In Kieran Culkin's chat with THR, he shared a sad incident from his older brother's childhood. "He would get harassed on the street," Kieran revealed. "One time, a woman pulled off his hat and looked at him and said, 'Yeah, it's him! You're not that cute.' And then handed the hat back and walked away." Likewise, for most people, being mistaken for your younger, more popular sibling in their childhood can be a self-esteem hit, but for Kieran, it created a hilarious story.
The "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World" star recalled when someone asked him for a picture thinking he was "Macluckly Macluckly." Although Kieran clarified he wasn't the person they were looking for, he sadly believed they would never find him because nobody with that name could exist in the real world. When speaking to Esquire in 2023, Kieran confessed that even at his young age, it was evident to him that his brother was far too young to bear the burdens of fame.
Macaulay Culkin's success negatively affected their family, too. Paparazzi chased them all over town, gossip magazines thrived on their trauma, and things only got worse when their parents went through a very public divorce in 1995. Eventually, 13-year-old Kieran got so frustrated that he decided to take matters into his own hands, penning a strongly worded letter to the court requesting them to keep the press away. Sadly, his prayers went unanswered, but the siblings stuck together through it all and ultimately came out stronger.
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