Mel Brooks Says He’s Glad Carl Reiner Was Not Around to Witness His Son’s Murder

Brooks made the remarks following the Los Angeles premiere of his new two-part HBO documentary, ‘Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!’

Actor Mel Brooks speaks on stage at the 36th Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards at the InterContinental Hotel on in Century City, Calif., onJan. 15, 2011. Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images

Renowned filmmaker and comedian Mel Brooks addressed Rob Reiner’s murder publicly for the first time, noting his late father and Brooks’s longtime friend, Carl Reiner, would not have been able to cope with the situation had he been alive.

Brooks, 99, made the comments during a Q&A session on Jan. 20 with director Judd Apatow for the Los Angeles premiere of the two-part HBO documentary “Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!”