Kieran Culkin gives update on Oscars baby pact with wife

It wouldn't be an awards show without Kieran Culkin bringing up his baby fever. Here's what he said at the 2026 Oscars.

It wouldn't be an awards show without Kieran Culkin bringing up his baby fever.

While walking the red carpet at the Oscars on Sunday, March 15, the "Succession" actor, 43, once again mentioned his desire to have more children with his wife, Jazz Charton, extending a running joke that goes back to 2024.

"At the time I was on stage asking for a fourth, she was actually pregnant with the third," Culkin told Entertainment Tonight ahead of the ceremony, where he was set to be a presenter. "We found out two weeks before."

When Culkin won an Emmy for "Succession" back in January 2024, he publicly pleaded with his wife to give him a third child. "Jazz, I want more [children]," he said in his acceptance speech. "You said maybe if I win!" Backstage, Culkin told reporters he had been telling his wife he wanted more kids "for a while" and reminded her of their deal after he won a Golden Globe a week before the Emmys. "Instead of just talking to her in private like a human, I blasted her on stage, which was very rude," he joked.

Cut to March 2025, when Culkin won the Oscar for best supporting actor for "A Real Pain." In his speech, the star referenced his previous remarks from the Emmys.