Kieran Culkin and Jazz Charton at HBO’s 2024 post-Emmy Reception.Photo:Tommaso Boddi/GA/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty
Tommaso Boddi/GA/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty
Kieran Culkin is opening up about his very public wish for another child.
Speaking at the 75th annual PrimetimeEmmy Awardson Monday, the actor, 41, revealed why he asked his wifeJazz Chartonfor more kids whileaccepting the awardfor outstanding lead actor in a drama series.
“I’ve been asking for a while," Culkin told reporters after he had collected the award for his role inSuccession— following wins at theGolden Globe AwardsandCritics Choice Awardsover the past eight days.
“Jazz said, ‘Maybe if you win the Emmy,' ” he continued. “I didn’t bring it up for months, and then when I won the Globe, I said, ‘Do you remember what you said?’ And she was like, ‘What? No. What did I say? I don’t remember this.’ ”
Kieran Culkin accepting the award for outstanding lead actor.Christopher Polk/Variety via Getty
Christopher Polk/Variety via Getty
“So I told her, and then it all came back to her,” he continued. “So then she spent the whole week being nervous.”
Asked what he would name his child, the actor said he “wouldn’t name it Emmy, or whatever other cute little thing.”
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“And Jazz, I want more," he continued as Charton laughed and applauded from her seat. “You saidmaybe, if I win!”
Kieran Culkin and Jazz Charton at the Governor’s Gala for the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards.Kevin Winter/Getty
Kevin Winter/Getty
“Instead of just talking to her in private like a human, I just blasted her on stage, which was very rude,” he told reporters after the event. “And that’s it. That’s the whole story. Anyway, the end.”
Culkin and Charton tied the knot in 2013 during a road trip in Iowa after first meeting at a bar in New York City in 2012. They then welcomed their first child, daughterKinsey Siouxon Sept. 13, 2019 and their sonWilder Wolfon Aug. 17, 2021.
source: people.com
