Billy Crystal has never been shy about the personal stuff, but his latest interview with CBS Sunday Morning went somewhere most celebrities don’t. Asked whether he still talks to God, the 78-year-old answered,“No,’cause I don’t trust him.”It’s a raw answer from a man whose 2025 included losing his Pacific Palisades home in the January wildfires and then losing close friends Rob Reiner and Michele Reiner. Crystal summed up his state of mind simply: too many bad things have happened, and this is a weird, scary time.
Instead of stepping back from the spotlight, he’s stepping into it with a new Broadway one-man show called“860,”named after the address of the home he lost. The show is about the loss, yes, but it’s also about how his family navigated grief through humor, something he knows a thing or two about. Years ago,“700 Sundays”built its emotional core around conversations with God. This time, the conversation went quiet, and Crystal isn’t pretending otherwise.
His honesty lands because so many people know the feeling: you go through something devastating, and the certainty you used to have just isn’t there anymore. Crystal isn’t asking for sympathy. He’s putting the truth on a stage and letting audiences laugh through it with him. So we want to know: has a tough season ever changed your relationship with faith? Tell us in the comments.
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