Michael Jackson and Macaulay Culkin’s controversial friendship, explained: the Home Alone actor met the King of Pop when he was 10, starred in his MV for ‘Black or White’, and was a Neverland regular
Brenda Song, the fiancée of former child star Macaulay Culkin, wished Paris Jackson a happy 26th birthday with a sweet post shared on April 4, on social media.
Song’s boyfriend is reportedly the godfather to Michael Jackson’s daughter, Paris.
Culkin, 43, and the late King of Pop, who died in 2009 after suffering from a cardiac arrest at age 50, were known to have a close relationship. Here’s what we know about their controversial friendship.
How old was Macaulay Culkin when he became friends with Michael Jackson?
According to People, Culkin was just 10 years old when he first received a call from a then-32-year-old Michael Jackson. MJ gave him a ring after watching him star in Home Alone in 1990. They met in person when Culkin performed in The Nutcracker in New York City.
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It wasn’t long until Culkin started visiting Jackson’s Neverland Ranch, where he would stay for sleepovers in the same bed as his much older friend, states Yahoo! Lifestyle. The 2,700-hectare estate was like a private amusement park, featuring an electric train, Ferris wheel, arcade, bumper cars, a zoo and much more, writes Independent.
Is Macaulay Culkin the godfather to Michael Jackson’s kids?
Culkin told Marc Maron on the WTF podcast that he’s very protective of MJ’s daughter. “I’m going to warn you now, I am very protective of her, so just look out,” he said. “I am a very open book when it comes to things but, like, with her, she is beloved by me.”
Was Macaulay Culkin in a Michael Jackson song?
Yup. Culkin made a surprise – and brag-worthy – appearance in MJ’s 1991 music video for “Black or White”.
The extended prologue sees Culkin playing a son whose father gets annoyed at him for playing loud music.
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What has Macaulay Culkin said about Michael Jackson?
Despite the numerous child sexual abuse accusations made against Jackson, Culkin has continued to insist that the pop star never made any advances on him and that “I never saw anything; he never did anything”, per his interview with Esquire in 2020.
In a 2018 interview on the WTF with Mark Maron podcast, he opened up about how close he was with the late singer.:“He was my best friend growing up for a good, fat stretch of my life.” He added, “[Jackson was] emotionally young … He enjoyed my youthfulness. He liked being a kid with me. It never struck me as odd. I never felt uncomfortable. That was just the way he was.”
- Brenda Song, the fiancée of former child star Macaulay Culkin, wished Paris Jackson a happy 26th birthday with a sweet post shared on April 4, on social media
- Culkin is the godfather to all of MJ’s kids – Paris, Prince and Blanket (aka Bigi) – and he’s particularly protective of the late pop star’s model-actress daughter