Macaulay Culkin was friends with Michael Jackson during his days of being a child actor as he starred in the Home Alone franchise.
The now 39-year-old has finally spoken out and defended the King of Pop for the first time since child sex abuse claims were brought against the late star in the documentary Leaving Neverland.
Macaulay often spent time as a child at Jackson's Neverland Ranch where his accusers Wade Robson and James Safechuck claim some of the incidents took place.
But the Home Alone star, who was 22 years younger than the Thriller singer, has now said he didn't witness any abuse and the singer "never did anything".
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Speaking about the Leaving Neverland documentary for the first time, Macaulay opened up during an interview with Esquire.
He told the publication: "Look. I'm gonna begin with the line, it's not a line, it's the truth: He never did anything to me.
"I never saw him do anything. And especially at this flash point in time, I'd have no reason to hold anything back."
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Explaining his decision to speak out now, he added: "The guy has passed on.
"If anything – I'm not gonna say it would be stylish or anything like that, but right now is a good time to speak up.
"And if I had something to speak up about, I would totally do it. But no, I never saw anything. He never did anything."
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Macaulay, who is the godfather of Jackson's daughter Paris, explained that he became friends with the King of Pop because they both had fathers who "forced fame on them".
He recalled how Jackson would make him laugh as they made prank phone calls together and would often be silly for the fun of it.
Speaking on Paris, he said the pair of them keep up Jackson's tradition of being silly by stealing spoons from public places for "harmless fun".
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