Macaulay Culkin at the present time always makes fans wonder: “So what happened?”

Macaulay Culkin is now 36 years old and people no longer recognize this as the person who played the adorable boy in the Christmas comedy series Home Alone in the 90s.

At the peak of his fame, he was considered the most successful child actor in the film industry since Shirley Temple – the youngest actress in history to win an Oscar.

The surprising contrast between the image of Macaulay Culkin in the past and present

Thanks to his role as the cheeky, intelligent boy Kevin in Home Alone, Culkin received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor and was an icon for many generations of children at that time.

So in the end, what happened to Macaulay Culkin to make him become the addict and accused “pedophile” he is today?

Success comes too soon

It’s clear that Maucaulay Culkin’s performance as Kevin McCallister is countless. Even the Golden Globe – the most prestigious award in the film industry, in 1990 was awarded to the 10-year-old boy Culkin.

Culkin became the role model for mischievous, adorable and intelligent children of the 90s

Culkin himself used that mark as an excuse to stop creating and breaking through. The actor himself once shared: “After reaching the highest peak, I think it is reasonable for me to retire at the age of 30. Carrying a computer around, drawing and doing whatever.”

Superficial and disdainful of making art

After a nine-year hiatus, Culkin returned in 2003 to a leading role in the comedy Party Monster as drug addict Michael Alig. Without much success, he turned to acting in the comedy film that was said to openly mock religion Saved (2004), before voicing the animated film Robot Chicken.

After years of sleeping in the ecstasy of victory, Culkin returned to acting and singing but was not well received by the audience

Bored with filming, in 2013 the actor turned to singing and formed a band with the silly name “Pizza Underground”. Sadly, because of their music that has no beginning or end and is so humorous, the band was booed by the audience and threw beer cans on the stage during a performance in the UK in 2014.

Married too early and experienced divorce in her twenties

Culkin’s “love path” is said to be quite difficult. The actor, possessing angelic beauty as a child, still retains the innocence on his face that still makes many beauties fall in love. Before marrying Ashton Kutcher in 2015, and before that Mila Kunis, in the past, Culkin was “married” at the age of 17.

Macaulay Culkin next to Rachel Miner, the youngest “husband and wife” couple in cinema history

In 1998, the actor publicly announced his married life with his colleague of the same age, Rachel Miner. “We are extremely happy and proud that we found the other half of our lives at such a young age. We saw the future when we moved in together,” Culkin loudly declared at the age of 17.

5 years later, both divorced because of small conflicts in life. The New York Daily News at that time also confirmed that they actually only lived together for 2 years, before separating in 2000 and completing divorce proceedings 2 years later.

Make friends with drugs

Fans once urged Macaulay Culkin to eat a lot and exercise to gain weight when they saw that he was always “thin” like when he was a child. “In response” to fans’ interest, in 2004, Culkin was caught red-handed by Oklahoma City police , seizing 17.3 grams of marijuana and 21 synthetic drug pills on the actor.

Culkin’s body was emaciated when he “became friends” with drugs

According to the National Enquirer , every month Culkin spends about 6,000 USD just to “do drugs”. He is said to have been heavily addicted to drugs and in fact, forming a band to perform was actually to earn money to buy drugs.

Even though he was punished, Macaulay Culkin still has his own shortcomings. The actor’s depraved and fallen image turned him from a beautiful image into a villain that any parent would not want their child to “follow”.

Rumors with Michael Jackson

Even though he received charges and had to appear in court regarding the incident of sexual abuse by “King of Pop” Michael Jackson, Macaulay Culkin has always denied the above information.

The King of Pop always has special affection for little Macaulay Culkin

The indictment describes Culkin spending the night in Jackson’s bedroom numerous times. The actor affirmed that Jackson did not sexually abuse or touch his body.

In 2009, Macaulay Culkin appeared in a long line of artists to visit Michael Jackson’s funeral. The truths behind this relationship have also been buried forever.