Macaulay Culkin and Brenda Song on Sept. 6, 2024.Photo:Robin Marchant/Getty
Robin Marchant/Getty
Macaulay CulkinandBrenda Song’s relationship has introduced theHome Alonestar to some of life’s more casual comforts.
While Song, 36, spoke withBustlein an interview promoting her new movieThe Last Showgirlpublished Tuesday, Jan. 6, the former Disney Channel star shared that herfiancéCulkin, 44, had never been to a Costco store before theybegan datingin 2017.
“I had just dropped off my son at preschool and was with Mack. We were sitting at Costco and it hadn’t opened yet,” Song said, when asked how she landed her role inThe Last Showgirl, which also featuresPamela Anderson,Jamie Lee Curtis,Dave Bautista,Billie LourdandKiernan Shipka.
“Mack was sitting there going, ‘Babe’ — he had never been to a Costco before we started dating — ‘We’re sitting in a Costco. I’m wearing Crocs. Costco’s not even open yet. You’ve tamed the beast, honey,' " she added. “And I was like, ‘How dare you, sir!’ And my agent calls me and she’s like, ‘Hey, I have this really great script for you. Do you have a second? What are you doing?’ "
Brenda Song in ‘Bustle’.JJ Geiger for Bustle
JJ Geiger for Bustle
Song, who shares sharetwo children— Dakota, 3, and Carson, 2 — with Culkin, has largely stuck to appearances on television or streaming movies in the years since her run on Disney Channel in series likeThe Suite Life of Zack & CodyandSuite Life on Deck. “I was like, ‘Oh, I’m sitting in the parking lot at Costco before it opens,' " she toldBustleof her parking lot conversation with her agent. “She goes, ‘I need to get you a job.’ ”
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Macaulay Culkin and Brenda Song on March 15, 2024.Olivia Wong/Getty
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Song toldBustlethat she parted ways with her longtime managers and publicists in 2023 in an effort to work more often, adding that Culkin once told her she was “insane” for thinking her career may have already peaked.
“Family life is the most important thing, but I’ve always said to be the best parent, the best partner, I have to be the best me,” she said. “And a huge part of that is work. I have to be able to honor that.”
The Last Showgirlreleases in theaters everywhere Jan. 10.
source: people.com
