- Chris Rock praised his friend Ben Stiller for reconciling with his wife, Christine Taylor, after their 2017 separation.
- Rock quipped that getting a marriage back together is “harder to do than a $600 million movie.”
- Stiller revealed that he and Taylor reconnected during the pandemic while he was making a documentary about his famous parents, Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara.
- The new documentary, Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost, explores his parents’ relationship and career, which gave Stiller a new perspective on his own marriage.
Hollywood’s Toughest Comeback
Comedian Chris Rock is heaping praise on his longtime friend Ben Stiller, but not for his work on screen. In a recent profile for The New York Times, Rock lauded Stiller for reconciling his marriage with actress Christine Taylor, suggesting the personal achievement surpasses any cinematic success.
The candid comments came during an interview promoting Stiller’s upcoming documentary, Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost, which chronicles the lives and careers of his legendary parents, Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara. While praising Stiller as “one of the greatest comic actors to ever live,” Rock saved his highest compliment for Stiller’s personal life.
“A marriage getting back together is harder to do than a $600 million movie,” Rock quipped.
The Road to Reconciliation
Stiller and Taylor, who share two children, announced their separation in 2017, but they remained close in the following years. In a 2022 interview, Stiller revealed that the two had reconciled during the COVID-19 pandemic after he moved back into the family home to be with their children.
This period of reconnection coincided with the production of his deeply personal documentary. Stiller explained in the film that living together again created an opportunity for them to work through their issues.
“All of a sudden we were together in the house and during that time I started to make the movie, too,” Stiller reflects in the documentary. “So there was sort of this coming together. Us talking about what we were going through, our issues, and looking at what my parents had been through, too, in a way I hadn’t looked at it before.”
A New Perspective Through Film
Making the documentary forced Stiller to examine his parents’ famous partnership, both on and off the stage. He admitted that when he first met Taylor, he feared repeating their dynamic, recalling he thought, “I don’t want to become my parents.”
However, exploring their history gave him a fresh appreciation for his own relationship with Taylor.
“I really appreciated being able to be at this point in our relationship where we can talk about all this stuff and how there were so many elements in our relationship that in a way mirrored my parents’ relationship that I wasn’t even aware of,” Stiller told PEOPLE at the film’s premiere.
He credited Taylor for her “amazing perspective” and expressed gratitude that they could discuss these parallels and be together at this point in their lives.
Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost hits select theaters on October 17 and will be available to stream on Apple TV starting October 24.
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