Jerry O’Connell is guest co-hosting Good Day New York on Fox 5, and it happened to coincide with Nick Reiner‘s day in court over the death of his parents, Rob Reiner and Michele Reiner.
The actor recalled working with Rob Reiner in Stand By Me and hoped that the trial didn’t become a “circus” in the media.
“For those who may not know, I am an actor, and I was in Stand By Me. It was my first job. Rob Reiner was the director of Stand By Me. This is very emotional for me to hear about. It’s going to be very difficult going through this whole trial process,” O’Connell said on the morning show.
He continued, “I’m going to be watching it closely in the hopes that it doesn’t become one of these circuses that sometimes happen around these murder trials. It’s very emotional and chilling, and it’s churning up a lot of emotions.”
O’Connell will be co-hosting the morning show alongside Rosanna Scotto on Good Day New York for the rest of the week.
Nick Reiner is facing charges of two counts of first-degree murder over the stabbing deaths of Rob and Michele Reiner. At his court date, Nick Reiner entered a not-guilty plea and was denied bail.
“One can probably expect that there will be that additional time sought because of the volume of the discovery that will have to be gone through by defense counsel,” L.A. County District Attorney Nathan Hochman said following the hearing. “By the fact that we’re still waiting for the coroner’s report, and by the fact that if defense counsel wants to see any additional expert testimony, it will certainly take additional time.”
Watch Jerry O’Connell’s reaction in the video below.
