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Rob and Michele Reiner death reports suddenly sealed in mystery court order requested by LAPD
Rob and Michele Reiner's death reports have been sealed by court order, which was "initiated by" the Los Angeles Police Department.
On Monday, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner posted a press release stating that although Michele and Rob's cause of death reports were already made public, they have removed them.
"While the cause and manner of death were previously released on these cases, due to the court order, the information is no longer available. No other case information or records, including the Medical Examiner report, can be released or posted on the website until further notice," the press release stated, noting that a "security hold" has been placed for the time being.
The press release stated that the Medical Examiner's department received the court order on December 24 at 10:30 am.
The Medical Examiner's office noted that more information will be shared once the court order has been lifted.
ROB REINER AND WIFE MICHELE'S DEATH CERTIFICATES RELEASED
Fox News Digital has reached out to the LAPD for comment.
On Dec. 23, Rob and Michele's death certificates were released.
According to the death certificates obtained by Fox News Digital from the Los Angeles County Public Health Department, the couple were cremated at Mount Sinai Mortuary.
The certificates also confirmed what was revealed last week by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's office that the Reiners died due to multiple sharp force injuries. The certificates stated the injuries were caused "with knife, by another."
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On Sunday, Dec. 14, police discovered the bodies of Rob and Michele in the primary bedroom of their home in Brentwood, California.
The couple's son, Nick, was quickly named a person of interest in the investigation, and hours later, around 9:15 p.m. local time that same day, he was arrested.
On Dec. 16, authorities charged Nick in the double homicide of his parents. He was charged with two counts of first-degree murder with a special circumstance of multiple murders.
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"He also faces a special allegation that he personally used a dangerous and deadly weapon, that being a knife," Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman said during a press conference. "These charges carry a maximum sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole, or the death penalty."
No decision has been made on whether prosecutors will seek the death penalty.
Nick made his first court appearance in the case on Dec. 17, where his lawyer, famed defense attorney Alan Jackson, requested a continuance. His arraignment is now set for Jan. 7.
Fox News Digital's Christina Dugan Ramirez contributed to this report.
State officials and daycare manager push back on viral video fraud allegations in Minnesota
Minnesota officials and a daycare manager denied fraud allegations Monday after a viral video questioned state-funded child care centers, with both sides disputing claims that the facility was closed or improperly collecting taxpayer money.
The allegations stem from a viral video posted by independent journalist Nick Shirley showing visits to several Minnesota daycare facilities, including Quality Learning Center in Minneapolis, which appeared inactive during the visit despite receiving state child care assistance funds.
At a news conference Monday, Minnesota Department of Children, Youth and Families Commissioner Tikki Brown said prior inspections of the centers did not uncover fraud and that regulators are conducting additional unannounced visits to review concerns raised by the video.
"We are aware of a video that's being circulated that has gained local and national attention about child care centers in Minnesota," Brown said. "While we have questions about some of the methods that were used in the video, we do take the concerns that the video raises about fraud very seriously."
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Brown said each facility mentioned in the video has been visited at least once in the past six months as part of the state’s licensing process, with annual inspections conducted without advance notice to assess normal operations.
She added that inspectors found children present during those visits and that none of the prior reviews uncovered fraud.
"None of those investigations uncovered findings of fraud," Brown said, adding that there is currently no pause on payments to the centers named in the video.
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Brown also acknowledged questions about the timing of the video visits, noting that regulators are seeking clarity on whether footage was recorded during operating hours or on days when centers were scheduled to be open.
Meanwhile, the manager of Quality Learning Center forcefully rejected the allegations, saying the video misrepresented the facility by filming outside posted hours and falsely suggesting the business was inactive.
"There’s no fraud going on whatsoever," said Ibrahim Ali, the center’s manager. "Kids come to us, clients come to us, their parents come to us – they’re here daily, they leave on time, they come on time. There is no fraud going on whatsoever."
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Ali said the center operates Monday through Thursday from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m., serving primarily after-school children, and has remained open for more than eight years without interruption.
He also disputed claims made during the state briefing that the center had closed due to space concerns, calling that assertion false.
"We haven’t closed. We’ve never closed," Ali said. "There was never a time where kids were told to stop coming. There was never a time we told our employees to stop coming. All that is false information."
