"“When Catherine passed away in January, that hit me,” he said. “That hit me pretty good, 'cause, you know, it was just too soon. And I felt that we had unfinished business. I definitely feel like I had unfinished business with her, you know? I feel like I owed her a favor - and I don't like having an outstanding debt.”"
"“Macaulay - this beautiful, dear little 10-year-old boy - was called a superstar, a moneymaker, one of the hottest leading young men in Hollywood by the world over. How does anyone survive that?”"
"“Well, I believe you'd have to possess a certain quality, a gift that dear [writer-producer] John Hughes obviously recognized in you, Macaulay: your sense of humor. It's a sign of intelligence in a child, and a key to surviving life at any age. And from what I see, you have brought this sweet, yet twisted, yet totally relatable sense of humor to everything that you have chosen to do since Home Alone.”"
"After receiving news of her death, Culkin shared an emotional tribute saying, “I thought we had time.”"
Catherine O'Hara, who played Macaulay Culkin’s on-screen mother in the Home Alone films, died in late January after a private battle with cancer. Culkin said her passing in January hit him hard because it felt too soon, and he believed they had unfinished business. He described feeling like he owed her a favor and said he disliked having an outstanding debt. Culkin and O'Hara reconnected in recent years, including O'Hara praising his humor and intelligence during his Hollywood Walk of Fame star unveiling in December 2023. After learning of her death, Culkin shared an emotional tribute saying he thought they had time.
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