Here's What Kieran Culkin Said toSuccessionCostar Jeremy Strong When He Was Bleeped Onstage at 2025 Oscars

Mar. 15, 2025

Kieran Culkinhad plenty to say to his formerSuccessioncostarJeremy Strongat the 97th annualAcademy Awards. Too bad it was censored out for audiences tuning in at home!

During the live broadcast on Sunday, March 2, Culkin took the stage toaccept the Best Supporting Actor honorfor his work inA Real Pain. The actor beat out Strong, who was also nominated in the category forhis efforts as Roy Cohn inThe Apprentice.

(L-R) Kieran Culkin; Jeremy Strong.Rob Latour/Shutterstock; Christina House/getty

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Rob Latour/Shutterstock (15168339cr) Actor in a Supporting Role, Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain 97th Annual Academy Awards, Show, Los Angeles, California, USA - 02 Mar 2025Los Angeles, CA. March 2, 2025: Jeremy Strong on the red carpet at the 97th Academy Awards (Oscars) at the Dolby Theatre on March 2, 2025 in Los Angeles, CA. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

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Culkin then covered his mouth briefly before adding, “I’m not supposed to single anyone out. It’s favoritism. Anyway, but you were great.”

From there, theScott Pilgrim vs. the Worldactor went on to thank his manager,A Real Paincostar and directorJesse Eisenberg, andhis wife Jazz Charton, whom he previously made a bet thatif he won an Oscar, they would have more children.

Kieran Culkin accepts the Best Actor In A Supporting Role award for “A Real Pain” onstage during the 97th Annual Oscars at Dolby Theatre on March 02, 2025 in Hollywood, California.

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“It turns out she said that because she didn’t think I was gonna win,” he also teased during his acceptance speech. “People came up to her and were like really annoying her. I think it got to her. But anyway, after the show, we’re walking through a parking lot. She’s holding the Emmy. We’re trying to find our car. Emily, you were there so you’re a witness, and she goes, ‘Oh, God, I did say that. I guess I owe you a third kid.’ And I turned to her, and I said, ‘Really, I want four.’"

“And she turned to me, I swear to God, this happened. It was just over a year ago. She said, ‘I will give you four when you win an Oscar.’ I held my hand out. She took it, and I have not brought it up once, until just now,” he concluded. “You remember that, honey, you do? Okay, then I just have this to say to you, Jazz, love of my life… No pressure. I love you. I’m really sorry I did this again, and let’s get cracking on those kids. What do you say?”

Before becoming first-time Oscar nominees, Culkin and Strong starred onSuccessionas Roy siblings Roman and Kendall, respectively. The series wrapped its four-season run on HBO in 2023.

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