“The only thing I watched”: Macaulay Culkin cried watching brother Kieran win an Oscar
Former child actor Macaulay Culkin revealed that he was left in tears watching his younger brother Kieran Culkin accept the Oscar for ‘Best Supporting Actor’ at the 97th Academy Awards on Sunday.
During the Vanity Fair Oscars after-party, the older Culkin brother revealed that he had only tuned into the show for his brother’s category, which was the first award to be handed out of the night. “That’s the only thing I watched,” he said, via Variety. “True story, true story… I cried. And I was like, ‘I’m gonna see you later.’”
The brothers are old hands at the business. Macaulay Culkin was just nine years old when he played the lead character of Kevin McCallister in the 1990 holiday classic Home Alone. Kieran, who played his younger brother in the film, was just seven.
While Macaulay retired from acting at 14 and has only appeared in small films or made guest appearances in larger productions, Kieran has become an established star as an adult, most notably as the youngest brother of the Roy family in HBO’s hit series Succession.
This year, however, he started to do what fans might have thought impossible – separate himself from his association with Roman Roy by earning praise for his role in another production. Jesse Eisenberg’s comedy, A Real Pain, received rave reviews when it was released, and Culkin, who plays Eisenberg’s chronically immature cousin in the film, swept awards season.
He won the Golden Globe, Bafta, and Screen Actors Guild Award for his performance and surprised no one when his name was called at the Oscars.
When asked if he thought his younger brother would win the award, Macaulay Culkin didn’t hesitate. “Of course. Let’s be real. We’re allowed to say that,” he said, adding, “He was front row, aisle, closest to the stairs. There was no way he was not going to win.”
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