Celebrities Who Ruthlessly Fired Their Own Parents as Managers

Macaulay Culkin rose to fame as a child star in the 1990s, but his personal life was marked by a difficult and public fight with his parents. In 1995, his parents began a heated legal battle over his care and a $50 million fortune. To protect his money from what he claimed was poor handling, Culkin took the unusual step of legally separating from his parents and taking control of his finances. This allowed him to manage his own trust fund and, essentially, retire from acting at just 14 years old. He has since discussed the physical and emotional abuse he experienced while his father managed his career.








