dedicate a speech to her former costar<\/a> during his star ceremony.<\/p>\n“Home Alone<\/em>\u00a0was, is, and always will be a beloved global sensation,” O’Hara began her speech. “The reason families all over the world can’t let a year go by without watching and loving\u00a0Home Alone<\/em>\u00a0together is because of Macaulay Culkin.”<\/p>\nYes, Culkin had the “most excellent script” and “wonderful director,” but it was his “perfect performance” that has made it such an enduring classic, O’Hara continued. “I know you worked really hard, but you made acting look like the most natural thing in the world to do.” She later added, “This beautiful 10-year-old little boy was called a superstar, a moneymaker, one of the hottest leading young men in Hollywood. How does anyone survive that?”<\/p>\n\n\nCatherine O’Hara attends Apple TV+’s Primetime Emmy Party on Sept. 14, 2025 <\/i><\/p>\n Unique Nicole\/WireImage<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
“I believe you’d have to possess a certain quality,” O’Hara said. “A gift that dear John Hughes obviously recognized in Macaulay.” Of his sense of humor, “It’s a sign of intelligence in a child and a key to survival at any age,” she added. “You have brought that sense of sweet yet twisted, yet totally relatable, sense of humor to everything you have chosen to do since\u00a0Home Alone.<\/em>“<\/p>\nO’Hara concluded her speech by thanking Culkin for including her, “your fake mom that left you home alone not once but twice,” to “share in this happy occasion.” After sharing a hug, Culkin wiped away tears.<\/p>\n
Get your daily dose of entertainment news, celebrity updates, and what to watch with our\u00a0EW Dispatch newsletter<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\nO’Hara is survived by her husband, production designer Bo Welch, whom she met on the set of\u00a0Beetlejuice,<\/em>\u00a0and sons Matthew and Luke, along with siblings Michael O’Hara, Mary Margaret O’Hara, Maureen Jolley, Marcus O’Hara, Tom O’Hara, and Patricia Wallice.<\/p>\nRead the original article on Entertainment Weekly<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n