Macaulay Culkin keeps his 'Home Alone' identity secret from his kids for adorable reason

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• Following a recent screening of the iconic holiday movie at the Academy Museum in honor of the film's 35th anniversary, the 45-year-old actor and the movie's director, Chris Columbus, sat down for a Q&A, in which Culkin shared that his two kids are big fans of the movie."They don’t even call it 'Home Alone,' they call it 'Kevin.' They’re like, ‘Wow, Kevin’s really funny.’ I go, ‘He’s also handsome, somebody that your mom [Brenda Song] might be into," Culkin said, via The Hollywood Reporter.
• The actor shares two children with actress Brenda Song: sons Dakota, 4, and Carson, 3.
• Culkin shared he hasn't told his children he stars as Kevin in "Home Alone." (Taylor Hill/FilmMagic) EDDIE MURPHY SAYS SURVIVING FAME WITH HIS 'SANITY' INTACT IS HIS PROUDEST ACHIEVEMENT While the two are big fans of the Christmas movie, Culkin shared that he has not told them he's Kevin, saying, "I try to keep the magic alive.""I showed my oldest — he wanted to see a picture of me and my siblings, so I pulled up this old photo; it’s all my siblings, and he looks right at me, and he goes, ‘Who’s that?
• That looks like Kevin,’" Culkin shared.
• "I go, ‘Oh, no, nobody, here’s your aunt.'" After years in the entertainment industry, Culkin was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in December 2023.