Macaulay Culkin sets "certain ground rules" for his fan interactions

The Hollywood star - who has Dakota, four, and Carson, three, with fiance Brenda Song - said on the SmartLess podcast: "I definitely have to gird myself ... for, you know, outings and so forth. I just set certain ground rules for myself.

"Don't approach me when I'm at the dinner table. I don't like that. You know? Don't approach me when I'm with my kids. Definitely don't follow me to the bathroom."

Macaulay insists that he's actually "in charge of the interaction" with his fans.

He said: "I just realised that I'm in charge of the social contract. I'm in charge of the interaction."

By contrast, Macaulay struggled to cope with the pressures of fame and success during his younger years.

The Home Alone actor said: "It was a difficult, tricky waters to manoeuvre through and stuff like that because you don't necessarily have the actual or emotional vocabulary to really kind of, you know, manoeuvre through those waters.

"And I always kinda thought of myself as a peerless person. Like, I couldn't turn left and right, like, know, like, and go, 'Oh, you're like me.' ... It was a, it was a very unique experience."

Macaulay began dating Brenda Song back in 2017, and he previously credited the actress for helping him to navigate the stresses and strains of fame.

The movie star - who was one of the most successful child actors of the 90s - told Brenda: "You're my champion, the only person happier for me today than I am.

"You're not only the best woman I've ever known, you're the best person I've ever known. You've given me all my purpose."

Macaulay is also glad that they've managed to keep their romance relatively low-key.

He said: "That the public is like, 'Wait, they're together and they have kids?' Good. That means we did our job."