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Billy Crystal shares how his faith changed after a series of tragedies, including the loss of his Palisades home in the Los Angeles wildfires and the December 2025 death of his close friend Rob Reiner.
During an interview with CBS Sunday morningthe 78-year-old actor admitted to correspondent Tracy Smith that he no longer has conversations with God, something he previously chronicled in his Tony-winning one-man show in 2004. 700 Sundays.
“No, because I – I don’t trust him,” Crystal told Smith when asked if he still talks to God.
Smith asked if he was serious, to which Crystal replied, “Yeah. Too many bad things have happened.”
“The Earth is in bad shape, it’s a strange and scary time,” he said. “So no, not anymore.”
Crystal spoke at length about her heartbreak during her CBS interview, which aired Sunday to promote her new Broadway play. 860.
Named after the address of the house he lost, Crystal’s show revolves around the year of loss that began with the fire of his family home in January 2025.
THE When Harry meets Sally… The actor said Reiner, his longtime collaborator, helped him choose the title of his play in the months before his death.
Reiner and his wife Michele were killed in their Los Angeles home in December 2025. The late couple’s 33-year-old son Nick is currently on trial after being charged with their murders. He has pleaded not guilty and is being held without bail.
Ten months after the tragedy, Crystal said the legendary filmmaker’s death was still too much to bear. “No, it’s too big,” he said. “It’s so crazy, because we were together the night before. We said goodbye, like, late at night, like 10:30 or something, at the party where we were together for the holidays, and then…”
The Emmy-winning comedian said humor kept him going in “the darkest times.”
“That’s what I do,” he said. “You have to, man. You have to. He’s a healer. Always been that way. You know, we say when life gets hard, all you can do is laugh.”
He added: “I’ve absorbed the greatest pain that people can go through, the loss of their home, their dearest friends, and I’m doing well… If we got through this the way we got through it, we’re doing well.” »
860 opens October 21 on Broadway.
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