Rob Reiner made a posthumous cameo in Larry David’s new show Life, Larry, And The Pursuit Of Unhappiness which marked his final on-screen appearance before his tragic death.
The late director played the role of George Washington in episode two of the satirical HBO Max series which had been filmed one month before his passing.
Reiner and wife Michele were fatally stabbed inside their Brentwood, California home on December 14, 2025. Their son Nick was arrested and charged in the double murder, which he has entered a not guilty plea to.
Reiner, whose role had been kept a secret until the episode aired on Friday, could be seen announcing that he would not be running for a third term in a speech to the colonists.
The moment appeared to be a subtle dig at President Donald Trump, who has previously floated the idea on running for a third term.
As Reiner made the announcement while playing the role of the first president of the United States, he added, ‘I believe that no man should serve more than two terms as president.
Rob Reiner made a posthumous cameo in Larry David’s new show Life, Larry, And The Pursuit Of Unhappiness which marked his final on-screen appearance before his tragic death; seen in 2024 in L.A.
The late director played the role of George Washington in episode two of the satirical HBO Max series which had been filmed one month before his passing
‘And I hope that future presidents will follow my lead,’ he continued in the scene.
David, who played one of the colonists, then called out a question while standing amidst the crowd.
‘What if some future president doesn’t follow your lead and runs for a third term?’ he asked, which prompted Reiner to respond that a constitutional amendment would ‘prohibit that.’
David then asked, ‘Well, what if there’s some a**hole in office, some narcissistic pr**k, who doesn’t follow the Constitution?’
The actor also added, ‘He could use the presidency to enrich himself and his family. He could send troops into American cities to terrorize and even kill American citizens, all to distract from the fact that he’s friends with a pedophile.’
Jimmy Kimmel also made an appearance in the latest episode as another colonist.
After David’s comments, the late night talk show host chimed in to question, ‘Are you suggesting that the president would taketh the time to challenge anyone who dare make fun of him? As if he were a big baby?’
When Kimmel scoffed at the idea, David said that an ‘insecure, lying a**hole’ would do so.
‘What if some future president doesn’t follow your lead and runs for a third term?’ David asked, which prompted Reiner to respond that a constitutional amendment would ‘prohibit that’
Jimmy Kimmel also made an appearance in the latest episode as another colonist; seen in May in L.A.
The skit came to an end as the colonists lashed out at each other and Reiner announced, ‘We’re f***ed,’ which concluded the scene.
At the end of the episode, an In Memoriam slide appeared with a photo of the late director.
During an interview with Variety, director Jeff Shaffer recalled how he and David wanted Reiner to portray Washington but had one request of the director: Shave his beard.
‘Rob was like, “Seriously?”‘ Shaffer said, before adding that Reiner was ‘never without his beard, but he really wanted to do the sketch, so he shaved.’
Shaffer called the tragic deaths of Reiner and his wife ‘so incredibly sad’ and explained that July 3 was the ‘perfect time’ to air the episode.
‘Just let it come out on the Fourth of July weekend, on the 250th, and let it sink in that way.’
Reiner was a prolific director whose work included some of the most memorable and endlessly watchable movies of the 1980s and ’90s.
His credits included This is Spinal Tap, Stand By Me, A Few Good Men and When Harry Met Sally – during the production of which he met photographer Michele Singer. They wed soon after and were married for 36 years.
During an interview with Variety, director Jeff Shaffer recalled how he and David wanted Reiner to portray Washington but had one request of the director: Shave his beard; Reiner and David seen in 2019 in L.A.
Reiner was a prolific director whose work included some of the most memorable and endlessly watchable movies of the 1980s and ’90s; seen in 2025 in NYC
The pair welcomed three children: Jake, Nick and Romy. Reiner also adopted daughter Tracy from his first marriage to Penny Marshall.
Jake opened up about the traumatic experience of learning his parents had been killed late last year, which came as he was at a celebration of life ceremony for a confidante who had died months before.
He said in an April Substack post, ‘I received a call from my sister Romy telling me our father was dead. Minutes later, she called back telling me our mother was also dead.’
Jake said that ‘the 45-minute Lyft ride from downtown to the west side was unendurable’ and he was ‘in a trance’ upon learning the horrific news.
He continued, ‘The only thing I could focus on was that I needed to get to my childhood home.
‘I needed to get to my sister. I needed to figure out what the hell just happened.’
Jake said that he ‘was robbed of so many things that day,’ noting a number of milestones left empty in the wake of his parents’ tragic deaths.
‘My parents won’t be at my wedding, they won’t get to hold their future grandchild, and they won’t get to see me have the successful career I’m still seeking,’ he said. ‘It simultaneously breaks my heart and enrages me.’
Reiner and wife Michele were fatally stabbed inside their Brentwood, California home on December 14, 2025; seen in 2019 in L.A.
Jake said in an April Substack post, ‘I received a call from my sister Romy telling me our father was dead. Minutes later, she called back telling me our mother was also dead’; seen in June in L.A.
Speaking about the deadly incident, Jake said he’s thought about ‘how frightened they must have been’ adding, ‘They were the last people in the world to deserve what happened to them.’
Last month in June, Nick Reiner said he was seeking unpaid money from a trust his parents established for him amid his defense against charges that he killed them.
A petition filed by Nick’s civil attorneys in a Los Angeles County court on June 9 says that trustees overseeing the funds have denied them to him without legal justification, and he needs and should get them now.
Nick retained high-profile private lawyer Alan Jackson to represent him, but less than a month later Jackson left the case for reasons he said he couldn’t share.
The new filing reveals that Nick’s siblings, Jake and Romy Reiner, had initially agreed to pay for Jackson, but reversed course.
The filing says that apart from the larger Reiner family trust, which is not at issue, Rob and Michele Reiner established smaller individual trusts for Nick and his siblings.
It says they left ‘unambiguous instructions’ in Nick’s trust, established in 1993, that he was to receive half its money when he turned 30 and the rest at 35.
But, the filing says, Nick never received the funds he was entitled to at 30, and that the trustee overseeing them since February, attorney Paul R. Kanin, has given ‘a shifting series of excuses and justifications’ to deny Reiner the money.
They include concerns about Nick’s competence that have no bearing on a payout that is mandatory.
Last month in June, Nick Reiner said he was seeking unpaid money from a trust his parents established for him amid his defense against charges that he killed them; seen in February
Nick says he should also get the money he was to receive at 35 immediately because his defense and his need for basic necessities in jail require it.
Proceedings in Nick’s murder case are moving slowly. He is scheduled to return to court for a pretrial hearing in September.
He is eligible for the death penalty, but District Attorney Nathan Hochman has said his office has not yet decided whether to seek it.
Authorities have said nothing about possible motives, and leaks in the case have been virtually nonexistent on both sides.
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