Macaulay Culkin Offers Rare Glimpse at His Life as a ‘Homebody Dad’ With Partner Brenda Song Inside Their $8 Million California Estate

“Home Alone” star Macaulay Culkin has shared a very rare look at his life away from the cameras, opening up about his role as a “homebody dad” with longtime partner, Brenda Song.

The 44-year-old actor—who shares two children with Song, 36—shot to fame at the tender age of 10 when he took on the role of Kevin McCallister in the popular holiday movie franchise.

Culkin quickly became one of the most recognizable child actors in the world, raking in a veritable fortune from a series of subsequent roles.

However, in recent years, the actor has taken a step back from the spotlight, choosing to focus his attentions on more independent projects while also building a family with Song, who he met in 2014.

Together, the pair reside in a stunning Toluca Lake, CA, home, which Culkin purchased from fellow actor, Kiefer Sutherland, for $8 million in an off-market deal in 2022.

In a new interview with Cosmopolitan, which marks their first as a couple, Culkin and Song reveal how their relationship was born behind the walls of their homes, blossoming behind closed doors away from prying eyes and paparazzi.

For one date, Song cooked Culkin a steak dinner at home—and on one occasion actually taught him how to do his laundry. Then, one Christmas, Song invited Culkin to celebrate at her parents’ home.

Now, much of Culkin’s life is centered around his role in the home, where he has fully embraced being a full-time father for several years, happily holding down the fort so that Song could focus on pursuing her on-screen career.

”These days, Mack seems totally happy being the homebody dad hanging with his kids, 3-year-old Dakota and 2-year-old Carson,” the Cosmopolitan writer notes.

“He’s proud of the fact that their house is the site of every playdate, that he butts heads with his toddler, that he stalks the halls as ‘Papa T-rex.’”

Now, the duo balances their respective work projects with their roles as parents, doing so “without a nanny” and instead relying on Song’s parents for help when they need it.

The pair have worked hard to ensure that their private lives remain exactly that: private. In fact, Culkin says he is proud of the fact that members of the public still seem confused about his and Song’s relationship—as well as the fact that they share two children.

“That the public is like, ‘Wait, they’re together and they have kids?’ Good. That means we did our job,” he says.

However, the pair now finally feel ready to share more of their lives with the public—starting with their Cosmopolitan cover shoot, which Culkin convinced Song to do for the sake of their sons.

“This was literally his quote yesterday: He said, ‘Honey, we have to do this cover. It’s for the mantel, for our boys,'” Song reveals.

The shoot in question captures the couple in their element: living their lives inside their home, showing them in their pajamas and brushing their teeth, lounging on the couch, and making coffee in the kitchen.

In one photo, Culkin can also be seen cleaning out the swimming pool.

The quiet “homebody dad” life is a world away from the one that the “Home Alone” star enjoyed at the height of his fame, when he was living in an apartment in New York (which he purchased at just 19 years old), being followed by paparazzi, while his name was splashed across tabloid front pages.

Culkin made clear that any remaining connection to that former lifestyle has been severed completely when he sold the aforementioned loft apartment for a $6 million profit, having held onto the abode for more than 20 years.

The actor is understood to have sold the three-bedroom, two-bathroom condo—which he purchased for $1.7 million—for $7.75 million in early January in an off-market deal.

It’s thought that Culkin’s five-bedroom, six-bathroom Toluca Lake property is now the only home in his portfolio, although he did recently admit that he’d considered adding another dwelling to his real estate holdings: the iconic property that served as the McCallister residence in “Home Alone.”

The so-called “Home Alone House” hit the market in May 2024 for $5.25 million, with Culkin revealing months later that he had thought about snapping it up “just for giggles.”

“I had half a mind to buy it—just for giggles,” Culkin told the audience at the Rosemont Theater in Illinois during a December appearance, according to the New York Times.

The actor added that he imagined turning the fictional home into a “movie fun house” where people could sled down the stairs just like Kevin does in the movie.

Sadly, that scenario didn’t come to pass.

“I got kids. I’m busy, man,” he explained of his reasons for deciding against the property purchase.

Instead, the home was snapped up by an unnamed buyer, who closed on the home for $5.5 million on Jan. 15, 2025, according to records.