Macaulay Culkin, famous at 10, a millionaire at 15 started his career by starring in the 1990s classics, “Home Alone,” and “Home Alone 2” as Kevin McCallister. His last film role was in the 2007 indie flick “Sex and Breakfast.”
This February, 31-year-old Macaulay Culkin was pictured looking desperately unwell. In the photo, taken in New York, he clutched a tin of Red Bull and looked as if he was ill or suffering some kind of addiction.
Last week, his story took a dramatic turn when the National Enquirer published a claim that he is ‘close to death’, thanks to addictions to prescription drugs and heroin.
The magazine’s account of Culkin’s alleged addictions is extremely detailed. It claims he is spending $ 6,000 a month on drugs, a habit which has grown since he was dumped by his girlfriend of eight years, actress Mila Kunis, at the end of 2010.
Culkin’s PR, Michelle Bega, denies it all, calling the report ‘ridiculously and impossibly fictitious’
But the National Enquirer backed the article (entitled “‘Home Alone’ star Macaulay Culkin Addicted To Heroin – Only 6 Months To Live!”) in a statement posted to its website, adding that it hopes the published allegations will act as a wake-up call for the 31-year-old actor:
Our advice to Macaulay is to seek professional help to avoid the same tragic fate of other beloved celebrities, including Whitney Houston who died earlier this year.
We believe that the former child star should be doing everything he can to get the treatment he so desperately needs – and which could have saved the life of his friend Elijah Rosello.
Her family confirmed to The ENQUIRER that she did drugs with Macaulay before her drug-related death in March.
The Enquirer’s brazen statement also challenged Culkin to a blood test if the actor’s reps continued to deny the report.
“It is a fact that as The ENQUIRER tracked Whitney Houston’s descent into her drug hell, she refused to admit she had a problem – and Whitney was represented by some of those people now denying Macaulay’s potentially deadly problems,” the publication wrote.
Eyewitnesses reportedly told the Enquirer that Culkin once almost overdosed.
