Celebrity siblings Macaulay and Rory Culkin made a rare public appearance together at WWE Raw at New York’s Madison Square Garden on Monday, March 10.
Macaulay, 44, was caught by Netflix cameras sitting ringside and playfully covering his face with a WWE championship belt. The actor then stood up and revealed himself to a huge pop from the capacity crowd.
“Ladies and gentlemen, best known as Kevin McAllister in Home Alone, the whole world knows Macaulay Culkin,” Raw color commentator, Pat McAfee, said.
McAfee, 37, called Macaulay an “absolutely legendary individual who loves the WWE” as Macaulay rubbed Rory’s head, who refused to smile or get out of his seat for his brother’s warm welcome.
During his time on camera, Macaulay used American Sign Language to spell out, “NYC I love you.”
The fact that Rory, 35, didn’t get the same introduction as his brother didn’t sit well with some wrestling fans watching at home.
“I can’t believe they showed Macaulay Culkin and didn’t recognize SCREAM 4 LEGEND Rory Culkin,” one viewer wrote.
Another wrote, “I know they didn’t just forget rory like that 💔 THE CULKINS.”
In addition to his work in the Scream franchise, Rory is best known for his roles in movies like You Can Count On Me and Signs, and TV shows like Under the Banner of Heaven and the 2023 Black Mirror episode, “Under the Sea.”
Pro wrestling has been a throughline for many of the Culkin siblings, including Macaulay and Rory’s brother, Kieran. (The siblings also share brothers Shane, 48, and Christian, 37, and sister Quinn, 40. Their sister Dakota died in 2008 after being hit by a car. Their half-sister, Jennifer, died of a drug overdose in 2000.)
The day after Kieran, 42, won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Performance – Motion Picture for his work in A Real Pain, he and his wife, Jazz Charton, hit up the Netflix premiere of WWE Raw at Los Angeles’ Intuit Dome on January 6.
In a video shared by WWE via Instagram, Kieran was seen ringside meeting wrestler CM Punk, who had just defeated Seth Rollins in the main event.
“Did you just, like, win an award?” Punk, 46, asked Kieran.
Kieran responded, “Last night I won a Golden Globe. This is how I celebrate.”
After Kieran eventually won the Oscar on March 2 for his performance in A Real Pain, Macaulay said he was overcome with emotion while watching Kieran’s acceptance speech.
“I cried,” Macaulay told interviewer Tan France at the Vanity Fair Oscar party, shortly after Kieran’s victory.
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