Ali said the scrutiny has been damaging to the business and the broader Somali community, arguing that allegations were amplified without evidence and unfairly linked to ethnicity.
"Are you trying to record that we’re doing fraud or are you trying to put the Somali name and the fraud in the same sentence?" Ali said. "That’s what really hurt us the last couple of days."
State officials said additional site visits are underway and emphasized that any credible evidence of fraud would be investigated, while Ali invited media and inspectors to return during operating hours to observe normal activity.
The response follows the release of a 42-minute video by Shirley, posted Friday on X and YouTube, documenting visits to several daycare centers in the state, including a location on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis.
In the video, Shirley and another man are seen at what appears to be a largely inactive child care facility. The building also displays a misspelled sign reading "Quality Learing Center," even though the center is reportedly supposed to account for 99 children and received roughly $4 million in state funds.
During a Sunday appearance on Fox News’ "The Big Weekend Show," Shirley said the alleged fraud in Minnesota was "so obvious" that a "kindergartner could figure out that there is fraud going on."
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Shirley also suggested other journalists may be reluctant to pursue similar reporting out of fear of being labeled "Islamophobic" or "racist."
"Fraud is fraud, and we work too hard simply just to be paying taxes and enabling fraud to be happening," he said.
The video has sparked widespread backlash, drawing criticism of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz throughout the weekend from several high-profile figures, including Vice President JD Vance, Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., Donald Trump Jr. and Elon Musk.
Fox News Digital’s Sophia Compton contributed to this report.
Unearthed surveillance exposes how parents were allegedly involved in Minnesota's daycare fraud scheme
As federal authorities investigate reports of massive fraud taking place in Minnesota daycares, an unearthed video from a 2018 fraud case shows parents and providers involved in a fraud scheme dating all the way back to 2015.
The video, taken from a local Fox report from 2018, shows parents checking their children into a daycare center in Hennepin County, Minnesota, only to leave with their children minutes later.
The video was taken from a surveillance camera as part of a case prosecuted by Hennepin County, according to the 2018 Fox 9 report. Under the scheme, low-income parents would sign in their children for daycare services so that providers could then claim reimbursement for services that were never truly provided, per Fox 9. The outlet said that, according to surveillance video, some days no families would show up, but that the daycares would claim reimbursements from the government nonetheless.
The time stamp on the surveillance video shows March 2015.
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Another video in the broadcast showed a man handing an envelope to a parent with an alleged kickback payment for participation in the scheme.
This comes amid widespread outrage over a viral video posted by Nick Shirley on Friday showing visits to multiple childcare centers in Minnesota, including one that allegedly received millions of dollars in state funding despite appearing largely inactive.
The video has sparked widespread backlash, drawing criticism of Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz throughout the weekend from several high-profile figures, including Vice President JD Vance, Donald Trump Jr. and Elon Musk.
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The White House on Sunday reposted an X post from Education Secretary Linda McMahon, who called the alleged fraud a "breathtaking failure."
At the time of the video's release, Walz was already under heavy fire amid the scandal enveloping his administration that notably included at least $1 billion lost to alleged social services fraud largely tied to Minneapolis' Somali community.
Commenting on the resurfaced video, conservative strategist Greg Price wrote on X, "Somali fraudsters have been stealing from taxpayers for years and it's clear that the entire Somali community is in on it."
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FBI Director Kash Patel said the agency has surged additional personnel and investigative resources to Minnesota as part of an ongoing effort to "dismantle large-scale fraud schemes exploiting federal programs."
Patel said Sunday that the bureau moved resources into the state before recent online attention intensified, pointing to the Feeding Our Future investigation, which uncovered a $250 million scheme that siphoned federal food aid intended for children during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The case has already resulted in 78 indictments and 57 convictions, with prosecutors also charging defendants in a separate plot to bribe a juror with $120,000 in cash, Patel said, adding that the investigation remains ongoing.
"The FBI believes this is just the tip of a very large iceberg. We will continue to follow the money and protect children, and this investigation very much remains ongoing," he wrote on X. "Furthermore, many are also being referred to immigration officials for possible further denaturalization and deportation proceedings where eligible."
