{"id":2259983,"date":"2026-01-31T17:21:24","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T17:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2259983"},"modified":"2026-01-31T17:21:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T17:21:24","slug":"video-shows-catherine-oharas-emotional-speech-about-macaulay-culkin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/video-shows-catherine-oharas-emotional-speech-about-macaulay-culkin\/","title":{"rendered":"Video shows Catherine O&#8217;Hara&#8217;s emotional speech about Macaulay Culkin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<hr class=\"colorbar section-entertainment\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"display-5 subhead spacer-small\">Catherine O&#8217;Hara, who died Jan. 30, had given Hollywood Walk of Fame speeches for &#8216;Home Alone&#8217; co-star Macaulay Culkin and &#8216;Schitt&#8217;s Creek&#8217; co-star Eugene Levy in recent years.<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"videoWrap\" class=\"spacer-large videoWrap\" style=\"position:relative\">\n<div id=\"uwVideoPlaceholder\" slot=\"placeholder\" style=\"z-index:19;width:100%;padding-bottom:56.25%;position:relative\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;right:0;bottom:0;width:100%;height:100%;z-index:2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2026\/01\/30\/USAT\/88435412007-1825220478.jpg?crop=3755,2112,x0,y195\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"vidplaybtn\" style=\"display:-moz-box;display:-ms-flexbox;display:-webkit-flex;display:flex;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,.4);border:2px solid #fff;border-radius:80px;cursor:pointer;height:80px;width:80px;position:absolute;top:50%;left:50%;transform:translate(-50%,-50%);z-index:10\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div slot=\"videoDetails\" id=\"videoDetails\" class=\"videoDetails\" style=\"padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px\">\n<div id=\"videoDetailsContainer\" class=\"videoDetailsContainer\" hidden=\"\">\n<p>Catherine O&#8217;Hara&#8217;s 2023 speech on Macaulay Culkin<\/p>\n<p>Catherine O&#8217;Hara, the legendary actress known for &#8220;Home Alone,&#8221; &#8220;Best in Show&#8221; and &#8220;Schitt&#8217;s Creek,&#8221; has reportedly died. She was 71.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Actress <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2026\/01\/30\/catherine-ohara-death-age-71\/88434443007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Catherine O&#8217;Hara<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2026\/01\/30\/catherine-ohara-situs-inversus-dextrocardia\/88440931007\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2026\/01\/30\/catherine-ohara-situs-inversus-dextrocardia\/88440931007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">who died Friday, Jan. 30<\/a>, at the age of 71, left behind an impressive on-screen body of work, whether she was performing in films or for the smaller screen.<\/p>\n<p>The award-winning actress also didn&#8217;t hold back when it came to praising her peers. She honored <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/tv\/2026\/01\/11\/macaulay-culkin-golden-globe-awards-home-alone\/88136488007\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/tv\/2026\/01\/11\/macaulay-culkin-golden-globe-awards-home-alone\/88136488007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Macaulay Culkin<\/a>, who played her son in the 1990 holiday comedy classic &#8220;Home Alone,&#8221; in a Dec. 1, 2023 speech for Culkin&#8217;s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.<\/p>\n<p>The reason movie lovers &#8220;can&#8217;t let a year go by without watching and loving &#8216;Home Alone&#8217; together (was) because of Macaulay Culkin. Yes, yes, he had a most excellent script and a wonderful director, but it is Macaulay&#8217;s perfect performance as Kevin McCallister that gave us that little Everyboy on an extraordinary adventure,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">Watch Catherine O&#8217;Hara&#8217;s speech for Macaulay Culkin&#8217;s Hollywood Walk of Fame star<\/h2>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">Catherine O&#8217;Hara: <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2026\/01\/30\/catherine-ohara-situs-inversus-dextrocardia\/88440931007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Actress revealed she had rare genetic condition years ago<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Home Alone&#8221; made Culkin a child star, which couldn&#8217;t have been easy for him, O&#8217;Hara said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I believe you&#8217;d have to possess a certain quality, a gift that dear (&#8216;Home Alone&#8217; writer and producer) John Hughes obviously recognized in you,&#8221; O&#8217;Hara said in her speech. &#8220;Macaulay, your sense of humor, it&#8217;s a sign of intelligence in a child, and a key to surviving life at any age. And you have, from what I see, you have brought that sense of sweet, yet twisted, yet totally relatable sense of humor to everything that you have chosen to do since &#8216;Home Alone&#8217;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After learning of O&#8217;Hara&#8217;s death, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2026\/01\/30\/catherine-ohara-death-home-alone-celebrity-tributes\/88435534007\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2026\/01\/30\/catherine-ohara-death-home-alone-celebrity-tributes\/88435534007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Culkin posted an emotional tribute on Instagram<\/a>, saying, &#8220;Mama. I thought we had time. I wanted more,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;I wanted to sit in a chair next to you. I heard you. But I had so much more to say. I love you. I&#8217;ll see you later.