, who died alongside spouse Michele Singer Reiner on December 14, 2025.
“There’s not a complete part put aside to honor everybody we’ve misplaced,” Glaser stated throughout an interview revealed on Thursday, January 8. “However I’ve one thing deliberate that I’m going to do in my very own approach to simply acknowledge [Reiner] and have fun him in my very own method.”
She advised the outlet that she thought Chelsea Handler’s Critics Selection tribute was “good,” earlier than explaining that she didn’t need her personal phrases to really feel insincere. “I knew [Reiner], however not that properly,” Glaser stated on the time. “I’m not going to linger on it an excessive amount of as a result of I feel that’s what we’ve been doing for the previous few weeks. However clearly, I believed if one thing occurred to me and Rob Reiner was internet hosting a present, given our relationship, how would I need him to deal with it? I feel I landed on one thing that I really feel he would do for me, too.”
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Nick and Michele, who died on the ages of 78 and 70, respectively, had been discovered with obvious stab wounds of their Brentwood, California, residence. Within the wake of their deaths, the couple’s son Nick Reiner was charged with two counts of first-degree homicide. (The couple additionally shared son Jake, 34, and daughter Romy, whereas Rob additionally adopted older daughter, Tracy, 61, whereas he was married to his late ex-wife Penny Marshall.)
Nick’s preliminary lawyer, Alan Jackson, stepped down from representing him on Wednesday, January 7, with public defender Kimberly Greene taking on Nick’s case. His arraignment was scheduled for Wednesday, however was rescheduled for Monday, February 23, in mild of Jackson stepping down. If convicted, Nick faces life in jail with out parole or the loss of life penalty.
Within the wake of their father and mom’s deaths, Jake and Romy stated in a press release that they’re dwelling with “unimaginable ache.”
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Their assertion learn, “The horrific and devastating lack of our mother and father, Rob and Michele Reiner, is one thing that nobody ought to ever expertise. They weren’t simply our mother and father; they had been our greatest pals.”
It continued, “We’re grateful for the outpouring of condolences, kindness, and help now we have obtained not solely from household and pals however folks from all walks of life. We now ask for respect and privateness, for hypothesis to be tempered with compassion and humanity, and for our mother and father to be remembered for the unimaginable lives they lived and the love they gave.”
