The crown for cutest celebrity couple is one that is hotly contested, but when it comes to the most underrated, surprising even, we have no doubt Brenda Song and Macaulay Culkin take the cake. That doesn’t mean they aren’t cute, we might add, because they certainly are.
Despite both actors becoming prolific ‘00s stars many of us associate with our childhoods, the couple have managed to keep a relatively low-profile, particularly when it comes to their relationship.
If you’re surprised to learn of the former child star coupling, you’re not alone. Speaking to Cosmopolitan both Brenda and Macaulay noted the public is often surprised to learn of their relationship.
“There was a point in time where I was like, ‘I must be in a simulation! I have two children with Macaulay Culkin!’” Brenda goes as far as to joke.
In fact, since their first meeting in 2014, they’ve worked together, fallen in love, gotten engaged and welcomed two gorgeous children into their lives. So, if you’ve found yourself here curiously googling their lives, scroll on for what we can share about their very sweet love story.
How Long Have Macaulay And Brenda Been Together?
The couple met in 2014 through mutual friend Seth Green but it wasn’t until three years later in 2017 that sparks started to fly when Green brought them together once again to work on his indie film, Changeland.
As they grew close behind the scenes, Brenda revealed to the publication that Macaulay shared with her his personal journals to read in her downtime.
““I saw this person he put out there—it was a product of this armor that he’s put on to protect himself,” she told them. “But I could see that that wasn’t really who he was; I could see these glimpses of this really interesting, very sensitive, very intelligent, artistic person that he doesn’t really let show.”
The couple started dating shortly after and the rest was history, as they say.
Do Brenda Song And Macaulay Culkin Have A Child?
Brenda and Macaulay share two children, 3-year-old Dakota and 2-year-old Carson. The Home Alone star first revealed he and Brenda wanted to start a family back in 2020 in an interview with Esquire.
“We’re figuring it out, making the timing work. Because nothing turns you on more than when your lady comes into the room and says, ‘Honey, I’m ovulating.’ ” he joked.
Just over a year later, the couple welcomed baby Dakota, named after Macaulay’s late sister who passed away in a car accident in 2008. Fifteen months later they had their second child, Carlson.
And yes, they watch Home Alone at Christmas as a family. “Dakota thinks that he’s Kevin McCallister,” Brenda revealed in her chat with Cosmopolitan.
Is Macaulay Culkin Married To Brenda Song?
According to PEOPLE, Brenda and Macaulay got engaged in January 2022, four years after they began dating. The couple revealed in their recent chat the proposal involved ‘21 individually wrapped garden gnomes’ but didn’t elaborate further.
They are, however, still yet to tie knot with Brenda taking a all-too-relatable approach to their wedding planning.
“Wedding planning is so expensive and it takes up so much time,” she told PEOPLE in 2022.
They’ve even gone as far as considering an elopement, revealing they had “talked” about it before deciding against it.
“I was like, ‘If we eloped, my mom would have a heart attack that she wasn’t going to be there,’” Brenda told Cosmo.
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