""I'd rather you hate me and you be alive.""
""I got sick of doing that," he told The Times. "I come from a nice family. I'm not supposed to be out there on the streets and in homeless shelters doing all these ... things.""
""When Nick would tell us that it wasn't working for him, we wouldn't listen," he said. "We were desperate, and because the people had diplomas on their wall, we listened to them when we should have been listening to our son.""
""We were so influenced by these people. They would tell us he's a liar, that he was trying to manipulate us. And we believed them.""
Nick Reiner experienced years of addiction, cycling through multiple rehab centers and periods of homelessness as a teenager. He achieved sobriety by 2015 and collaborated with his father, Rob Reiner, on Being Charlie, a semi-autobiographical film about addiction and recovery informed by their relationship. The film included a line reflecting a parent's preference for a child's survival over approval. Rob and Michele Reiner later expressed regret about relying on counselors rather than listening to Nick during his struggles. On Monday, Nick was booked into L.A. County jail on suspicion of murder after his parents were found dead at their Brentwood home.
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