Billy Crystal Turns His Back on God After Losing Everything

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Patrick Bet-David (0:29)

This is Billy Crystal which the man from Analyze This and a bunch of different things that he did, right?

SPEAKER_3 (0:35)

Jazz band.

Patrick Bet-David (0:36)

Such a great actor.

SPEAKER_4 (0:38)

When Harry met Sally.

Patrick Bet-David (0:39)

Billy Crystal admitted that a series of...

SPEAKER_3 (0:40)

I'll have what she's having.

Patrick Bet-David (0:42)

Billy Crystal admitted that a series... You gotta let me read this. Sorry.

Billy Crystal admitted that a series of personal tragedies have shaken his faith. The comedian opened up with the devastation of losing his home, a lifetime of memories in the Palisades wildfires, as well as the profound grief he endured with the death of a close friend, Rob Reiner, which we all remember when that happened. On October 11th, with CBS Morning, when asked whether he still has conversations with God, a topic he had previously referenced, this is what he had to say. Go for it.

SPEAKER_6 (1:09)

Still, he says the body blows of 2025 have changed his outlook a bit. In 700 Sundays, you had conversations with God.

Have you been talking to God over these past couple of days?

SPEAKER_5 (1:20)

No, because I don't trust him.

Patrick Bet-David (1:23)

Are you serious?

SPEAKER_1 (1:24)

Too many bad things have happened.

SPEAKER_5 (1:27)

The earth is in bad shape. This is a weird, scary time.

So, no, not anymore.

SPEAKER_3 (1:37)

Tom, I think what's sad there is this is exactly the time you should trust God.

The question on earth isn't whether bad things happen to good people or decent people or neutral people.

The puzzle of earth is when good things happen to bad people. As long as you're on earth, this is a broken place. This is why all the world religions are trying to find a way out. And Christianity, Jesus Christ is that way out.

From a broken earth and to find yourself. It's really, it actually hurts my soul because I enjoy his work. I enjoy what I've seen of him. I remember growing up and one of his early series was this thing called Soap, where he portrayed a young little brother in this thing. And that's where I first came encountered with the genius of Billy Crystal and his acting. And I remember that so clearly. And it's sad to see him saying, I don't trust God. It's not about trusting God. It's about knowing God and just trusting that he's always going to be there and he's there for you. Even when bad things happen, it makes me sad to see the as this perspective. I would hope that there's somebody close to him to put an arm around him and say, Billy, this is the time when you do trust God.

Patrick Bet-David (2:53)

You know, it's tough about listening to this. And Billy, you know, a lot of times we have a relationship with these actors. Like you'll go to a certain place, right, when you think about these actors, especially Billy Crystal being one of the ones that we watch many times.

Did you know this, Tom? You know when he said that was the first thing I thought about? Who's watching? Out of 8.5 billion people in the world, who's watching and say that on the interview? You know who? Who the most important six people that are watching this?

His two daughters and his four grandkids. Do you know how long Billy Crystal's been married? You ready for a fun fact? Would you call him an A-lister? I think he's an A-lister. Yeah. Billy Crystal's been married for 56 years.

SPEAKER_4 (3:32)

Good for you, Billy.

Patrick Bet-David (3:33)

Fifty-six flipping years you've been married. Do you know how hard that is to be in Hollywood famous, funny like you and you're married for 56 years like a Paul Newman?

SPEAKER_4 (3:42)

It's the Paul Newman record.

Patrick Bet-David (3:43)

That's the Paul Newman. You've been married for that long. So to me, you got to be very careful. Yesterday, we were with Dennis Prager, and he's given his first public appearance since the accident that happened November 12th, where he fell down and he became a quadriplegic right after the incident that took place to him, right?