Home Alone co-star Macaulay Culkin, at a ceremony awarding Culkin with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.At the ceremony, which took place on Friday (December 1), O’Hara delivered a speech honouring Culkin after sharing a tender hug with the actor. “Home Alone was, is and always will be a beloved global sensation,” O’Hara began. “The reason families all over the world can’t let a year go by without watching and loving Home Alone together is because of Macaulay Culkin.”She went on to praise the actor’s talent from a young age. “Macaulay, a 10-year-old boy, this beautiful, dear little 10-year-old boy, was called a superstar, a moneymaker.
One of the hottest leading young men in Hollywood. How does anyone survive that?”“Well, I believe you’d have to possess a certain quality, a gift that dear John Hughes, obviously recognized: your sense of humour.
It’s a sign of intelligence in a child, and a key to surviving life at any age. And you have, from what I see you brought that sense of sweet, yet twisted, yet totally relatable sense of humour to everything that you have chosen to do since Home Alone.”Watch Catherine O’Hara’s speech at Macaulay Culkin’s Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony below:As Culkin visibly fought back tears, O’Hara addressed him directly: “Macaulay, congratulations.
You so deserved your star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and thank you for including me, your fake mom who left you home alone not once, but twice, to share in this happy occasion.
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