{"id":2387972,"date":"2026-04-24T20:22:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T20:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2387972"},"modified":"2026-04-24T20:22:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T20:22:35","slug":"brenda-song-says-macaulay-culkin-is-constantly-pitching-ideas-for-more-cameos-in-running-point-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/brenda-song-says-macaulay-culkin-is-constantly-pitching-ideas-for-more-cameos-in-running-point-exclusive\/","title":{"rendered":"Brenda Song Says Macaulay Culkin Is Constantly Pitching Ideas for More Cameos in \u201cRunning Point \u201d(Exclusive)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Macaulay Culkin makes two more appearances in season 2 of <em>Running Point<\/em> after his brief season 1 cameo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Star Brenda Song tells PEOPLE that her partner &#8220;loves&#8221; starring in the show and is giving the team &#8220;pitches&#8221; for ways for him to be involved &#8220;all the time&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>Running Point<\/em> season 2 is now streaming on Netflix<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/macaulay-culkin\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Macaulay Culkin;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Macaulay Culkin<\/a> is always ready to get even more involved in <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/running-point-season-2-new-characters-cast-11955095\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Running Point;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>Running Point<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">His longtime partner <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/brenda-song-11800111\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Brenda Song;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Brenda Song<\/a> stars in the Netflix series with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/kate-hudson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Kate Hudson;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Kate Hudson<\/a>, and he&#8217;s made appearances in both of the show&#8217;s seasons so far \u2014 but it&#8217;s not enough.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Literally, he loves being on the show so much,&#8221; Song, 38, tells PEOPLE in an interview with Hudson and creator <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/mindy-kaling\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Mindy Kaling;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Mindy Kaling<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Hudson says it&#8217;s &#8220;so funny&#8221; how much Culkin, 45, &#8220;loves&#8221; being in the show. Kaling can&#8217;t really believe it. &#8220;That can&#8217;t be true,&#8221; Kaling says. &#8220;He wants to sit around for hours?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Oh, yeah. He pitches it,&#8221; Hudson, 47, says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:PEOPLE's free daily newsletter;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-primary p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-primary\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"flex-none size-4 -scale-x-100 text-primary lg:size-6 [&amp;_path]:fill-current\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M3.1 3.1V11h1.8V6.314l5.392 5.393 1.415-1.414L6.313 4.9H11V3.1zm17.8 17.8V13h-1.8v4.686l-5.393-5.393-1.415 1.414 5.393 5.393H13v1.8z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal dialogue\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-primary hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p><i>Macaulay Culkin in &#8220;Running Point&#8221; season 1<br \/>Credit: Katrina Marcinowski\/Netflix<\/i><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Song reveals that Culkin, with whom she shares <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/all-about-macaulay-culkin-brenda-song-kids-8409015\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:sons Dakota, 5, and Carson, 3;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">sons Dakota, 5, and Carson, 3<\/a>, &#8220;pitches [ideas] all the time&#8221; for the show. &#8220;I took Scotty MacArthur and [showrunner] Dave Stassen, who are fellow huge football fans, we went to the [LA Rams] opening game, and he sat next to Dave the whole time and pitched ideas for his character.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I&#8217;m like, &#8216;Babe, Dave is not working right now. He&#8217;s watching,'&#8221; Song recalls. &#8220;He goes, &#8216;But I have great ideas.&#8217; He loves it. He&#8217;s already <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/running-point-season-3-everything-to-know-11957319\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:pitching a season 3 cameo;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">pitching a season 3 cameo<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Kaling suggests that Culkin could play a &#8220;season ticket holder we cut to a lot to have reactions,&#8221; and Song says <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/brenda-song-macaulay-culkin-8th-anniversary-tributes-instagram-11757165\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:her partner of eight years;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">her partner of eight years<\/a> is down for anything.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;He loves it,&#8221; she says of the show. &#8220;They talk about how he keeps getting closer and closer onto the court, and that next time he&#8217;ll just be a ball boy. He loves this ongoing bit. He talks to Dave and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/ike-barinholtz-reflects-career-trajectory-running-point-the-studio-exclusive-11719105\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Ike [Barinholtz;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Ike [Barinholtz<\/a>] about it all the time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;We feel very lucky to have him,&#8221; Kaling says. &#8220;That he would like to waste his time by coming on the show. Yeah, it&#8217;s great for us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Culkin makes a low-key appearance in season 2 of <em>Running Point<\/em>, during a flashback of Ali (Song) and Isla (Hudson) during their college days, as they watched <em>My Girl. <\/em>Later, he appeared as a fan with courtside seats who had to uproot Dyson Gibbs (Uche Agada), who was accidentally in his spot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>Running Point<\/em> season 2 is now streaming on Netflix.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/brenda-song-macaulay-culkin-pitches-running-point-cameos-exclusive-11957440\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:People;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">People<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\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 malaysia.news.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW Macaulay Culkin makes two more appearances in season 2 of Running Point after his brief season 1 cameo Star Brenda Song tells PEOPLE that her partner &#8220;loves&#8221; starring in the show and is giving the team &#8220;pitches&#8221; for ways for him to be involved &#8220;all the time&#8221; Running Point season 2 is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2387973,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[309930,309934,309931,356905,346150],"class_list":["post-2387972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-brenda-song","tag-kate-hudson","tag-macaulay-culkin","tag-mindy-kaling","tag-running-point"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Brenda-Song-Says-Macaulay-Culkin-Is-Constantly-Pitching-Ideas-for.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2387972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2387972"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2387972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2387974,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2387972\/revisions\/2387974"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2387973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2387972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2387972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2387972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}