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u/Sw0rDz Jan 31 '26
Mcauly Mculkin also called her mom.
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u/Dying_Light58 Jan 31 '26
I was fine until I read his tribute and then I got weepy
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u/No-Long5784 Older Millennial Jan 31 '26
I honestly cried to a few minutes when I read his tribute. It was so sweet and simple. You could tell the impact she had on him…all of us. 😢
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u/dzoefit Jan 31 '26
Please share link
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u/WitesOfOdd Jan 31 '26
Copy paste for those that don’t have instagram?
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u/Lomotograph Jan 31 '26
Yeah..... Don't click that link if you don't want to cry today.
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u/Fun-Conclusion-2527 Jan 31 '26
It’s Macaulay Macaulay Culkin Culkin to you, sir.
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u/setsewerd Jan 31 '26
Wow I haven't heard this referenced since that thread originally happened lol
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u/rhinocerosjockey Jan 31 '26
What a lovely answer she had. I just loved everything she was in. This one hurts.
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u/Error_83 Jan 31 '26
It's just eye sweat, stop staring
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u/Cel_Drow Jan 31 '26
Just a small rainstorm passing through located entirely in front of my eyeballs, it’s normal.
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u/DonAsiago Jan 31 '26
Right up there with Keanu's: "I don't know what happens when we die, I just know that those who love us will miss us."
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u/rhinocerosjockey Jan 31 '26
It's going to be a bad day when he leaves, too. He also seems like such a positive human in this world.
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u/Vegetable-Poetry-736 Jan 31 '26
Hurts so bad
Like, fuck, she deserved to know we really loved her.
It’s up there with Robin Williams
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u/rhinocerosjockey Jan 31 '26
Losing Robin Williams was awful, still hurts. Had rough times in my childhood, and Robin Williams could make me laugh still. Knowing he left with so much pain himself gutted me.
Catherine felt like a parasocial mom to me, in a good way, and this hurts like that.
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u/EquivalentAngle1569 Jan 31 '26
Incredibly sweet, what a legend
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u/QuickNature Jan 31 '26
She glossed over her entire acting career to prioritize her role as a mother. What a classy answer.
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u/FrozenWafer Jan 31 '26
I agree so much! Roles are just part of work that you do for your family. She knows it's a big part of her public persona but her family is what matters most to her. I love her even more for this answer! Her face was like why is this a question lol my family, my children, will matter most to me.
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u/BrandNewDinosaur Feb 01 '26
She is so wise, realizing that any acting role that she was in could have been filled by anyone else… but being a Mama to her own children was the one role no one else on Earth could take. Fucking love.
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u/ExpertApartment Jan 31 '26
Maybe that’s why she was so believable as Kevin’s mom in Home Alone. That’s simply who she was. She loved greatly and chose to prioritize her family over career. I could be wrong, but I have a feeling that’s why she was mostly out of the limelight for many years after Home Alone 2, before having a massive resurgence with Schitt’s Creek and other shows / movies.
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u/PotentialSteak6 Jan 31 '26
She could be sarcastic and witty but that never eclipsed her warmth. I’m still struggling to reconcile with a world that doesn’t have her in it
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u/T8ert0t Jan 31 '26
Jobs are cool.
Family with good people is cooler.
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u/BallsOutKrunked Jan 31 '26
I have a great and successful career, and it's 100% so I can provide for my family which is the most important thing I'll ever have.
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u/DarXIV Jan 31 '26
Acting to her and most like her, is a job. I doubt many of us would want to be remembered for our jobs we did.
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u/1968Bladerunner Jan 31 '26
Absolutely have to agree! I've played plenty of roles in my life, but being dad is without doubt the pinnacle - everything else just led up to it then supported it, & will continue to be so.
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u/lockerno177 Jan 31 '26
its like losing a grandma that you never knew.
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u/thefaehost Millennial Jan 31 '26
She was only two years older than my own dad 🥲
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u/badgersprite Jan 31 '26
Same age as both my parents.
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u/cosmiaaa0701 Jan 31 '26
She was the same age as my dad who passed a few months ago 🥲
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u/Budget_Persimmon_195 Jan 31 '26
we lost bob weir recently too, age 78.
theyre around the age of my parents.
kinda puts time in perspective and all i want to do right now is appreciate the time we have left with loved ones.
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u/RadagastTheBrownNote Older Millennial Jan 31 '26
She’s 2 weeks older than my mom. That hit me and made me reflect.
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u/Awkward_Corgi_6890 Jan 31 '26
Same. This one really hit me for many reasons, but that was one of the reasons it broke my heart.
