Remember the adorable little boy who made us laugh out loud in Home Alone? Macaulay Culkin, the little prodigy who reigned in the 90s and who, at 43 years old, has turned his life around 180 degrees. The actor went from being the most beloved child in Hollywood to facing lawsuits, addictions and failed marriages. But fortunately, the performer is back and he is better than ever.
At just 9 years old, Culkin rose to fame with his role in the funny movie Home Alone, which was the highest-grossing comedy in the United States until 2011. However, this early success also had its dark side. At the age of 14, he decided to retire from acting after finishing his role in Rich Boy. Disillusioned by fame and with a great fortune, he enrolled in a private institute in New York to concentrate on his studies.
This withdrawal coincided with a high-profile lawsuit against his parents, who wanted to control his wealth. The American press spoke of a “divorce of his parents”, a dispute from which Culkin finally emerged victorious. This episode opened a window into a darker phase of his life. At 18 he married, but separated two years later. In 2004 he was arrested for possession of marijuana, an image that went around the world.
This destructive cycle seemed to culminate when he spiraled into alcoholism and drug addiction. He was no longer the adorable guy in the movies; Magazine covers now showed his downward spiral, also accelerated by the tragic deaths of his sisters.
However, that chapter seemed to close in 2018 when he reappeared with a renewed image on the Ellen Degeneres show. At that time, Culkin admitted feeling lucky with his new life, marking a turning point that he has managed to maintain to this day.
On the professional front, although he has received offers to appear in high-profile projects such as The Big Bang Theory, Culkin has rejected them. He prefers to maintain a more selective presence in the entertainment industry. He runs a comedy portal and has returned to acting in American Horror Story.
In his private life, he shares his time with Brenda Song, with whom he had a son two years ago. Fatherhood and his stable relationship with Song have been a positive catalyst that has definitively distanced him from her troubled past and allowed him to forge a new path.
