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Rob Reiner and his wife had a loud argument with their son Nick before being found murdered in Los Angeles, Daily Beast reported.
The comedian took comfort in joking around with pals Will Arnett and Jason Bateman after losing his mother and father a year ago.
Former late night host Conan O’Brien has explained how some dark humor and Jason Bateman helped him grieve the deaths of his parents. In a recent interview on his “Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend” podcast, Will Arnett looked back on his text exchange with O’Brien after the death of his father, Dr. Thomas O’Brien, last December.
Conan O'Brien unpacked a dark and twisted ongoing joke he, Will Arnett, and Jason Bateman made up that involved the "Black Rabbit" star being behind the death of his parents. "I wrote it down last year because the timeline was so good,
Arnett publicly recounted of how a dark running joke between them brought some levity when O'Brien was grieving the deaths of both his parents in 2024.
That's Conan O'Brien explaining the hilariously dark message chain he had with Will Arnett and Jason Bateman in the days after the deaths of his parents, which the two break down in the Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend podcast clip above.
When it does happen, I hope I can handle it like Conan O’Brien. O’Brien’s parents both passed away within days of each other toward the end of 2024. It was an incredibly tragic moment that feels unimaginable.
On Dec. 7, Stephen Colbert interviewed Conan O’Brien at the regal New Jersey Performing Arts Center as part of the Montclair Film Festival. For roughly 90 minutes, the talk show veterans riffed, traded anecdotes, mused on the state of the entertainment industry, picked at old showbiz wounds, and took chaotic questions from a cheekily hostile crowd.