Rob Reiner made one final on-screen appearance in a newly released comedy sketch that takes direct aim at Donald Trump, with the footage emerging as a posthumous surprise during the July 4 holiday weekend.
The scene was filmed on November 13, 2025, about a month before Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were killed in December 2025, and it remained undisclosed until episode two of Larry David’s HBO historical sketch comedy series, Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness, aired on July 3, 2026.
Its release also carried unmistakable political timing, landing on the same weekend Trump used to push public attention toward his America 250 celebrations.
In the segment, Reiner appears clean-shaven as George Washington, delivering the former president’s Farewell Address and explaining why stepping away after two terms was necessary to safeguard the young nation’s democracy.
The satire escalates when Larry David, dressed in full colonial costume, interrupts from the crowd with questions about what might happen if a future president refused to accept the peaceful transfer of power, according to EW.
“Well, what if there’s some a-hole in office, some narcissistic prick who doesn’t follow the Constitution?” David shouts at Reiner’s Washington.
From there, the sketch shifts even more directly into present-day political satire. David’s character imagines a leader who would not concede defeat, calling such a person an “insecure, lying a-hole who would even cheat at golf,” and suggests that someone like that could use the presidency for personal and family gain.
Jimmy Kimmel also appears briefly as another member of the colonial crowd, adding to the scene by ridiculing the idea of a president lashing out at critics.
“Are you suggesting that the president would taketh the time to challenge anyone who dare make fun of him, as if he were a big baby?” Kimmel asks the crowd in a tricorn hat. “I don’t see it.”
The argument among the crowd then spirals into a loud uproar over creeping authoritarianism before Reiner’s Washington turns and addresses the camera plainly with the scene’s closing remark.
“We’re f***ed.”
Jeff Schaffer, the series’ co-creator, said the footage was shot on November 13, 2025, and completed only days before Reiner and his wife died. After the tragedy, and after Trump drew backlash for social media posts about Reiner’s death, the team decided to unveil the sketch during America’s 250th anniversary weekend.
Schaffer said Reiner’s appearance gave the episode a bittersweet finality.
“Rob was a true American. He loved this country and he wanted it to be better,” Schaffer stated, reflecting on the timing of the release. “I think he would be very happy that he got the last word.”