Fresh from his divorce, he started dating the then-little-known actress Mila Kunis, but the couple split in Since July , Macaulay has been in a relationship with actress Brenda Song, who is a former Disney star. Macaulay was very good friends with the late Michael Jackson from the early 90s, right up until his death in In Macaulay revealed that he and Michael became friends because they both knew what it was like to be a "child who was famous".
He has always denied allegations he was sexually abused by the pop star and in a new interview on the Inside of You With Michael Rosenbaum podcast, he explained how their friendship came to be. This would be his breakthrough role, as the film became an iconic movie in American history. Recognizing his talent, Hughes was quick to cast him on the commercial success. John Hughes, who wrote the script, explained how he coined the idea in a Time interview.
Culkin was nominated for a Golden Globe award for his role in the movie. There was a third movie in the franchise titled Home Alone 3 , but it did not include the original cast. Culkin went on to capitalize off his success and feature in many films after the Home Alone franchise. After that, Culkin parlayed his newly minted fame into a string of films that showed his range even at a young age, including the lachrymose tween romance My Girl , the Ian McEwan-penned psychological thriller The Good Son , and the comic-book adaptation Richie Rich.
Then in , after making a staggering 15 movies in just seven years, the year-old Culkin announced his retirement from acting, and went back to school. Last weekend, Kieran hosted Saturday Night Live and made reference to the fact that he had joined his older brother when he hosted the show almost 30 years earlier. In fact, he later clarified, he simply took both their names off his trust fund simultaneously.
In a interview, Culkin reflected on the fact that his parents had already been taking 15 per cent of his earnings up to that point. My father was not sexually abusing me. I mean, look at me: I got money, I got fame, I got a beautiful girlfriend and a beautiful house and beautiful animals.
Given the well-established child star to middle-aged burnout pipeline, it was arguably a wise move for Culkin to steer away from the limelight and try to live as normal a life as possible, rather than immediately attempting to build a sustained career on his successes as a child. For a time, it seemed like Culkin was perfectly happy enjoying the spoils of his child labour, along with the adolescence that his fame had initially deprived him of.
The band ultimately proved to be a half-baked joke stretched thin. One night in Nottingham in , Culkin stormed off stage after his kazoo solo was interrupted by boos and thrown beers.
In recent interviews, Culkin has been open about the fact that he was using drugs recreationally at the time, but that he never got to a point where he needed rehab. He came to the decision to stop using them in his own time.
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