Macaulay Culkin covers the new issue of Esquire Magazine & looks PHENOMENAL

Wow! He looks amazing! Healthy, clean and sober. I hope he continues this path of positivity and health!

He is so full of shit. So if Michael didn't molest him, then he molested no one. What about all the other boys that said he did. They all lied. It's perfectly normal for a grown man to have sleepovers with little kids. And it was perfectly okay for you to do drugs with Paris Jackson. I could care less about this has been.

OP is shilling for Esquire so leave this thread well alone.

R1 it's probably repressed memory like with Wade Robson. The maid saw them together. My guess is Macaulay thought it was consentual on his part, or doesn't want to be hugely embarrassed. Or be known as a MJ victim. For whatever reason, he's not ready for the world to know.

Poor kid. We all know what happened. McCauley hasn’t had legit income from filming new stuff in decades. Perhaps small projects, but nothing like when he was a kid.

He lives better than most unemployed actors, and lofts in NYC are not cheap.

I would not give him shit for not speaking out. He is a victim, not a poster boy or crusader. Also, he was undoubtedly required to sign ironclad NDAs in order to get the millions settled upon.

I’m really disappointed that we, as a society, continue to hold victims of rape responsible for their rapes. How the fuck was McCauley able to protect himself? He was a child, and his parents were at the very least, criminally negligent in the duty to care for a minor, regardless of that minor being a child actor.

Some of these parents should have been charged, and it’s a shame that Jackson never faced legal justice for this.

He always looks like he needs a shower.

[quote] He lives better than most unemployed actors, and lofts in NYC are not cheap.

He should live above my garage, it's cheaper.

He didn't molest you Macaulay cuz you were too old and too ugly.

It would be one thing if MJ were alive and Culkin were called to testify in an abuse case against him, but he is dead, and nothing will be gained by Culkin admitting that he was abused by him, if he was indeed abused by him. That is his personal issue that he should deal with however he wants.

If he wants to say that he was not molested that is fine. But he has no right to speak for others.

Why is it cute boy child actors turn out to be such a ugly adults?

[quote]He is so full of shit. So if Michael didn't molest him, then he molested no one.

Where did he say that? He said he did nothing to him and he didn't see him do anything to anyone else. His wording is very careful and clear.

(And while I think Michael did something to those children -- I wouldn't be surprised that he wasn't stupid enough to do something to one of the most popular child stars of his time just like I thought Weinstein wouldn't have been dumb enough to do anything more than say "Good morning!" and "Good night!" to President Obama's daughter when she interned.)

As for his finances, the guy turned down Big Bang Theory. Something tells me, like most celebs, at some point he invested in something so he has *some* money coming in.

He is fuggly, as R13 says.

It wasn't working because he was a drug addict.

He made MILLIONS young and invested some, wisely, since young.

He also owns real estate.

He changed his name to Mack? Where did the K come from? Why not Mac?

His ex-wife is suffering from MS and is struggling to pay her medical bills.

What is the deal with the robe? Nothing can make him sexy.

No matter the angle of the picture or emotion on his face, I always see a big toe whenever I look at him.

If by "Phenomenal" you mean "Less corpse like than last year" then yes.

Also it's pretty obvious that MJ was a manipulative fucker who didn't molest the more high profile kids. For the express purpose of discrediting the ones he did molest.

Why is he on the cover? What project does he have coming out?

Macaulay is someone who doesn’t need a project to make covers. He is Hollywood Royalty.

Hollywood royalty????? Like Corey Feldman, Lindsay Lohan. Bitch, please. 😂😂😂

The only way Emmanuel Lewis is Hollywood royalty is if you count his old Burger King commercials.

[quote] Hollywood royalty?????

He still holds the record of the highest paid child star (after inflation) in movie history.

That is why he doesn't work a single day in his life. He lives off his millions.

No. Neither of their names made studios Hundreds of Millions worldwide.

[quote] He is Hollywood Royalty.

I knoe ye'll be trying to be funniy.

Macaulay Culkin was paid $1 million for the first role he did after Home Alone. After that he was paid multi-millions per film.

