Corey Feldman has spoken out about his exclusion from the moving tribute to the late Rob Reiner at the 2026 Oscars.
For those who didn’t know, Feldman starred in a movie directed by Reiner Stay with me in 1986 along with Richard Dreyfuss, River Phoenix, Jerry O’Connell, John Cusack, Wil Wheaton, Kiefer Sutherland and others.
At the 98th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theater at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 15, Feldman was not invited to participate in the tribute to the late director, even though his co-stars Wheaton and O’Connell had received an invitation.
On the occasion of the film’s fortieth anniversary, he spoke with Entertainment weekly about his snap, saying, “I think Jerry and Wil did what had to be done. It was a fleeting moment, so I don’t feel like I missed much at all.”
He said, “Personally, I might have been a little bothered by the fact that no one was allowed to speak, do or say anything from their own hearts. While they did a fantastic job, I would have liked to hear from Wil and Jerry and a few other people up there.”
Feldman particularly appreciated the Academy Awards for paying tribute to “the great memory of Rob.”
Even The Goonies The star wasn’t part of the tribute and avoided sharing his “feelings about it,” but it still “felt a bit like a family reunion.”
“I just want to say that I’m just like the rest of us. We’re all very devastated that things turned out the way they did. We lost Rob when we all thought he was going to join us on this tour at some point and that’s a tragedy,” Feldman concluded.
It is pertinent to mention that Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were found lifeless at their home in Los Angeles on December 14, 2025.
Authorities investigated their deaths, found wounds caused by multiple stab wounds on the late actor and director and the bodies of his wife, and arrested their son, Nick Reiner, who was later charged with first-degree murder.