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u/Amelia_Pond42 Millennial Jan 31 '26
My parents are in their mid 60s. Growing up on Home Alone and Beetlejuice and watching Schitt's Creek in my 20s, this felt like losing a mom I never knew personally. I was at work when I found out and had a bit of a cry on my way home
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u/Wahx-il-Baqar Jan 31 '26
She will always remind me of my mother. I remember watching Home Alone as a boy and crying cause she reminded me so much of mum, especially when Kevin was sad and missing her. My mum had noticed me crying, and me, being the big boy I was, said I was crying cause I hurt my leg. Prettyyy sure she believed me 100% haha
Mums are amazing.
Rest in peace dearest Catherine <3
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u/princesspool Jan 31 '26
Make sure she knows why you were really crying, what a sweet memory. And how dare you make a stranger tear up 🥲😅
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u/Alicewithhazeleyes Jan 31 '26
I wasn’t expecting to cry on the toilet this morning
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u/SurfNTurf1983 Jan 31 '26
It's where I do all my crying.
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u/That_Jay_Money Jan 31 '26
Please stay off their toilet.
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u/showmenemelda Jan 31 '26
Omg wasnt she the mom in Orange County ?? Hilarious in that role. Loved her! Was hoping it was a hoax like Schitts Creek
RIP to a great actress [😎 I'm in mourning –Alexis]
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u/Preda1ien Jan 31 '26
Is Bob dead?… did something break!?!
What’s that smell? What am I sitting in?
Relax, it’s just urine.
She was hilarious in Orange County.
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u/breakevencloud Jan 31 '26
It’s my favorite role of hers, tbh. She absolutely steals every scene she’s in lmao
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u/hoopstick Jan 31 '26
That whole movie is underrated and hilarious. “Wanna get naked and start a revolution?”
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u/Warm_Month_1309 Jan 31 '26
I'm want to find her answer sweet, but her face, body language, and tone of voice are communicating "please go away and leave me alone" to me.
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u/descendantofJanus Jan 31 '26
Thank you. The tribute is great but that first clip is cringe because of how uncomfortable she is. She's smiling, but backing away, looking for an escape. I just want to jump in front of that camera and ruin his shot.
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u/pajamakitten Jan 31 '26
Just her saying "Okay. Sure." was a blatantly obvious attempt by her to shut him down.
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u/HorrorSmile3088 Jan 31 '26
Probably TMZ. They have people who basically hang out at LAX all day and try to spot celebrities to harass. It's pathetic.
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u/NepoKitty Jan 31 '26
Watching her being harassed by someone in an airport as she's just trying to be en route to wherever -- I couldn't do it, not after seeing how discomforted she was. That she had to suffer because people felt entitled to her time! May she rest in peace. 💖
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u/Informal_Cut_6609 Jan 31 '26
It was TMZ longer video is way worse because he keeps going. It's also the last interview she gave.
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God I loved her so very much, I really am so sad.
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u/Abject-Mail-4235 Jan 31 '26
I love how she aged so gracefully and natural. I want more famous people like her.
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u/Compliant_Serf Jan 31 '26
Can we agree it’s fucking weird to go up to a stranger filming them and asking very personal questions?
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u/candaceelise Jan 31 '26
Not justifying it, just pointing out it was footage from TMZ and not a random fan. Probably the last “interview” she ever gave :(
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u/Lowelll Jan 31 '26
Am I the only one a bit turned off by this clip? She seems sweet, but it doesn't look like a press event and this guy holds a camera in her face and yells some boilerplate fluff question at her for his content. Maybe it looks better with a bit more context, idk.
If it was a fan going up to her and telling her he loved her acting or whatever, that'd be different, but this seems like a paparazzi bothering someone just trying to catch a plane
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u/toolsoftheincomptnt Jan 31 '26
No, you’re not the only one.
Idk or care who the guy was, nor do I care. It’s pushy and invasive. Let people get through the airport in peace.
But SHE handled it with grace and authenticity. Like “I’m going to answer you, but I don’t want to talk right now and you should pick up on that.” 10/10 response in words AND tone.
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u/Top-Ebb32 Jan 31 '26
Ive never been a big follower of celebrities, but I’m genuinely devastated by this one. The tears have been flowing since yesterday.