How many child actors headline blockbusters?

Drew Barrymore is another one who would make covers etc. even when her career was in the toilet.

Phenomenal? No.

But he looks better than he did.

So MC has got cash. Bill Gates has got cash but that doesn't make him Hollowood Loyalty.

Bill Gates isn’t the star of Home Alone, a beloved film still aired daily throughout December every fucking year for 30 years.

R30, all those movies were more than 25 years ago, and those high-paying roles were In wildly inconsistent scripts. Once the first round of accusations against MJ surfaced, that was the first blow to his career. Then it became known what an asshole his dad was, and he got blamed for it somehow. Strike two. Then the movies started flopping. Lots of parents were shocked by him playing a killer child in [italic]The Good Son[/italic] even though Brian Bonsall from [italic]Family Ties[/italic] did a similar (but lower profile) movie called [italic]Mikey[/italic] a couple years earlier. Then his movie with Ted Danson flopped as MGM was stuck in bankruptcy, then the movie version of [italic]Richie Rich[/italic] crashed and burned at the box office, as did [italic]The Pagemaster[/italic]. Three costly flops in a row, plus the fact that he aged out of the third [italic]Home Alone[/italic] movie and the fact that there was no way to put him in [italic]My Girl 2[/italic] after they killed him off in the first one, and the studios no longer wanted to deal with him anymore.

R35 he was still paid MILLIONS per film. And still has Home Alone to coast off of the rest of his life. He is still a Household name because Home Alone will never die and new kids watch him for 3 decades now.

MJ was seen molesting Macaulay though.

But I'm still doing movies and you're not.

Speaking of Home Alone, they are giving it on AMC right now.

I’m sure suppressing and denying his child sexual abuse will contribute to his “health” and “positivity.”

[quote] and the studios no longer wanted to deal with him anymore.

It wasn't Mac they didn't want to deal with, it was his ego-maniacal father they didn't want to deal with. Even at age 12, Mac couldn't stand the way his father was bullying the studios, agents, managers, even his own family.

Even at that young age, Mac knew the only way to get his father out of his life was to quit acting, So that is what he did, and Mac being his father's cash cow dried up

I don’t think DLers remember how massive Home Alone was in 1990/1991. It earned $285,761,243 DOMESTICALLY back then.

That is $612,204,278 in 2020 dollars.

A HUGE Blockbuster. That is not counting overseas, which was another $200 million. In modern day this would have made over $1 Billion.

I think Macaulay Culkin's accountant is on this thread. Tips on investing???

Mac money was kept in trust, so by the time he was able to get his hands on it, it was a multi-million dollar sum.

Didn’t he also buy some real estate in NYC back in the 90s when it was cheap? He was a teen at the time but I remember him investing in property for when the value went up. Smart choices.

Did he see the ugly penis?

I'd be very surprised if he didn't get some kind of percentage of the box office for Home Alone 2.

Let's not forget the hush money from MJ

Macaulay Culkin Salary History:

Uncle Buck (1989) $40 thousand

Home Alone (1990) $100 thousand

My Girl (1991) $1 million

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) $4.5 million

The Good Son (1993) $1.5 million

Getting Even with Dad (1994) $8 million

Ri¢hie Ri¢h (1994) $8 million

Total: $23.5 million

Earning $23.5 million between 1989 and 1994 is the same as earning $40 million today after adjusting for inflation. Macualey also reportedly owns apartments in New York City and Paris. He has owned his New York City apartment since the early 2000s.

R47 I always wondered if he got a percentage of the BO for HA2 also. It was a hit also but made much less than the first, which made it seem as a “failure” to some.

Yes r49, I said he invested money into Real Estate in the late 90s, early 00s. Wise decision. I remember he bought a loft for like $500k in the early 00s. That is probably worth a couple million now.

Can we just admit that Home Alone would be a much more interesting movie if Bill Gates played Kevin McCallister?

I'll always love him for Party Monster. He's not exactly the greatest actor out there but the movie was fun.