Nashville shooter Audrey Hale allegedly used federal student aid to buy guns for school attack
Newly released FBI records connected to the Covenant School shooting in Nashville include writings made by shooter Audrey Elizabeth Hale that shed further light on her motivations, planning and personal finances.
The FBI released more than 100 pages of Hale’s writings following litigation, which included journal entries believed to date back to late 2021, handwritten notes outlining preparations for a school shooting and references to weapons Hale intended to acquire.
Some of the writings list "Christian school (hate religion)" as a reason for targeting the Covenant School.
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Hale, 28, carried out the March 27, 2023, attack at the Christian elementary school she once attended, killing six people before being shot dead by responding Metro Nashville Police Department officers.
The victims were identified as school staff members Katherine Koonce, 60; Cynthia Peak, 61; and Mike Hill, 61; along with students Hallie Scruggs, Evelyn Dieckhaus and William Kinney, all age 9.
Surveillance footage released by police following the attack showed Hale moving through the school armed with multiple firearms.
Authorities have said Hale entered the building through a side entrance and moved through several areas of the school before being confronted by officers.
Shortly before the shooting, Hale sent a text message to a friend describing the planned attack as a "suicide mission" and stating the friend would likely "hear about me on the news after I die," according to summaries released by officials.
Among the newly released FBI materials is a handwritten page seen by Fox News Digital and labeled "Account Savings Record," and referenced federal student financial aid.
In the entry, Hale wrote that "FAFSA [sic] grant checks started at $2,050.86," followed by ledger-style notes documenting payments from Nossi College of Art and Design in Nashville, where Hale was enrolled at the time.
The financial entries appear alongside extensive notes about firearms Hale planned to purchase and use in the attack.
The Tennessee Star also reported those records may lend support to statements Hale’s parents made to Metro Nashville Police Department detectives shortly after the shooting.
Hale’s parents reportedly told investigators in 2023 that their child had used federal Pell Grant money to purchase the firearms used in the attack.
Hale’s mother also reportedly told police that because Hale was over 25 and enrolled as a student, parental income no longer factored into financial aid eligibility, allowing Hale to qualify for grant funding despite being unemployed.
Metro Nashville Police Chief John Drake previously confirmed that investigators recovered a manifesto and hand-drawn maps from Hale’s vehicle after the shooting.
While portions of Hale’s writings have since been released, both city police and the FBI have continued to resist public records requests for the full manifesto.
Gold treasure survives 1,400 years at ancient Christian monastery in biblical Judean Desert
Israeli archaeologists recently unearthed ancient gold at a former Christian monastery in the Judean Desert.
The announcement was made by Israel's Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) this month. The ancient treasure was found at the Hyrcania archaeological site in the northern Judean Desert, located around ten miles east of Jerusalem in the West Bank.
The treasure consisted of two gold coins and a delicate gold ring. Despite the site being vulnerable to antiquities looting in the past, the artifacts miraculously survived 1,400 years.
The site was founded in the late Hellenistic period, between the second and first centuries BC, when it was used as a fortress.
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The gold coins were solidi and bore the image of Heraclius, who ruled the Byzantine Empire from 610 to 641 AD.
According to COGAT, the finds "attest to Christian activity in the region during the Byzantine era."
"During the Byzantine period, with the development of Judean Desert monasticism, a Christian monastery was established at the site, attributed to the activity of Saint Sabbas, one of the founders of desert monasticism, which operated for hundreds of years," the agency's press release noted.
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"These discoveries reinforce the understanding that Hyrcania was part of the monastic and religious landscape active in the Judean Desert during the Byzantine period."
In a statement, archaeologist Binyamin Har-Even said that the artifacts "reflect an important chapter from the Byzantine period and the early Christian tradition in the region."
"As an Israeli body operating in the area and entrusted with safeguarding its historical heritage, the Archaeology Unit at the Civil Administration sees great importance in preserving and researching sites from all periods and communities that have operated here over the generations," said Har-Even.
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"Our work is intended to protect the past, enable its study, and make it accessible to everyone."
The discovery isn't the only Judean Desert find that made international headlines this year.
Earlier in 2025, archaeologists came across a "mysterious pyramid-shaped structure" dating back 2,200 years in the desert.
