Despite having attacked Rob Reiner and Michele, Donald Trump had previously worked with the director’s wife on the photograph for the cover of his 1987 book “The Art of the Deal”. Rob and Michele married in 1989.
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In 2017, Rob Reiner spoke about this unusual collaboration on Politico’s “Off Message” podcast. He said his wife was a professional photographer and had to be on top of a skyscraper that Trump was building.
“And the wind was strong, and he said, ‘I need to get that hairspray, you know, I need that special hairspray’,” Reiner recalled.
The filmmaker also mentioned Michele’s work in a July 2018 interview with The Guardian, joking that she “has a lot to atone for”.
The outlet noted that he became a guest on Fox News in an attempt to reach Trump supporters with his liberal views.
“I try to have a real conversation that isn’t just throwing propaganda around. But nobody wants that,” Rob Reiner said at the time.
The director and his wife were found dead on Sunday (14). The couple’s son, Nick Reiner, 32, was being held without bail, suspected of the murders.
Donald Trump went viral on Monday (15) after insulting the memory of Rob Reiner and Michele in a post on his Truth Social profile. He said the filmmaker suffered from “Trump mental meltdown syndrome”.
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