{"id":352406,"date":"2025-12-18T02:54:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T02:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/352406\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T02:54:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T02:54:09","slug":"meg-ryan-rob-reiners-rom-com-queen-speaks-out-after-his-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/352406\/","title":{"rendered":"Meg Ryan, Rob Reiner\u2019s Rom-Com Queen, Speaks Out After His Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Meg Ryan broke her silence on Rob Reiner\u2019s tragic death on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Ryan, who Reiner directed in her breakout role in 1989\u2019s classic romantic comedy When Harry Met Sally, wrote a tribute to the director on <a onclick=\"_sendArticleBodyInlineLinkClickAnalytics(&#039;https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DSYB2NVEgnF\/?igsh=MWZoYzhmeXY0YXA4aQ%3D%3D&#039;)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DSYB2NVEgnF\/?igsh=MWZoYzhmeXY0YXA4aQ%3D%3D\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DSYB2NVEgnF\/?igsh=MWZoYzhmeXY0YXA4aQ%3D%3D\">Instagram<\/a>. \u201cOh, how we will miss this man,\u201d Ryan began in the caption to a photo of her and Reiner dancing behind the scenes of the 1989 film. \u201cThank you, Rob and Michelle, for the way you believe in true love, in fairy tales, and in laughter. Thank you for your faith in the best in people, and for your profound love of our country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Ryan\u2019s role in When Harry Met Sally solidified her as the rom-com leading lady of the 1990s.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"1989:  Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/62766YECPJDE7GKKFBWZKFQNEE.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"628\"\/>Ryan&#8217;s breakout role in Reiner\u2019s \u201cWhen Harry Met Sally\u201d solidified her as the rom-com star of the 1990s.  Hulton Archive\/Getty Images <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Reiner, 78, and his wife, Michele, 70, were <a onclick=\"_sendArticleBodyInlineLinkClickAnalytics(&#039;https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/obsessed\/spinal-tap-director-rob-reiner-and-wife-murdered-at-los-angeles-home\/&#039;)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/obsessed\/spinal-tap-director-rob-reiner-and-wife-murdered-at-los-angeles-home\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">found deceased<\/a> from knife wounds in their home on Sunday by their daughter Romy, 28. Their son Nick, 32, was later arrested on suspicion of his parents\u2019 murder. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Ryan\u2019s When Harry Met Sally co-star Billy Crystal also <a onclick=\"_sendArticleBodyInlineLinkClickAnalytics(&#039;https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/obsessed\/billy-crystal-breaks-silence-on-reiner-after-rushing-to-murder-scene\/&#039;)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/obsessed\/billy-crystal-breaks-silence-on-reiner-after-rushing-to-murder-scene\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">broke his silence<\/a> on the Reiners\u2019 passing in a joint statement with other longtime friends and collaborators of Reiner\u2019s on Wednesday, remembering Reiner as \u201cnot only a great comic actor,\u201d but \u201ca master storyteller.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Rob Reiner, Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ACE2454IAFGYLAWDUN3EMTMCBU.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"642\"\/>\u201cI have to believe that their story will not end with this impossible tragedy, that some good may come,\u201d Ryan wrote Wednesday in the wake of Reiner\u2019s murder. Gregg DeGuire\/FilmMagic <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Ryan shared similar thoughts in her post. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cI have to believe that their story will not end with this impossible tragedy, that some good may come, some awareness raised\u2026 I don\u2019t know, but my guess is that they would want that to be hopeful and humane, to be something that brings us all to a greater understanding of one another and to some peace.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Meg Ryan broke her silence on Rob Reiner\u2019s tragic death on Wednesday. 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