Life Macaulay Culkin defends Michael Jackson friendship: He ‘wanted to make sure I wasn’t alone’ January 16, 2019 Erin Jensen, USA TODAY Comments Off on Macaulay Culkin defends Michael Jackson friendship: He ‘wanted to make sure I wasn’t alone’ "It's almost easy to try say it was 'weird' ... but it wasn't, because it made sense,” Macaulay Culkin said of his friendship with Michael Jackson.