The structure is made of hand-hewn stones with each stone weighing hundreds of pounds.
Fox News Digital's Ashley DiMella contributed reporting.
USC coach Lincoln Riley blames Notre Dame for ending 96-year rivalry with shocking scheduling change
USC Trojans head football coach Lincoln Riley is pointing fingers toward South Bend, Indiana.
The USC-Notre Dame football rivalry is one of the best in the sport, but it’s come to an end as both programs were unable to come to an agreement on an extension to play each other for the 2026-27 season series.
Riley made an appearance in front of the media before his Trojans face TCU in the Valero Alamo Bowl, where he didn’t mind taking a shot at the Fighting Irish.
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"It’s pretty simple. We both worked for months to try to find a solution," Riley explained, per The New York Post. "Notre Dame was very vocal about the fact that they would play us anytime, anywhere. Obviously, them not having a conference affiliation gives them an ability to be pretty flexible with their scheduling.
"We went back, Jen Cohen, our A.D., went back to Notre Dame roughly a couple of weeks ago with a scenario and a proposal that would extend the series for the next two years. That proposal was rejected."
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Riley wasn’t done, though. He didn’t like how Notre Dame quickly found a new opponent after the rejection.
"Not only was it rejected, five minutes after we got the call, it was announced that they had scheduled another opponent, which I’ll give them credit. That might be the fastest scheduling act in college football history," he said.
The team Notre Dame went with instead of USC was BYU, agreeing to a home-and-home series instead of going with their usual rival on the schedule.
Meanwhile, USC is still trying to figure out who will fill out their schedule.
Since 1926, the Trojans and Fighting Irish have been butting heads on the gridiron, playing 96 times with only four missed games over that span.
And those missed games? Three from 1943-45 due to World War II and one in the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
"We took Notre Dame at their word that they would play us anytime, anywhere," Riley added. "Had Notre Dame lived up to their word and played us anytime, anywhere, we would be playing in the next two years, and looking ahead after that, hopefully continuing the series."
Instead, the all-time series for the two storied programs will continue to sit at 51-37-5 in favor of the Fighting Irish.
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Pollster Nate Silver shocked by Democratic unwillingness to 'admit they f----- up' in 2024
FiveThirtyEight founder and prominent pollster Nate Silver revealed that he was surprised by how a large swath of Democrats appears to act as though the party did nothing wrong in the 2024 election.
"I’ve been surprised, to some extent, by the unwillingness of a certain Democratic faction to admit they f----- up last year," Silver said in an interview with Semafor on Sunday. "If you look, for example, at the recent Way to Win postmortem, it’s quite literally claiming that Democrats did nothing wrong except failing to fight hard enough for progressive ideas. There’s no mention of [Joe] Biden’s debate with Trump, for example."
Silver pointed to the Democratic National Committee (DNC) recently canceling the release of its party "autopsy" on the 2024 election as well as progressive California Gov. Gavin Newsom's rise in prominence as evidence that the party is refusing to switch gears.
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"You’d think after last year that Democrats would be phobic of nominating another prominent elected official from California with a tired mix of vaguely progressive ideas," Silver said. "The proverbial definition of insanity is trying the same thing again and expecting a different result."
Despite his criticism, Silver suggested that Newsom or even former Vice President Kamala Harris could stand a chance in a hypothetical 2028 race against Vice President JD Vance because of President Donald Trump's unpopularity. However, he warned that the "#Resistance" faction was quickly becoming a "a self-contained epistemic bubble."
Fox News Digital reached out to the DNC for comment.
DNC Chair Ken Martin defended his decision not to make the "autopsy" public, despite previously calling for the report earlier this year, saying it would be a "distraction" ahead of the upcoming 2026 midterm elections.
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"We completed a comprehensive review of what happened in 2024 and are already putting our learnings into motion," Martin wrote in a statement. "And we're winning again — even in places that haven't gone blue in decades. In our conversations with stakeholders from across the Democratic ecosystem, we are aligned on what’s important, and that’s learning from the past and winning the future."
"Here’s our North Star: does this help us win? If the answer is no, it’s a distraction from the core mission," he emphasized.