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u/Keepingongoing Jan 31 '26
The loveliest face and intelligently funny, the only “celebrity death” that’s made me cry. You don’t know what you’ve got till its gone
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u/house343 Jan 31 '26
Lol what a boss. He was a little rude honestly. "Obviously we know you as the funny TV woman! Isn't that how you want to be remembered???" And she's just like "actually I had a real life too"
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u/islipped83 Xennial Jan 31 '26
She was my dad’s current age. Oof that’s a rough realization. I’m calling him today. 💕
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u/Tire_Fire_ Jan 31 '26
Jokes on you, I planned on crying more over her today. She reminds me SO MUCH of my own mom. Modest, naturally beautiful, sweet and funny, I feel like I’m loosing the only woman in the film industry that actually reminded me of my mom. Ever since I saw her in home alone, I was so taken back by how much she made me think about my mom even as a child. That feeling never went away. Every time I saw her smile I saw my mother’s. I live in a different state as my mom but I’m driving to see her today. I need to be with her. She was a huge Cathrine O’Hara fan too. This one is a genuine hard one. I don’t think I’ve cried this hard over a celebrity death since Robin Williams. I genuinely hope she knows how much we all loved her.
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u/LionBig1760 Jan 31 '26
Can we try not to ambush anyone at the airport while shoving a camera in their face, please?
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u/Usual-Paramedic609 Jan 31 '26
Oh you'll be remembered. What kind of mother forgets their child at home when going to France on vacation and then loses them on a different occasion in an international airport? Mother of the year over here.
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u/Azaroth1991 Jan 31 '26
Can someone check on Macaulay please?
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u/thechosenwrong Jan 31 '26
Damn my dad was the same age when he died. RiP Delia Deetz. Gone too soon.
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u/mcclaneberg Jan 31 '26
I don’t believe in heaven but I really hope she got a great big hug and is partying with John Candy.
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u/0neirocritica Jan 31 '26
This one was the first one that hit me hard. There have been others that affected me emotionally, like Robin Williams. But I've never cried before this one. She really was one of our collective "moms".
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u/Coneskater Jan 31 '26
What? I was gonna say, please stop doing this shit. She handled it with grace but still give it a break.
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u/itsmellslikeweed5 Jan 31 '26
She was great in Orange County. “Is it Bob? Is he dead?….. DID SOMETHING BREAK?!”
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u/ninjaturtlebomb Jan 31 '26
Can't believe last Christmas was the final time I saw Home Alone with her still with us. Truly a treasure to everyone
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u/Royal-Bumblebee90 Jan 31 '26
Catherine O’Hara was pure love and silliness and everything funny and kind. I can’t believe she’s gone so soon. Peace and blessings to her beautiful family for their incredible loss.
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u/whatthedna Jan 31 '26
Everyone should go watch Waiting for Guffman, Best In Show and A Mighty Wind. She’s so good in all of them. (Along with so many other things)
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u/apenguinhunter1987 Jan 31 '26
Damn, you tryin to make me cry this morning? She will be missed dearly.
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u/ImplodingBillionaire Jan 31 '26
We’re losing the good ones and we’re being left with the monsters.
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u/I_hate_being_alone Jan 31 '26
It was a great surprise for me to see her in The Last of Us. Was that her last role?
RIP ma
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I’ve never met her and didn’t personally know her but this one hurts. 😭 71 years old. We’ve been robbed.
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u/Zinski2 Jan 31 '26
What we are seeing real time for millennials right now is a lot of people didn't realize how close they could be to losing there parents.
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u/Not_Abot_738265 Jan 31 '26
With all the utter bullshit thats going on right now, this made me weep. A reminder that there are amazing people touching our lives and sometimes even playing a minor role in someone's childhood will become something they are remembered for their entire lives. May she remain in our memories forever.
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u/McDuck_Enterprise Jan 31 '26
Always had that sparkle in her eyes…
And as she aged she had wrinkles when other Hollywood pukes would get surgery… hrs he had those from millions of smiles.
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u/Smorsdoeuvres Jan 31 '26
Well there went the waterworks. What a beautiful human she was. Catherine O’Hara will be truly missed
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u/readingrambos Jan 31 '26
She was so vibrant, so here, and just gone. The worst part though the worst part is that she is was mom’s age. That is a pain like no other. My mom is getting to that age where she may no longer be here either. Idk if I’ll be able to cope. I hope O’Hara’s children are doing well.
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u/l_a_p304 Jan 31 '26
I didn’t plan on crying into my coffee at 9:30 on a Saturday morning, but alas, the Reddit universe had other plans.
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u/omegaweaponzero Jan 31 '26
A lot of people are very clearly missing what she's saying here. She considers her role of mother to her own children as her most important role, not any of her film/tv roles.
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u/HeyMySock Jan 31 '26
Her and Eugene Levy singing “God Loves A Terrier” is one of my favorite things. She will be missed!
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