Actor and comedian Billy Crystal is opening up about a heartbreaking year that shook his faith in God after losing his longtime family home and one of his closest friends.

The 78-year-old Hollywood star said during an emotional interview with CBS Sunday Morning that the tragedies changed how he views God, leaving him struggling to understand the suffering.

When asked whether he still talks to God, something he previously discussed in his one-man show 700 Sundays, Crystal gave a painful and direct response.

“No, ’cause I don’t trust Him,” Crystal said.

“Too many bad things have happened,” he continued. “The Earth is in bad shape. This is a weird, scary time. So no, not anymore.”

Crystal’s struggles began in January 2025, when the Pacific Palisades wildfire destroyed the California home where he and his wife, Janice, had lived for 46 years.

The house held nearly five decades of family memories and was where the couple raised their children and welcomed their grandchildren. Crystal described it as “magical.”

Weeks after the fire, Crystal described the overwhelming grief he felt when he returned to the property.

“I stepped onto the grounds and fell to my knees, and I wailed,” he recalled.

The comedian said he had not cried that intensely since he was 15 years old, when his father died.

He said that as a teenager he wondered how he would live without his father, and decades later he faced a similar question in the ruins of his home.

“And now folks, I’m 76 years old, without a mirror and a lot less life to ponder, thinking, ‘What is my life going to be like without our home?’”

The heartbreak continued.

In December 2025, Crystal suffered another devastating loss when his longtime friend, filmmaker Rob Reiner, and Reiner’s wife, Michele, were killed.

Crystal revealed that he had spent time with the couple at a holiday party just one night before their deaths.

“We said goodbye,” Crystal recalled. “And then … what?!?”

The tragedies are now central to Crystal’s new Broadway production, 860, named after the street address of his destroyed home.

The show recreates his former home office onstage and explores the memories, relationships, and painful losses that shaped his life.

Despite saying his trust in God has been shaken, Crystal says humor remains one of the most important ways he copes with grief.

When asked how he manages to find laughter during life’s darkest moments, he offered a simple explanation.

“That’s what I do,” he said. “It’s a healer.”

Crystal also says sharing his experiences onstage has helped him process the emotional weight of everything he has endured.

“I’ve absorbed the biggest pains that people couldn’t go through — the loss of home, dearest of friends,” he said. “And I’m OK.”

For Christians, Crystal’s comments raise a difficult question many believers wrestle with in seasons of suffering: How can someone continue to trust God when life brings unimaginable loss?

While Crystal says he no longer trusts God, his openness about grief is a reminder of how deeply tragedy can affect faith long after the devastation passes.