marriage at 17. a horrible breakup with
mila kunis trust issues numerous losses
is that why the home alone star thought
he would never find love
i i i don't know exactly how to like
kind of even describe it because it's
always the way my life has been and how
did the disney darling change his mind
and his life tune in rumor juice is at
your service
macaulay culkin and brenda song's
engagement comes at the perfect time for
the private couple the pair is over the
moon about their future as a family
macaulay and brendo welcomed their first
child son dakota in april 2021 they
named the little boy after culkin's late
sister dakota the news came as a
surprise to fans who either didn't know
they were in a relationship or were
unaware that they were expecting a child
and now after four years of dating the
couple sparked engagement rumors after
brenda was spotted with a diamond ring
on her finger on january 24 2022 just
two days later people confirmed they
were officially engaged macaulay and
brenda have loved being together as a
family since welcoming dakota a source
told people the engagement is the
natural next step for them they are
excited for their future together the
source added but let's go back a little
bit this love story deserves a prologue
mccully culkin hasn't always been lucky
in love
before beginning his relationship with
the former disney actor macaulay was in
a long-term relationship with hollywood
star mila kunis
though the couple rarely spoke about
their relationship in the press their
romance was still widely publicized they
often denied secretly getting married as
miele said at the time that marriage
wasn't important to her what many people
didn't remember however was that
mccauley had already been down the aisle
once before and the marriage didn't last
in 1998 when he was just 17 he married
actor rachel miner and they split just
two years later during their marriage
rachel and macaulay were tabloid staples
because of their young ages
upon recovering from the split he
started dating mila and the pair had a
promising long-term relationship but it
ended in a horrible horrible breakup
after nine years
as kunis later admitted the split was
her fault and she caused her ex some
serious pain it's up what i did
and it's up how i did it she said
given that history it's no surprise that
culkin put up a barrier and when he
first started dating brenda's song he
expected the worst
sure taking a chance on happiness after
a myriad of traumatic events can be
scary the two former child actors were
both cast by their mutual friend seth
green in his directorial debut
changeland
and although green told esquire he
didn't see that one coming they
connected instantly
the couple was first romantically linked
when spotted in july 2017 grabbing
dinner at craig's an italian restaurant
in los angeles the following month song
posted a group photo to instagram in
which he posed alongside culkin brenda
said that they had plenty in common
straight off the bat seeing as they were
both child stars you know it's almost
like child actors we don't get to talk
about it you just look each other in the
eye and you nod and we know song told
entertainment tonight in april 2019 of
working with culkin green and brecken
indeed culkin's acting career began as a
child in the late 80s with uncle buck i
need one where's your wife don't have
one how come it's a long story do you
have kids no i don't how come it's an
even longer story
and the rest is the whole holiday
franchise we've all been watching every
christmas for the last 30 years
meanwhile song gained prominence thanks
to roles in disney channel films and
shows she is perhaps best known for
playing a spoiled heiress london tipton
on the suite life of zack and cody you
can do
i can shove 12 gummy arms up my nose you
want to see in 2019 she starred in the
movie secret obsession streamed by 40
million viewers making it one of the top
10 most watched netflix originals she
also had recurring roles in new girl
scandal and dads she's currently
starring in hulu's doll face no matter
how good of a start they had mccauley
was sure their bond would lead to
heartbreak as he simply couldn't shake
the feeling that it was too good to be
true in fact he was convinced that
sooner or later the other shoe would
drop and it's always going to drop
something bad's gonna happen someone's
gonna die
but love sometimes requires a leap of
faith and taking a chance on happiness
can pay off in mcauley's case it was
definitely worth the risk the couple
soon began spending more and more time
together in september 2017 they were
spotted on a double date with seth green
and his wife claire grant just a few
months later the lovebirds vacationed in
paris with mcauley's goddaughter paris
jackson and while brenda played coy
