NEWSJimmy Kimmel Blasts Donald Trump as 'Hateful and Vile' Following His Insensitive Remarks About Rob Reiner: 'Fool Rambling About Nonsense'

'When I first saw it, I thought it was fake,' the late-night host said of the president's post about the slain Hollywood director.
Dec. 16 2025, Published 1:22 p.m. ET
Jimmy Kimmel laid into Donald Trump during his Jimmy Kimmel Live! monologue on Monday, December 15, after the president bashed Hollywood director Rob Reiner in the wake of his tragic death alongside wife Michele Singer Reiner.
"What we need at a time like this, besides common sense when it comes to guns and mental health care, is compassion and leadership. We did not get that from our president, because he has none of it to give," Jimmy declared.
Jimmy Kimmel addressed Donald Trump's insensitive remarks about Rob Reiner.
Jimmy Kimmel Brands Trump a 'Fool Rambling About Nonsense'

Jimmy Kimmel chastised the president for his insensitive remarks about Rob Reiner.
"Instead, we got a fool rambling about nonsense," the comedian, 58, continued. "For Rob and Michele Reiner, we got this post."
"It’s so hateful and vile,” he said. "When I first saw it, I thought it was fake. My wife showed it to me this morning. I was like, 'Even for him, that seemed like too much.' But nothing is ever too much for him."

Jimmy Kimmel said of the president, 'That corroded brain is in charge of our lives.'
Jimmy continued, "That corroded brain is in charge of our lives," adding, "If you voted for that, it’s OK to reconsider. It’s perfectly fine."
He concluded, "I have to say, I know from my personal interactions with Rob Reiner that he would want us to keep pointing out the loathsome atrocities that continue to ooze out of this sick and irresponsible man’s mouth. So we’re going to do that over and over again until the rest of us wake up."
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Donald Trump accused Rob Reiner of having what he called, 'Trump Derangement Syndrome.'
The president's shocking full Truth Social statement read: "A very sad thing happened last night in Hollywood. Rob Reiner, a tortured and struggling, but once very talented movie director and comedy star, has passed away, together with his wife, Michele, reportedly due to the anger he caused others through his massive, unyielding, and incurable affliction with a mind crippling disease known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME, sometimes referred to as TDS."
"He was known to have driven people CRAZY by his raging obsession of President Donald J. Trump, with his obvious paranoia reaching new heights as the Trump Administration surpassed all goals and expectations of greatness, and with the Golden Age of America upon us, perhaps like never before," the POTUS continued. "May Rob and Michele rest in peace!"

Donald Trump claimed Rob Reiner was obsessed with him.
The controversial politician subsequently doubled down on his scathing post when questioned about it during an Oval Office press conference on Monday.
"I wasn’t a fan of his at all," he bluntly told reporters. "He was a deranged person as far as Trump is concerned."
Donald proceeded to cite how Rob apparently accused him of being "controlled by Russia" and said the When Harry Met Sally director "hurt himself career-wise."
He further added, "I thought he was very bad for our country."
Rob and Michele Reiner's Son Allegedly Murdered Them

Nick Reiner has been accused of murdering his parents.
Rob and Michele's son Nick has been arrested on suspicion of murdering his parents — who were 78 and 68, respectively, at the time of their deaths — after his sister found them deceased at their Brentwood, Calif., mansion on Sunday, December 14.
The 32-year-old screenwriter is currently being held without bail.