The "autopsy" had already drawn criticism after reports suggested it would ignore key election questions, such as whether then-President Joe Biden should have stayed in the race or dropped out sooner, and if then-Vice President Kamala Harris was the best person to run in his place.
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Silver's interview with Semafor was part of a larger project with members of the media reflecting on where their predictions failed in 2025. While Silver focused largely on the Democratic Party, other media figures interviewed by Semafor spent more time criticizing industries and government officials for capitulating to the Trump administration.
"I was wrong about how the high and mighty would respond to rank gangsterism from the Trump White House. I didn’t expect the most powerful people in American society — the white-shoe lawyers, the media executives, the tech czars, the Hollywood moguls — to fold so quickly and so shamelessly. They’ll regret it," Vanity Fair global editorial director Mark Guiducci said.
MS NOW anchor Joe Scarborough called out the Supreme Court, saying, "I assumed that the third branch of government would be more of a check than the first branch on Trump’s efforts to undermine Madison’s checks and balances. I was wrong."
"I somehow underestimated the depth of moral depravity among America’s elites and business leaders. Time and again, cowering weakness has defined the actions of people in power, whether it’s white-shoe law firms cutting corrupt deals with the government or tech titans feting Mohammed bin Salman," HuffPost editor-in-chief Whitney Snyder commented.
Trucker slapped with charges in fatal driving incident previously immigrated to US illegally: source
A trucker who allegedly killed three in a reckless driving incident in Virginia immigrated to the U.S. illegally in the nineties, according to a federal law enforcement source.
El Hadji Karamoko Ouattara, a 58-year-old immigrant from Africa, is being charged in connection with the fatal crash after running his tractor-trailer off the side of Interstate 81 and striking a minivan, killing three individuals, including a two-year-old child, and injuring three others, according to local outlet WFXR.
The outlet reported that the victims were transported to a nearby hospital. 65-year-old Lorraine Renee Williams, 49-year-old Ebony Latasha Williams and 2-year-old Shazziyah Lesley died of their injuries. A 63-year-old male, a 73-year-old male and a 10-year-old female were also injured but survived, according to the outlet.
WFXR reported that Ouattara was originally charged with reckless driving.
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However, according to the Roanoke County Sheriff’s Office, Outtara is now being charged with three counts of involuntary manslaughter as a result of the incident, which took place on Dec. 22. The office said he is a resident of Montgomery Village, Maryland.
A federal law enforcement source told Fox News that Ouattara is a naturalized U.S. citizen from the Ivory Coast. The source stated that, despite originally entering the United States illegally in the 1990s, Ouattara was eventually able to obtain a green card and become a naturalized citizen.
This comes amid heightened awareness and national concern about untrained, unqualified illegal immigrant drivers on U.S. roads.
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Earlier this month, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy offered an update on his agency’s work alongside the Department of Homeland Security in cracking down on an influx of illegal immigrants given a non-domiciled commercial driver's license (CDL) without proper vetting, which has led to several deaths on America’s highways.
Duffy sprang into action earlier this year after an Indian national named Harjinder Singh, who authorities said was issued a CDL by California, allegedly killed a carload of people after he attempted an illegal U-turn on Florida’s Turnpike.
Duffy said that DOT has pressed for compliance from problem states offering illegals CDLs, sharing that California has since revoked 17,000 problematic non-domiciled CDL licenses.
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"We are going to use every resource, every tool that we have at DOT, to make sure that we have the right people on our road that are well qualified, well licensed. That are proficient in the English language to make sure we're maximizing safety," Duffy said.
World's top tourist city turns ancient ruins into part of the daily subway commute
One of the world's most popular tourist destinations is now offering visitors — and commuters — a new way to experience its ancient history.
Rome opened two new subway stations, including one located directly under the Colosseum, earlier in December.
What makes the stations unique is that ancient artifacts — all uncovered during construction of the stops — are displayed throughout the stations.
The two stations, Colosseo-Fori Imperiali and Porta Metronia, feature a variety of historic objects.
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Colosseo's displays include ceramic vases and plates, stone wells and ancient suspended buckets, along with a cold plunge pool and thermal bath from a first-century dwelling.
Porta Metronia, just a stone's throw away, features nearly 260-foot-long military barracks dating back to the second century AD.
