Kieran Culkin at Sundance.Photo:Neilson Barnard/Getty
Neilson Barnard/Getty
Kieran Culkinis looking forward to uninterrupted family time.
TheSuccessionactor, 41, has been at Sundance, promoting his new filmA Real Pain, but his mind is on his family back home. Speaking withThe Hollywood Reporter, Culkin admitted he’s looking forward to some time off to be present with his little ones.
“Yesterday morning, my wife took the kids home and then I flew here,” he told the outlet on Saturday. Culkin sharesson Wilder Wolf, 2½, and daughterKinsey Sioux, 4½, with wifeJazz Charton.
“I haven’t had a moment to rest, but I’m really looking forward to when I get home. These last couple of weeks, I haven’t really been much of a parent, which makes me feel like s—,” he admitted.
“It makes me feel like I’m not me. So I’m looking forward to, I’m gonna turn the world off for about a week and just be a dad.”
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While accepting the award for outstanding lead actor in a drama series at the 75th Emmy Awards, the actor gave a shoutout to his wife and their family during his speech, thanking her “for sharing your life with me and for giving me two amazing kids.”
At the end of his speech, he quipped thathe wanted more childrenas his wife laughed from her seat. “You said maybe, if I win!” he added.
“So I told her, and then it all came back to her,” he continued. “So then she spent the whole week being nervous."
Kieran Culkin with Kinsey and Wilder.Jazz Charton/Instagram
Jazz Charton/Instagram
In a chat with Taika Waititi forInterviewlast year, Culkin opened up aboutbalancing his work and home lifeas he was filming a project in Poland.
“I have a 1 1⁄2-year-old and a 3 1⁄2-year-old, and we’re going to be bouncing around Poland. I don’t like being away from them for more than two days at a time, and it’s not practical for me to have them there the whole time,” he said.
He went on to recall a conversation with a friend who had to travel away from his kids for months at a time, saying, “I remember thinking, ‘You must have a very disconnected relationship with them.'”
“Then I see him with his kids, and they’re still intensely close. I guess there’s just an understanding that Dad has to go away for long stretches of time. But I saw that and I’m like, ‘Oh, okay. There’s still a chance to be a good parent and have a connection with your kids even if you’re busy,’ " said Culkin, adding, “But then again, my kids are between 1 and 3. I do need to be home because if I go for a week, they change.”
source: people.com