telling us weekly in september 2018 that
she doesn't like to talk about my
personal life but everything's wonderful
and i'm happy macaulay chose to be more
candid sitting down for an interview in
august 2018 he professed his love to the
world and revealed he had thrown caution
to the wind so much so that he was ready
to buy a house with his girlfriend i
have a good life out here he said i have
a pretty little family a pretty girl a
pretty dog a pretty cat and all that
stuff we're gonna move we're doing the
house thing and all that kind of stuff
macaulay also shared that he and brenda
were thinking about having a baby i mean
we've definitely been practicing we're
figuring it out making the timing work
because nothing turns you on more than
when your lady comes into the room and
says honey i'm ovulating equipped
sitting down for another candid
interview with esquire in 2020 macaulay
culkin admitted that stepping away from
acting while still making the occasional
bizarre headline had an undesired effect
people assume that i'm crazy or a kook
or damaged weird cracked and up until
the last year or two i haven't really
put myself out there at all so i can
understand that he told the magazine
it's also like okay everybody stop
acting so freaking shocked that i'm
relatively well adjusted and so when he
first met his now fiance he was worried
she'd harbor the same misconceptions but
he didn't have to worry as brenda
decided to draw her own conclusions
looking beyond the headlines she took
time to discover who he really was
people don't realize how incredibly kind
and loyal and sweet and smart he is
brenda told esquire
truly what makes max so special is that
he is so unapologetically mac he knows
who he is and he's 100 okay with that
and that to me is an incredibly sexy
quality he's worked really hard to be
the person he is
and she really does love every part of
him
my girlfriend made mine she's very
crafty they have my name on him yeah
like just just in case so we don't get
confused case in point she keeps a
notebook next to their bed so that she
can write down anything he might say in
the middle of the night that makes her
laugh love can make you do things you
never expected and in the case of
macaulay culkin it turned him into a
happy homebody as the actor said home
life suits him well
in the last couple of years he's
happiest when he's home alone with
brenda a surprise for the self-professed
and vagabond for whom buying a
home was a huge deal
surely he appreciates it even more since
having their special little addition to
the family nine months ago apart from
welcoming a baby boy macaulay and brenda
are also proud parents to three cats
santa claus apples and dude a fish named
cinnamon a dog named panda and a blue
headed parrot named macho
santa claus joined their family on
december 25th 2019. brenda posted
gorgeous pics of their cat on instagram
with the caption
introducing the newest member of our
family santa claus hashtag best
christmas present ever they once even
attended catcon together in pasadena
california the couple met up with a few
other cat lovers at the event like songs
dollface co-star kat dennings and the
office alum angela kinsey
but while macaulay has been happy in his
new low-key life song hopes he hasn't
given up on acting for good
i truly believe that he's the actor he
is now because of all the things he had
to go through the disney star told
esquire he's gone through so much
tragedy he's had so many ups so many
downs he's seen the ugly side of this
industry he's also seen the amazing side
of this industry so he can pinpoint
exactly what he doesn't want and what he
doesn't like about it she added showing
just how much love respect and devotion
she has for her bow but yeah i hope i
hope i hope
in august 2020 the usually private
brenda showed off her love for macaulay
once more by sharing a lovely instagram
message in celebration of her then
boyfriend's 40th birthday
calling him a magical being she gushed i
could sit here and write endlessly about
how wonderful kind loving genuine loyal
honest brilliant and hilarious you are
and how grateful i am that i get to
share and do this life thing with you my
unicorn that i never thought could exist
i am luckiest person in the world
because i am loved by you
meeting someone you feel an intense
connection with can be scary especially
if you've experienced intense heartbreak
before
but as macaulay culkin and brenda song
show us taking a leap of faith can be
seriously worth it
don't worry
everything will be okay despite his
early tribulations the actor decided to
give love a chance and now he's in a
place he likely couldn't have imagined a
homeowner who's happiest spending time
with his fiance and their little boy
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