'Home Alone' star Macaulay Culkin will legally change his middle name to...Macaulay Culkin
The actor decided on his new middle name via a public poll on his website; TheMcRibIsBack was the second most popular choice
Macaulay Culkin will be known as "Macaulay Macaulay Culkin Culkin", legally at least. Macaulay Culkin has a new middle name, thanks to an open poll with a few unconventional options.
The Home Alone star revealed last month on popular American late-night talk show The Tonight Show that a poll was open on his website, BunnyEars, until Christmas Eve and would determine his new middle name, which he vowed to legally adopt.
The 38-year-old former child actor told host Jimmy Fallon he was ready to leave his current middle name, Carson, behind. And now he can.
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By an overwhelming number of votes - 60,990 according to the poll results - the proposed middle name Macaulay Culkin beat out the other finalists: Shark Week, Kieran (a suggestion from his brother, Succession actor Kieran Culkin), TheMcRibIsBack and Publicity Stunt.
TheMcRibIsBack came in second with 14,558 votes according to the website, with Kieran rounding out the top three with 13,559 votes. Culkin announced the winner via Twitter on Christmas Day.
“In 2019 my new legal name will be: Macaulay Macaulay Culkin Culkin,” he shared with followers. “It has a nice ring to it (if you like my name).”
Culkin previously opened up about the possibilities to Fallon, including being Macaulay Macaulay Culkin Culkin.
“So, if somebody comes up to me at the airport, and says, ‘Excuse me, are you Macaulay Culkin?’ I’d go, ‘Well Macaulay Culkin is my middle name,” he said.
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Culkin was also recently in the news for an ad campaign he starred in to promote the Google Assistant. In a video that has since gone viral, Culkin re-enacts several key scenes from Home Alone, where he cleverly sets traps all over his house to repel two bungling burglars. This time, however, most of the physical work is done with the help of his Google Home devices.
The video has been now viewed more than 32 million times on YouTube.