Cal Gaunt
Macaulay Culkin has legally changed his name – and it’s definitely unique.
Culkin, 43, shot to fame after playing Kevin McCallister in the 1990 Christmas blockbuster Home Alone.
Today the former child star still has a legion of loyal fans who he keeps updated with his life.
However, not many know that he has officially changed his name.
This isn’t the first time Macaulay Culkin has surprised his fans.
In fact, not many people knew that he is engaged to a fellow child star!
He’s in a relationship with Brenda Song, a household name thanks to her role as the wealthy and lovable London Tipton in the Disney Channel series The Suite Life of Zack & Cody.
“I’m today years old when I found out Brenda Song and Macaulay Culkin are together,” one person pens.
A second agrees: “Today was the day that I learned Macaulay Culkin was even Brenda Song are together and have a baby.”
A third person added: “Sooooo. Am I the only one who didn’t know Macaulay Culkin and Brenda Song are a thing?!?!?!!”
The two former child stars first started dating while filming Seth Green’s comedy-drama Changeland in 2017.
The two even share two sons, Dakota, born in 2021, and another whose name has been kept under wraps, less than two years later.
One reason many fans may be unaware of their relationship is that they have kept it very private on social media.
But now, it’s Culkin’s name that’s in the headlines…
Culkin was given the middle name Carson at birth, reportedly after Kit Carson, an American frontiersman from the Old West.
That’s now changed, though, as he held a poll on his website allowing fans to pick his new moniker.
He wrote: “My middle name is something dumb. Larry? Orange? Honestly, I can’t even remember it.
“So I asked you all to send in some better options so I can go down to the courthouse and explain to a judge why I need to change my middle name to something cool.
“You sent in hundreds of suggestions and after going through them all, these were my favourite five.”
As the poll neared its conclusion, he wrote: “Sure, I might have a gold-plated watercraft and chrome-plated invisibility cloaks, but all I want for Christmas is a new middle name.
“And then you can be all, ‘Oh, you got your wife a beautiful portrait of your family? Well, I chose Macaulay Culkin’s middle name’.
“And they will cry and cry. Don’t be the kind of person who cries on Christmas.
“Be the kind person that chooses my new middle name.”
Reacting to the name change, one fan wrote on Twitter: “[This] is why you never ask the internet for their opinion on naming things.
“It always ends up being the most ridiculous thing ever. Just ask Boaty McBoatface.”
“Did you seriously get this officially done?”, another fan asked. “I’ve been waiting to see some kind of legal doc.
“It’s still funny but that’ll drive it home as completely amazing!”
The names he picked out for the poll were Macaulay Culkin, Shark Week, Kieran, TheMcRibIsBack and Publicity Stunt.
After more than 100,000 votes, Macaulay Culkin was the overwhelming winner with more than 61,000 votes.
So, his official name is now Macaulay Macaulay Culkin Culkin.
Weird, sure, but better than a tribute to McDonald’s ever-popular barbecue pork sandwich.
One fan said: “I was today years old when I found out that Macaulay Culkin’s middle name is legally Macaulay Culkin.”
“Today I learned that Macaulay Culkin changed his middle name to Macaulay Culkin,” added a third.
“So his whole name is now Macaulay Macaulay Culkin Culkin and this somehow makes me extremely happy.”
Another joked: “Damn. I was pulling for Camaulay Mulkin. Macaulay Camaulay Mulkin Culkin.”
One fan liked his name as it was, though: “Macaulay Carson Culkin has a wonderful ring to it.”
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