How Macaulay Culkin finally 'realised' Brenda Song's Suite Life character was based on Paris Hilton
Life got a lot sweeter for Macaulay Culkin when he learned the truth about his future fiancee's character in The Suite Life of Zack & Cody.
Although he was probably the biggest child star of the time, he never made an appearance on the beloved Disney Channel show, which starred the Sprouse twins as Zack and Cody.
He might have been a big fan though, especially if he had a crush on a certain Brenda Song, who would later become his girlfriend and later his fiancee, after they got engaged back in 2022.
However, it was only recently that he discovered that her character London Tipton was of course based on fellow media personality and hotel owner's daughter, Paris Hilton.
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It was only when they sat next to each other at a basketball game and she acted a lot like her character London, and it was only then that the Home Alone star connected the dots.
She recently appeared on the Wildmen Podcast, incidentally with her old co-star Dylan Sprouse, and she revealed the rather amusing moment that her husband-to-be endured.
Song said: "Mac actually went to school with Paris Hilton. We were at a Rams game and she was sat right next to us. We are two very different people. She had a bag with makeup and was doing her selfies and immediately. It all just clicked for him. He'd never put it together. She named her daughter London."
Hilariously, she also revealed that future Oscar winner Emma Stone voiced her dog in the show, so it's clear that it was full of some top child actors, even if none of us had any idea that Stone was even in the show.
Although a lot of child actors can sometimes struggle in the future, with her fiance Macauley one of the prime examples of child actors who stepped away from acting, it seems as if the cast of The Suite Life of Zack and Cody were actually all looked after and have gone on to have successful careers.
We've seen Cole Sprouse in Riverdale and his brother Dylan in various film projects, even if he is now better known for his relationship with his wife Barbara Palvin.
Song is also still acting, appearing in Running Point since 2025 as well as The Social Network, while Ashley Tisdale also found fame with the High School Musical series.
So despite going to school with the legendary socialite and their names being extremely similar, it took seeing them together for Culkin to finally clock this particular character connection.
Topics: Macaulay Culkin, Celebrity News
James Moorhouse
