Macaulay Culkin reveals Michael Jackson ‘didn’t want him to be alone’ and insists their friendship was normal
The 38-year-old actor bonded with the King Of Pop after finding fame in the 1990 classic film Home Alone
MACAULAY Culkin claims his controversial friendship with Michael Jackson stemmed from the King Of Pop "not wanting him to be alone."
The actor, 38, became pals with the late singer while starring in Christmas classic Home Alone when he was just nine-years-old and is godfather to Jackson's daughter Paris, 20.
Culkin has always denied allegations he was sexually abused by the pop star and in a new interview on the podcast, he explained how their friendship came to be.
He said: “A lot of things were happening, big and fast with me and I think he identified with that.
"I mean, at the end of the day, it's almost easy to try to say it was like weird or whatever, but it wasn't, because it made sense. At the end of the day, we were friends."
Despite the 22 year age gap between the pair, Culkin said Jackson's own experience of fame at a young age in the Jackson 5 meant there was a mutual understanding between them.
He continued: "Nobody else in my Catholic school had even this much idea of what I was going through and he was the kind of person who'd been through the exact same frickin' thing and wanted to make sure I wasn't alone."
Last month Culkin recreated famous scenes from Home Alone - nearly 30 years after starring in the hit Christmas movie.
The star returned to Kevin McCallister's home in a new advert for Google Assistant.
In the minute-long clip, Macaulay paid homage to the infamous moment his eight-year-old character put on aftershave, jumped on his parents' bed, and told the pizza delivery boy to "keep the change, ya filthy animal".
However, times have changed - and grown up Macaulay found that jumping on the bed actually hurt his back, and he didn't need to pay the delivery boy because he'd already settled the bill online.
The video even paid tribute to the terrifying furnace that haunted Kevin in the original 1990 film - with Macaulay simply asking Google to lower the temperature in the house as he decorates a Christmas tree.
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To add to the nostalgia, the advert was soundtracked by two of the most prominent songs from the film, White Christmas by The Drifters, and Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree by Brenda Lee.
The advert ended with Macaulay using Google's technological skills to secure the house from the film's original villains - the Wet Bandits.
As the burglars' van drove away from the home, the voice of Joe Pesci, who played Harry, said: "Better get out of here before somebody sees us."
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