{"id":56326,"date":"2026-09-15T23:38:50","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T23:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/?p=56326"},"modified":"2026-09-15T23:38:51","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T23:38:51","slug":"macaulay-culkin-fights-back-tears-at-the-emmys-as-he-honors-catherine-ohara-she-was-my-mom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/?p=56326","title":{"rendered":"Macaulay Culkin Fights Back Tears at the Emmys as He Honors Catherine O\u2019Hara \u2014 \u201cShe Was My Mom\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the 2026 Emmy Awards, Catherine O\u2019Hara received a deeply personal tribute from her former <em>Home Alone<\/em> co-star Macaulay Culkin. O\u2019Hara, who played Kevin McCallister\u2019s mother in the beloved Christmas films, shared a special bond with Culkin that continued long after the movies ended. When Culkin received his Hollywood Walk of Fame star in 2023, O\u2019Hara proudly attended and spoke warmly about the qualities she had recognized in him as a child. Her words moved Culkin to tears, reflecting the affection that had grown between them over the years. After O\u2019Hara passed away at 71 on January 30, tributes poured in from across Hollywood. Culkin remembered her as \u201cMama\u201d in a heartfelt Instagram message, writing that he wished they had more time together. Her death certificate later listed a pulmonary embolism and rectal cancer, adding further context to the loss that deeply affected those who knew her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the Emmy ceremony, Culkin joined <em>Schitt\u2019s Creek<\/em> stars Dan Levy and Annie Murphy to honor O\u2019Hara following the In Memoriam segment. Speaking onstage, the 46-year-old actor explained that while audiences remembered her as Kevin\u2019s forgetful movie mother, he would never forget what she meant to him personally. He described O\u2019Hara as encouraging, warm, and funny before choosing one word that seemed to capture their relationship: \u201cmama.\u201d Culkin recalled that she always showed up when he needed her, turning a professional relationship that began on a movie set into something that felt much more like family. His final message encouraged viewers to appreciate their own mothers and make time for them. The tribute ended with a touching reminder that although O\u2019Hara\u2019s movie character sometimes forgot Kevin, Macaulay said he and countless fans would always remember Catherine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the 2026 Emmy Awards, Catherine O\u2019Hara received a deeply personal tribute from her former Home Alone co-star Macaulay Culkin. O\u2019Hara, who played Kevin McCallister\u2019s mother in&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":56327,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"views":15,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=56326"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56326\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56328,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56326\/revisions\/56328"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/56327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=56326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=56326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=56326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}