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Macaulay Culkin has given a rare glimpse inside his $12m estate. Picture: Getty; Realtor “Home Alone” star Macaulay Culkin has shared a rare look at his life away from the cameras. In an interview with Cosmopolitan, the 44-year-old actor opened up about his role as a “homebody dad” with longtime partner, Brenda Song.
The couple share two children. Culkin shot to fame at the age of 10 as Kevin McCallister in the 1990 holiday hit movie. He quickly became one of the most recognisable child actors in the world, raking in a veritable fortune from a series of subsequent roles.
In recent years, the “Richie Rich” star has stepped back from the spotlight, choosing to focus his attention on more independent projects while also building a family with Song, who he met in 2014. Together, the pair reside in a home in Toluca Lake, California. Culkin purchased the property from fellow actor, Kiefer Sutherland, for $US8 million ($A12.
7 million) in an off-market deal in 2022. RELATED: Macaulay Culkin’s eye-watering ‘Home Alone’ payout Macaulay Culkin and his longtime partner, Brenda Song, have offered a rare glimpse inside their lives as parents to two young sons. Picture: YouTube/Cosmopolitan The pair live together with their two kids in an $US8 million Toluca Lake, California, mansion, which Culkin purchased from fellow actor, Kiefer Sutherland, in 2022.
Chatting with Cosmopolitan, Culkin and Song reveal how their relationship blossomed behind closed doors away from prying eyes and paparazzi. For one date, Song cooked Culkin a steak dinner at home — and on one occasion actually taught him how to do his laundry. Then, one Christmas, Song invited Culkin to celebrate at her parents’ home.
Now, much of Culkin’s life is centred around his role in the home, where he has fully embraced being a full-time father for several years, happily holding down the fort so that Song could focus on pursuing her on-screen career. Culkin bought the home from Kiefer Sutherland. Picture: Getty ”These days, Mack seems totally happy being the homebody dad hanging with his kids, 3-year-old Dakota and 2-year-old Carson,” the Cosmopolitan writer notes.
“He’s proud of the fact that their house is the site of every playdate, that he butts heads with his toddler, that he stalks the halls as ‘Papa T-rex.’” Now, the duo balances their work projects with their roles as parents, doing so “without a nanny” and instead relying on Song’s parents for help when they need it. RELATED: Macaulay Culkin eyes off $7.
9m Home Alone house Culkin shot to fame at the age of 10 as Kevin McCallister in the 1990 film “Home Alone”. The pair have worked hard to ensure that their private lives remain exactly that: private. Culkin says he is proud of the fact that members of the public still seem confused about his and Song’s relationship — as well as the fact that they share two children.
“That the public is like, ‘Wait, they’re together and they have kids?’ Good. That means we did our job,” he says. However, the pair now finally feel ready to share more of their lives with the public — starting with their Cosmopolitan cover shoot, which Culkin convinced Song to do for the sake of their sons.
“This was literally his quote yesterday: He said, ‘Honey, we have to do this cover. It’s for the mantel, for our boys,’” Song reveals. The photo shoot captures the couple inside their home, showing them in their pyjamas and brushing their teeth, lounging on the couch, and making coffee in the kitchen.
In one photo, Culkin can also be seen cleaning out the swimming pool. The quiet “homebody dad” life is a world away from the one that the “Home Alone” star enjoyed at the height of his fame, when he was living in an apartment in New York (which he purchased at just 19 years old), being followed by paparazzi, while his name was splashed across tabloid front pages. RELATED: Iconic ‘Home Alone’ house up for sale The “Home Alone” star recently sold that dwelling for $US7.
75 million, having held onto it for more than 20 years. Picture: Realtor Although he owns just one home now, Culkin recently admitted that he was tempted to buy the iconic “Home Alone house” when it came on the market in May. Picture: Realtor Culkin made clear that any remaining connection to that former lifestyle has been severed completely when he sold the aforementioned loft apartment for a $US6 million ($A9.
5 million) profit, having held onto the abode for more than 20 years. Earlier this month, the actor offloaded the three-bedroom condo for $US7.75 million ($A12.
3 million) in an off-market deal. He purchased the pad at 704 Broadway in 1999 for $US1.75 million.
It’s thought that Culkin’s five-bedroom, six-bathroom Toluca Lake property is now the only home in his portfolio, although he did recently admit that he’d considered adding another dwelling to his real estate holdings: the iconic property that served as the McCallister residence in “Home Alone.” The so-called “Home Alone House” hit the market in May 2024 for $US5.25 million ($A7.
9 million), with Culkin revealing months later that he had thought about snapping it up “just for giggles.” MORE: Huge warning as Aus property market shifts “I had half a mind to buy it — just for giggles,” Culkin told the audience at the Rosemont Theater in Illinois during a December appearance, according to the New York Times. The actor added that he imagined turning the fictional home into a “movie fun house” where people could sled down the stairs just like Kevin does in the movie.
Sadly, that scenario didn’t come to pass. “I got kids. I’m busy, man,” he explained of his reasons for deciding against the property purchase.
Instead, the home was snapped up by an unnamed buyer, who closed on the home for $US5.5 million ($A8.7 million) this month, according to records.
Parts of this story first appeared in Realtor and was republished with permission. MORE: Nude artist’s $12m problem.
