# Kieran Culkin praised for 'pro-family' acceptance speech at Oscars

Culkin's speech was cheered as 'refreshingly sweet' and 'one of the best ever'

## By Hanna Panreck



### Published March 3, 2025 12:30pm EST

Actor  acceptance speech at the Oscars on Sunday was praised on social media after the actor suggested he and his wife would be celebrating the win by having more children.

While accepting the best supporting actor award for his role in "A Real Pain," Culkin told a story about a bet he and his wife made regarding their family. Culkin gave a shout-out to his wife, Jazz Charton, who promised to give him a fourth child once he won an Oscar. The camera panned to his wife in the audience, who was laughing and covering her mouth while nodding in agreement that she did "shake his hand" on that.

> "About a year ago, I was on a stage like this and I, very stupidly, publicly said that I want a third kid from her because she said if I won the award, I would, she would give me the kid. It turns out she said that because she didn’t think I was gonna win, but then people came up to her and were like, you know, really annoying her, I think, I think it got to her, but anyway," Culkin said.
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> "I just have this to say to you, Jazz, love of my life, ye of little faith. No pressure. I love you. I’m really sorry I did this again. And let’s get crackin’ on those kids. What do you say? I love you!"
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> "I just have this to say to you, Jazz, love of my life, ye of little faith. No pressure. I love you. I’m really sorry I did this again. And let’s get crackin’ on those kids. What do you say? I love you!"

"I just have this to say to you, Jazz, love of my life, ye of little faith. No pressure. I love you. I’m really sorry I did this again. And let’s get crackin’ on those kids. What do you say? I love you!"

"The Daily Wire's Megan Basham praised the speech too, adding in a follow-up post, "If we return to a Hollywood where men use their acceptance speeches to joke w/ their wives about having more babies instead of women using theirs to praise abortion for their success Hollywood could be great again."

>Basham appeared to be referencing  at the Golden Globes in 2020.

"I wouldn't have been able to do this without employing a woman's right to choose," Williams said at the time. "To choose when to have my children and with whom. When I felt supported and able to balance our lives, knowing as all mothers know that the scales must and will tilt towards our children."



Colorado talk radio host Mandy Connell called Culkin's speech "charming and funny," adding that "you can feel the love."

Outkick's Clay Travis said the moment was "pretty great."

"This is the most pro-family acceptance speech you'll hear from Hollywood," Charlie Kirk, a conservative commentator and Turning Point USA co-founder, wrote on X.

_Fox News' Janelle Ash contributed to this report._
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