Kit Culkin

Kieran Culkin is sharing more about growing up with his extended and famous family in New York City. One of seven children shared by Kit Culkin and Patricia Brentrup is Kieran, who appears on "Succession." The pair never married, but their split in the 1990s and ensuing custody conflict became tabloid fodder, because Kieran's brother Macaulay had been very popular after appearing in 1990's "Home Alone" series. In an interview with Esquire that was published on March 27, Kieran said that his dad, an actor, had all seven attempts to be actors, but only Macaulay (who his siblings call Mack), Kieran, and Rory pursued it seriously. The family lived in the Yorkville neighborhood of Manhattan, and though Kieran claims he was embarrassed for the way fame had a positive influence on Macaulay's life. He told Esquire of his brother, "Poor f*cking guy." "He was little and was trying to pretend that this level of fame as real." ... . . "That sucks for him," I remember as a kid.

What do these actors have in common? They all found fame in Christmas films before they hit adulthood, which has been immortalized on our screens. However, when the children actors hit the acting gold rush at an early age, their paths to follow wound up in different directions, with continued success for some and less positive results for others. So where are actors who played Sophie from The Holiday, Ralphie from A Christmas Story, Bernard the Elf from The Santa Clause, Eloise from Eloise at Christmastime and Kevin from Home Alone (left to right) now?

Ratray, 45, is now facing domestic violence charges after his ex-girlfriend accused him of strangling and punching her in a hotel room in Oklahoma last December. After learning about the assault case, for which he has signed a not guilty plea, a woman named Lisa Smith contacted prosecutors about a police report filed in 2017, in which she accused him of assaulting her. Buzz McCallister, the actor who is best known for his role in the beloved Christmas comedy, is not the first celebrity to face controversy in the years 32 years since the film debuted. Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard, and Catherine O'Hara appeared in 1990, and since its debut, it has been regarded as a cult classic worldwide. Despite the film's adversities, heroin use, and run-ins with the law. FEMAIL has looked back at the numerous other scandals surrounding Home Alone's cast members, from a six-day marriage to childhood abuse.