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Macaulay Culkin: My Father ‘Hated’ Me for Getting Famous

Macaulay Culkin opened up about his early trauma on a recent podcast episode.

Famous duo Macaulay Culkin and recent Oscar-winning brother Kieran are both estranged from their father Kit—and the older Home Alone star hasn’t spoken with him in 30 years. Although the real-life brothers portrayed family chaos in the classic holiday hit, their childhood reality was even worse and the duo and their six siblings have all cut off their dad. Former child star Culkin, now 44, revealed the tragic dysfunction in the Sunday episode of podcast Sibling Revelry With Kate Hudson And Oliver Hudson and recounted early memories of physical and mental abuse. The now-retired actor shot to stardom in 1990 at only 10. He said his own father, who was once a stage actor, had “resentment,” hatred, and jealously towards him for his fame. “I think he hated me a little bit for that, and so I think that’s why he was a little bit harsh with me,” Culkin revealed. Five years later, as his net worth continued to climb, his parents split up and forced him through a traumatic custody battle. Only after did Culkin realize he was worth $50 million, and he later removed his parents’ names from his trust. He now refuses to take after his father’s “narcissistic” and “abusive” behavior while raising his two children with fiancée Brenda Song.