**Macaulay Culkin, the child star of *Home Alone* who amassed a ~$50 million trust fund, later removed both parents from control of it after describing his father Kit as controlling and abusive (hiding newspapers so Culkin wouldn’t learn his earnings and forcing him to sleep on the couch despite the fortune), and after a bitter 1995 custody battle left his mother struggling to pay rent while millions sat inaccessible; he appointed an independent executor for neutral oversight, clarifying that the move was never a legal “divorce” or emancipation from his parents but a practical way to free his money from the family conflict—something he has long corrected in interviews while reflecting that, despite the trauma of childhood fame, he is now content with his adult life, family, and career.**
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