Home Alone and Schitt's Creek stars tribute to late on-screen 'mom' O'Hara — SkimNews
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- Macaulay Culkin delivered an emotional tribute at the Emmys, calling Catherine O'Hara "our momma" and urging the audience at Los Angeles' Peacock Theater to "call your mother tonight" and "give it up for the moms"
- Annie Murphy and Dan Levy joined Culkin in honoring their Schitt's Creek co-star, with Murphy noting that since O'Hara's death, people have quoted her most memorable lines back to her because "she brought us joy"
- Catherine O'Hara died in January at age 71 and her final acting role as movie executive Patty Leigh in Seth Rogen's satire The Studio earned her an Emmy and a Golden Globe nomination
- Culkin joked about the Home Alone plotline, saying "She may have forgotten me... twice! But we will always remember her," as a giant image of a smiling O'Hara appeared as the backdrop
- Martin Short and Steve Martin were visibly moved to tears during the tribute while seated in the audience
- Jamie Lee Curtis also paid tribute to director Rob Reiner during the same ceremony; Reiner was killed with his wife last year and received a posthumous Emmy for his guest appearance in The Bear
Why it matters: The tribute crystallized O'Hara's dual legacy — the frantic Home Alone mom and the eccentric Moira Rose — for millions of viewers, while Curtis's homage to Reiner closed a circle with his family's tragic loss. Together, these in-memoriam moments turned the Emmys into the entertainment industry's most visible reckoning with 2025's string of deaths.
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