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Rob Reiner ‘gets last laugh against Donald Trump’ in secret final TV role
The late Hollywood filmmaker's surprise final role aimed fire at the US President.
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Twitchy
· Jul 5, 2026
Variety: Rob Reiner Gets the 'Last Laugh' Against Trump With Secret Final Role
Variety: Rob Reiner Gets the 'Last Laugh' Against Trump With Secret Final Role
Independent Journal Review
· Jul 6, 2026
Director Says Rob Reiner’s Final Cameo Was His ‘Last Laugh’ at Trump
Rob Reiner made one final on-screen appearance before his death in a political comedy special starring Larry David, with the film's director describing the cameo as the late filmmaker's last laugh aimed at President
Irish Star
· Jul 4, 2026
Rob Reiner slams 'sociopath' Donald Trump in posthumous TV appearance
Hollywood director Rob Reiner delivered a posthumous swipe at Donald Trump in his final TV role, playing George Washington in an HBO sketch filmed before December 2025 murder
The Daily Beast
· Jul 4, 2026
How Larry David Helped Rob Reiner Get the ‘Last Word’ on Trump
John Johnson/HBORob Reiner was one of Donald Trump’s longest-running and harshest critics, calling him “the single-most unqualified human being to ever assume the presidency of the United States” and “mentally unfit.” When Reiner and his wife, Michele, were murdered in December 2025 (allegedly by their son Nick), the president showed his true colors by slamming the celebrated comedian as “a tortured and struggling, but once very talented movie director and comedy star” who suffered from a “massive, unyielding, and incurable affliction with a mind-crippling disease known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME.”Read more at The Daily Beast.
Daily Express
· Jul 7, 2026
Horror as girl, 13, raped, burned with cigarette and treated as an ‘ashtray’
The court heard that the man befriended the teenage girl on an online video conferencing platform.
Variety
· Jul 4, 2026
Rob Reiner Gets the ‘Last Laugh’ Against Trump in Secret Final Role as George Washington in Larry David’s HBO Show
SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains spoilers for Episode 2 of “Life, Larry, and the Pursuit of Unhappiness: An Almost History of America,” now streaming on HBO Max. A month before he died, Rob Reiner filmed his final role as George Washington in Larry David’s historical sketch comedy series “Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness.” His appearance []
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Related coverage for "Rob Reiner ‘gets last laugh against Donald Trump’ in secret final TV role": Twitchy — Variety: Rob Reiner Gets the 'Last Laugh' Against Trump With Secret Final Role. Independent Journal Review — Director Says Rob Reiner’s Final Cameo Was His ‘Last Laugh’ at Trump. Irish Star — Rob Reiner slams 'sociopath' Donald Trump in posthumous TV appearance. The Daily Beast — How Larry David Helped Rob Reiner Get the ‘Last Word’ on Trump. Daily Express — Horror as girl, 13, raped, burned with cigarette and treated as an ‘ashtray’. Variety — Rob Reiner Gets the ‘Last Laugh’ Against Trump in Secret Final Role as George Washington in Larry David’s HBO Show