Macaulay Culkin credits Brenda Song with seeing good in him at a time when he doubted his own ability to build a family. Her faith in him, he said, gave him a reason to work on himself.
“She picked me up off a pile… she saw the best of me and it made me wanna be better,” Culkin said. “I know I disappoint her sometimes, you know, but… I’ve never had that before. Being believed in that way.“
Speaking with Josh Scherer on Mythical Kitchen’s “Last Meals,” Culkin reflected on his difficult upbringing and the life he’d wanted as an adult, including children. Before his relationship with Song, he’d begun to think his behavior would keep him from finding someone who’d want to raise a family with him.
Culkin said Song’s support was unlike anything he’d experienced before. He described wanting to meet her expectations while acknowledging that he sometimes lets her down.
The couple met while making Changeland in 2017 and began dating that year. They later got engaged and have 2 sons: Dakota, born in 2021, and Carson, born in 2022.