BTW, has the real monster managed to stay out of jail since getting out a few years ago? I've always suspected he's a Datalounger.

I wonder if MJ bought his parents house like he did with the other kids that he molested.

this is not a dis, necessarily but....

he looks like a fTm post transition.

no one has yet remarked that he is wearing nail polish.

I think the last "big" movie I saw him in was Saved. Which I consider a classic.

I'm waiting for his accountant to come back on again and give us another update on his film grosses.

Saved! would have been a more interesting movie if Bill Gates had played Mandy Moore's role.

He seems funny and as well adjusted as you can expect. If you're not Johnny Depp stupid (buying villages in France and entire blocks of the Hollywood Hills) you can live a lifetime off of 20 mil. In the article he describes himself in lowkey ways several times.

His girlfriend has DEFINITELY traded up.

R1 You could N O T care less, OP. Could N O T. If you could care less, that means you could care a bit. You care so little (i.e. 0) that you could N O T care less. Get i?

R64 I keep forgetting that they're dating, even though he guest starred on Dollface. It was a good role for Macaulay.

R35 I never understood why THE PAGEMASTER flopped so hard. It’s a beautiful film, largely hand/cell-drawn with a highly original script and a stellar cast. Even the dodgy CGI is well-deployed, and sparingly. There’s no other animated feature quite like it, even 25 years on.

I must have watched it over a hundred times as a child. Mary! me but I cried rewatching it sometime last year. The premise is quite a poignant one, and I think the message is one that kids of today could certainly afford to remember.

Wasn’t he pulling around with Pete Doherty? Regardless, he seems like a decent person. I wish him well.

If Michael is was so great, why doesn't he buy Neverland Ranch? It's been sitting empty all these years. And they reduced the price many times.

R14, if Michael was stupid enough to continue “sharing his love” with kids after the first brouhaha, garnering him a second act, then he was more than likely stupid enough to diddle the Caulkin boy.

These dudes aren’t known for wisdom, discretion, or self control, especially when they invest in setting up theme parks, zoos and security systems in their backyards, within their homes, all aimed at ensnaring kids and keeping out the adults who might object to kids sipping Jesus Juice and swapping “The Little Prince” for porn, at bedtime.

The argument that Jackson had any self control or objectively weighed risks, when predating upon little boys and the occasional little girl, is absurd.

The only good thing about Party monster. Was Dylan McDermott in an eyepatch. Sexy. He looked damn fine in that movie.

He looks like he’s still got the opiate monkey on his back.

Fuck, if I EVER made a decent choice in life, it was rejecting any and all offers to do heroin or pop pain pills, when I was wilding through the city streets as a youngster. Pretty sure I’d be dead right now, or hooked for life. It’s almost an impossible addiction to overcome.

That doctor who took MJ out deserves one of Trump’s medals of honor. He did the world a favor. Fucked up to say, but Jackson wasn’t going to prison, hence, options for containment or justice weren’t abounding in numbers here.

Sometimes, shit just has to be settled, permanently.

R73 yes... the good Doctor should go to DC... indeed

OP -- if you think he look PHENOMENAL, then you yourself have some serious problems. He looks like a wrung-out, 40 year-old man in recovery - which is what he is. He looks better that he has in the last few years, but he doesn't look PHENOMENAL!!!

[quote] The only good thing about Party monster. Was Dylan McDermott in an eyepatch. Sexy. He looked damn fine in that movie.

The clothes and costumes were pretty awesome as well.

He's not selling his butthole to wealthy Arabs like some child stars.

Good for him. What I've heard of his podcast is pretty funny.

He has a great sense of humor. And is very down to earth.

And he made more than 20 million. People forget he did ad campaigns as a kid etc. that paid millions also.

He wants to have a baby with his GF, Brenda Song

"So besides the occasional muscle relaxer, no, I don’t do drugs recreationally. I still kinda drink like a fish. I drink and I smoke. "

He looks wasted out of his mind in EVERY FREAKIN' PHOTO.

Brenda Song? I’m not saying she’s a golddigger, but... get the snip, Mac.

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