‘Housemaid’ Director Paul Feig Had Invited Rob Reiner to Film’s Premiere Before Death: ‘I Just Loved the Man So Much’

Dec 16, 2025 6:46am PT ‘Housemaid’ Director Paul Feig Had Invited Rob Reiner to Film’s Premiere Before Death: ‘I Just Loved the Man So Much’ By Marc Malkin Plus Icon Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events marcmalkin Latest ‘Housemaid’ Director Paul Feig Had Invited Rob Reiner to Film’s Premiere Before Death: ‘I Just Loved the Man So Much’ 8 minutes ago Beyoncé, Nicole Kidman and Venus Williams to Co-Chair Met Gala 2026 6 days ago ‘Jurassic World: Chaos Theory’ and ‘Firebuds’ Among Velma Award Winners for LGBTQ Representation in Kids and Family Programming (EXCLUSIVE) 7 days ago See All Director Paul Feig is remembering Rob Reiner. “I was lucky enough to get to sit next to Rob about 10 years ago at a dinner party, and we talked for hours, and he was always one of my heroes,” Feig told me Monday night at the premiere of his new Lionsgate movie, “The Housemaid.” “He’s one of my directing heroes on top of being one of my acting heroes. Then in the last year we reconnected and I moderated a bunch of panels for him, [like] ‘Spinal Tap,’ and we did a panel at Comic-Con together and I just loved the man so much.” Related Stories Hilton Cancun, An All-Inclusive Resort, Has Curated Itineraries to Make a Beach Getaway Feel Effortless Reiner and his wife Michelle Singer Reiner were found dead in their Brentwood home on Sunday afternoon.