{"id":292575,"date":"2026-02-20T00:59:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T00:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/292575\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T00:59:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T00:59:15","slug":"how-michele-rob-reiners-murder-has-brought-exes-nicole-kidman-tom-cruise-together-its-rattled-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/292575\/","title":{"rendered":"How Michele & Rob Reiner\u2019s Murder Has Brought Exes Nicole Kidman & Tom Cruise Together: It\u2019s \u2018Rattled Them’"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s only been two months since legendary filmmaker Rob Reiner<\/a> and his beloved wife, Michele Reiner, were brutally murdered in their home, allegedly by their son, Nick. While many are still reeling, it seems their former pals, Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise<\/a>, are taking it especially hard.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen Tom and Nicole were a happily married couple, they went on double dates with Rob and Michelle Reiner and as a foursome; they were remarkably in sync,\u201d an insider said to Heat World<\/a>. \u201cTom met Nicole roughly around the same time Rob and Michelle became a couple, and the early parts of both of those relationships followed a similar arc, including the timing of them all having kids.\u201d<\/p>\n

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It seems Rob <\/a>and Cruise first met while filming A Few Good Men in 1992, but their bond grew stronger when they both found love in the 90s. Not much is publicly known, but many inferred they were close pals because Kidman and Cruise were pictured at the American Cinematheque Honoring Rob Reiner at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills back in 1994.<\/p>\n

Along with that, the Reiners\u2019 former nanny once wrote on Instagram<\/a>: \u201cI met Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise a number of times while I worked for the Reiners.<\/p>\n

The insider added to Heat World<\/a>, \u201cNicole and Tom really cheered on the Reiners as a couple and Tom also just worshipped Rob as a person and as a filmmaker. None of that faded with time and Tom reached out to Nicole right after the news about Rob and Michelle broke. Their murders have totally rattled them both.\u201d<\/p>\n

So after their shocking murders, insiders also claim Kidman and Cruise may reunite as pals.<\/p>\n

\u201cKidman really needs some positivity right now, so creating new memories with Tom and their kids will no doubt do her a world of good,\u201d they added. \u201cIt can\u2019t hurt Tom either. Aside from his work he doesn\u2019t have a whole lot going on in his personal life. By all accounts he\u2019s a pretty lonely guy, so this reconnection with Nicole is huge for him too.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Nicole Kidman with husband Tom Cruise at the 53rd Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 21, 1996 in Beverly Hills, California.<\/p>\n

For those who don\u2019t know, Kidman and Cruise<\/a> met on the set of the hit film Days of Thunder and fell in love immediately. In fact, they tied the knot a year later, on Christmas Eve 1990, in Telluride, Colorado.<\/p>\n

They starred in two more films together, Far and Away and Eyes Wide Shut. They even adopted two children together, named Isabella Jane in 1992 and a son named Connor in 1995.<\/p>\n

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However, Cruise ended up filing for divorce from Kidman in 2001. Before Kidman became the superstar she is today, she told Marie Claire per Goalcast<\/a> that she felt like a trophy at the beginning of their marriage. \u201cI thought, I don\u2019t deserve to be here. We would go to the Oscars, and I would think, I\u2019m here to support [Tom]. I felt it was my job to put on a beautiful dress and to be seen and not heard.\u201d<\/p>\n

Before you go, click here<\/a> for a look back at Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman\u2019s 11-year marriage.<\/p>\n

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