Jerry O’Connell says he owes ‘everything’ to Rob Rener’s late arrival

Jerry O’Connell Belatedly honored Stand by Me director Rob Renner With Trovation powerful hours after news broke of the death of a Hollywood icon.

It airs on the Monday, December 15, episode of CBS MorningThe 51-year-old actor admitted he was in “shock” after learning Reiver, 78, and wife Michele Singer Rener They were killed in their Los Angeles home.

“You know, I don’t mean this as anything to my parents who are still with us… [but] “Rob was like a father to me,” O’Connell said. It’s just something that exists. “

O’Connell noted that it was “really shocking” that information about the couple’s death “kind of surfaced” on Sunday, with a man – found dead at Rob and Michele’s address. The identities of the victims were initially revealed, but their ages were matched to those who robbed Michele.

A family spokesperson later confirmed their deaths as ‘sudden’ in a statement The difference.

Many outlets reported that the couple’s son Nick Reiner He was a person of interest in this case, with a source of anger US of the Week There was speculation about a family member’s role in Rob and Michele’s death. Los Angeles Parker City Jail told We On Monday Nick was taken into custody. His bail is set at $4 million.

While reflecting on Rob’s legacy on The CBS Morning Show, O’Connell looked back at the 1986 movie discovery. Stand by Meand star Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix and Corey Feldman.

“I worked with him [Rob] When I was 11, and at that point in my life, you know, I wasn’t in trouble with crime, but I was always getting in trouble for talking out loud in class and I couldn’t keep my mouth shut. My mother always said, ‘Stay on your hands and shut up.’ … and I come to that Stand by Me And I was shooting the scene one morning and he was like, ‘cut! Jerry! ‘ And I thought, ‘oh boy, here we go. Why don’t I sit on my hands and shut up? ‘” O’Connell remembered.” He went, ‘Hey, Jerry, go ahead, man. That’s what I’m talking about there. Go, more. ‘”

The actor summed up ROB’s impact on his life in one simple message. “I’m not kidding, I know my house is dark, [but] Everything I have is because of Rob Rener. … It’s just a sad, horrible day,” she said.

O’Connell also revealed that as the son of a ‘big comedy star’ Rener of carlRob was the first Hollywood “Nepo Baby” – but he “did the job.”

“I can tell you as someone who worked with him, it was someone who had done this work and he was feeding a lot of new lines and lines that weren’t written, and that was just hundreds and hundreds of the background,” O’Connell said. “This guy did the job.”

Along with TeleVID TOUD, O’Connell shared a throwback photo of himself and the filmmaker from the set Stand by Me via instagram. He wrote: “I love you. Rob them. Sincerely.