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Simona Moretta, the scientific director of the excavation, told reporters that the barracks were found between 22 and 39 feet beneath the ground. The soldiers stationed there were likely hired to protect the city or the emperor specifically.
"Surety that it was a military building is given by the fact that the entrances to the rooms are not facing each other, but are offset, so that the soldiers could leave the rooms and get in line without colliding in the corridor," she said.
The stops are part of the Metro C subway line, a venture that will cost the city around $8.3 billion and is slated to fully open up in 2035.
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Officials expect that, once completed, Line C will carry up to 800,000 passengers daily. It's projected to run 18 miles in total, 12 of which will be underground.
The subway line will eventually run beneath Roman landmarks including Trajan's Column, the Basilica of Maxentius and the Vatican, in addition to Renaissance palaces.
Though the project has been slowed by bureaucratic delays and funding issues, the excavation has revealed more than 500,000 artifacts.
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Marco Cervone, construction manager for the consortium building the subway line, told The Associated Press that the terrain made the venture difficult.
"The challenge was ... building it under such a large amount of groundwater and at the same time preserving all the archaeological finds that we found during the excavation, and all this while preserving everything that is above," Cervone said.
The station openings come as Italian officials introduce new measures to manage tourism in the Eternal City.
In December, officials announced that tourists visiting the Trevi Fountain will need to pay about $2.35, or €2, to see the fountain up-close, thanks to overcrowding in recent years.
The Associated Press contributed reporting.
Macaulay Culkin sets strict rules for fans who approach him in public with his children
Macaulay Culkin has strict rules for fans if they wish to approach him in public.
The "Home Alone" icon was a guest on Jason Bateman and Will Arnett's "Smartless" podcast and explained that he sets "certain ground rules" whenever he plans to leave the house.
"Don't approach me when I'm at the dinner table. I don't like that. Don't approach me when I'm with my kids," Culkin said, explaining some of his personal boundaries.
Culkin shares two children with actress Brenda Song: sons Dakota, 4, and Carson, 3.
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Culkin emphasized to Bateman and Arnett that fans should "definitely" not follow him to the bathroom.
The actor said that he's learned over time that he is in charge of the social interactions he has with fans, not the other way around.
"I'm in charge of the social contract. I'm in charge of the interaction," Culkin said. "I can guide this interaction."
Culkin began his Hollywood career at a remarkably young age, quickly standing out as a gifted child actor in the late '80s. Culkin’s breakthrough came in 1990 with "Home Alone", where his portrayal of the clever and independent Kevin McCallister made him one of the most famous child stars in the world almost overnight.
Following a recent screening of the iconic holiday movie at the Academy Museum in honor of the film's 35th anniversary, the 45-year-old actor and the movie's director, Chris Columbus, sat down for a Q&A, in which Culkin shared that his two kids are big fans of the movie.
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"They don’t even call it 'Home Alone,' they call it 'Kevin.' They’re like, ‘Wow, Kevin’s really funny.’ I go, ‘He’s also handsome, somebody that your mom [Brenda Song] might be into," Culkin said, via The Hollywood Reporter.
While the two are big fans of the Christmas movie, Culkin shared that he has not told them he's Kevin, saying, "I try to keep the magic alive."
"I showed my oldest — he wanted to see a picture of me and my siblings, so I pulled up this old photo; it’s all my siblings, and he looks right at me, and he goes, ‘Who’s that? That looks like Kevin,’" Culkin shared. "I go, ‘Oh, no, nobody, here’s your aunt.'"
Culkin shared during the Q&A that his perspective on the movie has changed since becoming a father, saying he now resonates with Catherine O'Hara's character, "seeing how desperately and how hard she's trying to get home" to her son.
He also shared that since becoming a parent, people always ask him if he watches "Home Alone" with his kids, to which he responds, "Of course, this movie is awesome."
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"But I don't watch the movie, I watch them," he said. "I watch their eyes. I listen to them laugh and things like that. And it makes me really proud to be a part of something like that. So it resonates now. Now I can see it through their eyes."
He continued: "You guys were raised on it, now you guys are raising your kids on it, right? So, now I'm raising my kids on it. It means something completely different. That's the way I look at the movie nowadays."