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">Catherine O&#8217;Hara on how Eugene Levy&#8217;s characters &#8216;were real&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>Four months after her speech lauding Culkin, O&#8217;Hara spoke at another Hollywood Walk of Fame event, this time honoring <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/tv\/2025\/09\/19\/eugene-levy-the-reluctant-traveler-prince-william\/86226420007\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/tv\/2025\/09\/19\/eugene-levy-the-reluctant-traveler-prince-william\/86226420007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Eugene Levy<\/a>, her frequent co-star from &#8220;SCTV&#8221; to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/tv\/2021\/09\/19\/schitts-creek-reunion-emmy-awards-2021\/8415518002\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/tv\/2021\/09\/19\/schitts-creek-reunion-emmy-awards-2021\/8415518002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8220;Schitt&#8217;s Creek.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>O&#8217;Hara credited Levy with having &#8220;jumpstarted and or nurtured the careers of so many of his friends. He welcomed me in his cast of Second City theater when I was just out of school. He and (writer\/director\/actor) Chris Guest then offered me some great roles to improvise in some really fun movies,&#8221; including <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2026\/01\/30\/catherine-ohara-death-home-alone-schitts-creek\/88434400007\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2026\/01\/30\/catherine-ohara-death-home-alone-schitts-creek\/88434400007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8220;Waiting for Guffman,&#8221; &#8220;A Mighty Wind&#8221; and &#8220;Best in Show.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>O&#8217;Hara said she recognized &#8220;from our very earliest days working together that Eugene is a great actor. Even in the silliest sketches, Eugene&#8217;s characters were real. They were grounded and more often than not, he held the scene together.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is really impressive, especially considering the amazing head of hair on his head, both on top and in those eyebrows, that Eugene has always been capable of disappearing into his characters,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>O&#8217;Hara said she proud of Levy, calling him &#8220;a very private man&#8221; who she suspected &#8220;would be just as happy standing outside the limelight.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Eugene Levy, who co-created &#8220;Schitt&#8217;s Creek&#8221; with his son, Dan, said in a statement about O&#8217;Hara, who co-starred in the series, &#8220;From our beginnings on the Second City stage, to SCTV, to the movies we did with Chris Guest, to our six glorious years on\u00a0&#8216;Schitt&#8217;s Creek,&#8217; I cherished our working relationship, but most of all our friendship,&#8221; Levy said in a statement sent to USA TODAY. &#8220;And I will miss her. My heart goes out to Bo, Matthew, Luke, and the entire O&#8217;Hara family.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">&#8220;I will miss her&#8217;: <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2026\/01\/31\/eugene-levy-catherine-ohara-friendship-comment-schitts-creek\/88449523007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Eugene Levy mourns Catherine O&#8217;Hara after decades of collaboration<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">See Catherine O&#8217;Hara&#8217;s speeches for Eugene Levy, Macaulay Culkin<\/h2>\n<p>Mike Snider is a national trending news reporter for USA TODAY. You can follow him on Threads, Bluesky, X and email him at \u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@mikegsnider\">mikegsnider<\/a> \u00a0&amp; \u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/mikegsnider.bsky.social\">@mikegsnider.bsky.social<\/a> \u00a0&amp; \u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeSnider\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@mikesnider<\/a> &amp; msnider@usatoday.com.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usatoday.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Catherine O&#8217;Hara, who died Jan. 30, had given Hollywood Walk of Fame speeches for &#8216;Home Alone&#8217; co-star Macaulay Culkin and &#8216;Schitt&#8217;s Creek&#8217; co-star Eugene Levy in recent years. Catherine O&#8217;Hara&#8217;s 2023 speech on Macaulay Culkin Catherine O&#8217;Hara, the legendary actress known for &#8220;Home Alone,&#8221; &#8220;Best in Show&#8221; and &#8220;Schitt&#8217;s Creek,&#8221; has reportedly died. 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