Extra: The Reiner Murders And America’s Addiction & Mental Illness Crisis

The Fox News Rundown

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🗓️ 20 December 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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The murders of movie director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michelle, have shocked not just Hollywood but the world. The suspect accused of stabbing them to death is their 32-year-old son, Nick, who has a long history of mental health issues and addiction, including at least 18 trips to rehab and periods of homelessness. The tragedy has put an even bigger spotlight on America’s drug and mental health crisis. Earlier this week, Dr. Daniel Bober, a forensic psychiatrist and addiction medicine physician, joined the Rundown’s Dave Anthony to discuss the Reiner case and his experience treating the children of celebrities who struggle with mental illness and substance abuse. Dr. Bober also talked about the challenges families face as they cope with addiction and mental illness, and the treatment options available to them. We often must cut interviews short during the week, but we thought you might like to hear the full conversation. Today on the Fox News Rundown Extra, we share our entire interview with Dr. Daniel Bober, a forensic psychiatrist and addiction medicine physician. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.8	This is the Fox News rundown. Extra.
0:37.6	I'm Dave Anthony.
0:39.8	Today, a real-life drama out of Hollywood.
0:45.1	The murder of famous actor and movie director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michelle.
0:50.9	Their son, Nick, is the accused killer, jailed without bail, winning an arraignment
0:56.0	next month on murder charges. He wore a suicide prevention vest in his first court appearance,
1:02.7	days after the Reiner's were found stabbed to death in their Los Angeles home. On our
1:07.3	rundown podcast, we posted Wednesday. We talked to a forensic psychiatrist who deals with the mental health issues and drug addiction afflicting Nick Reiner since he was a teenager.
1:19.9	Dr. Daniel Bober, who's also an addiction medicine physician in Florida.
1:26.7	And while Dr. Bober has nothing to do with this case
1:29.4	and has never examined Nick Reiner, we talked about the killings and the long ordeal the family
1:35.3	has dealt with related to Nick's issues, including the movie that Rob Reiner made and his son
1:42.3	co-wrote back in 2015 titled Being Charlie about a character with
1:48.5	addiction issues that Rob Reiner later said definitely brought he and his son closer together.
1:55.7	Now my conversation with Dr. Bober went longer than we could fit into that regular podcast.
2:01.2	There are time constraints because we also make the rundown into a radio show for our
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