TF1 is rebroadcasting “Mom, I missed the plane again!” this Tuesday, the sequel to the hit comedy with Macaulay Culkin.
After having experienced a complicated adolescence, the interpreter of Kevin distanced himself from the cinema.
In a relationship with actress Brenda Song, he is now the father of two little boys.
Tough, tough being a child actor. Macaulay Culkin was just 10 years old in 1990 when he became a global star with the success of Mom, I missed the plane!the comedy by Chris Colombus in which he plays Kevin McCallister, a little boy left to his own devices when his parents “forget” him during an eventful vacation. At the heart of a sordid legal battle between his parents, he ended his career after the release four years later of Richie Richthe story of a young heir whose immense fortune is the object of everyone’s desire. Quite a symbol.
Early marriage at 17, stay in a detoxification clinic and questionable associations – he testified in favor of Michael Jackson during his trial for sexual abuse of minors – and escapades of all kinds… Macaulay Culkin grew up very quickly, too quickly. He will manage to get by by favoring more personal projects like the rock group The Pizza Underground or Bunny Ears, a podcast on pop culture that he financed thanks to a fortune estimated at 15 million dollars.
Drugs are like old friends. Sometimes we turn our backs on old friends
Macaulay Culkin in 2020 in “Esquire”
In a fascinating interview given to Esquire in 2020, Macaulay Culkin accepted his youthful mistakes without the slightest regret. “I wouldn’t be the person I am if I hadn’t taken drugs at some point“, he admitted. “Other than an occasional muscle relaxer, that’s it. I still drink like hell. I drink and I smoke. But I don’t touch that stuff anymore. They are like old friends. Sometimes we turn our backs on old friends.“
The actor owes his current balance largely to Brenda Song, the actress who has shared his life since 2017. And who has had a similar journey to his own. After having played as a child in numerous TV series such as EMERGENCIES et Seven at homeshe became a teen icon by playing one of the main roles in The Palace Life of Zack and Cody on Disney Channel.
“People don’t realize how much Mack (the actor’s nickname, Editor’s note) is incredibly kind, loyal, gentle and intelligent“, the young woman told Esquire. “But what really makes him so special is that he never apologizes for anything. He knows who he is and he 100% assumes he’s okay with that. To me, that’s an incredibly sexy quality. He worked very hard to be the person he is.”
In April 2021, Brenda Song gave birth to Dakota, the couple’s first child, soon joined by her little brother Carson in December 2022. In an interview published a few days ago by ENews, Macaulay Culkin reveals having already watched Mom, I missed the plane! with her two boys. He even makes a surprising confession about the eldest.
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“He thinks he’s Kevin!“, laughs the actor. “I asked him if he remembered going down the stairs at home with a sled and he said yes. Same when I asked him if he had really fought against the burglars. I had to tell him that he was a dirty little liar… since it’s me, Kevin!“.
Now aged 44, Macaulay does not seem to be in a hurry to return to the top of the bill. If he made a rather convincing appearance in the series American Horror Story in 2021, he prefers to leave the spotlight to his younger brother Kieran. By his side in Mom, I missed the plane!the latter is today the most prominent of the Culkin children, winner of a Golden Globe and an Emmy Award for his performance in Succession.
