<p id=”par-1_79″>The 97th Annual <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/academy-awards/?swcfpc=1″>Academy Awards</a> was a triumph for many actors who had never before received the spotlight. <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/succession-star-kieran-culkin-refused-speak-2-media-outlets-since-90s.html/”>Kieran Culkin</a> took home his first win for his role in <em>A Real Pain</em>, and his acceptance speech earned him more than a few laughs from the crowd. He joked about <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/succession-star-kieran-culkin-says-parenting-better-imagined-welcomed-2nd-child.html/”>having more children with his wife, Jazz Charton</a>, which made her smile. However, a body language expert says Charton was “far less comfortable” with his jokes than he was. </p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-a-body-language-expert-says-kieran-culkin-s-wife-jazz-charton-felt-uncomfortable-over-his-oscars-speech”>A body language expert says Kieran Culkin’s wife, Jazz Charton, felt uncomfortable over his Oscars speech</h2>
<p id=”par-2_50″>Kieran Culkin graciously accepted his first Oscar win on March 2, 2025. He won Best Supporting Actor for his role as Benji in Jesse Eisenberg’s<em> A Real Pain</em>. During his acceptance speech, he talked about how <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/kieran-culkins-wife-jazz-charton.html/”>his wife, Jazz Charton</a>, previously promised him four kids if he ever won an Oscar.</p>
<p id=”par-3_83″>“After the [Emmys], we’re walking through a parking lot … and she goes, ‘Oh, God, I did say that!’” he reflected Charton saying regarding having more children if he won an Emmy. “‘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 there just over a year ago — she said, ‘I will give you four when you win an Oscar.’”</p>
<p id=”par-4_31″>Charton laughed along to the joke at the Oscars while Culkin was on stage. However, body language expert Inbaal Honigman told <a href=”https://www.covers.com/entertainment/academy-awards-oscars-odds” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Covers.com</a> that Charton may have been uncomfortable with Culkin’s jabs.</p>
<p id=”par-5_57″>“Kieran Culkin’s wife, Jazz Charton, covers her mouth in disbelief as he shares a story about her promising him a fourth child if he won an Oscar,” Honigman noted. “Despite the emotional moment, Kieran himself is completely at ease on stage with no fidgeting or protective gestures. Holding his award, he appears at home in the spotlight.”</p>
<p id=”par-6_32″>“Kieran Culkin’s slight nervous energy is simply part of his natural presentation style,” the expert continued. “His big facial expressions, a broad smile and raised eyebrows, reveal his excitement rather than anxiety.”</p>
<p id=”par-7_44″>“Jazz, however, is far less comfortable being on public display,” Honigman noticed. “Covering her face suggests she is trying to retain some privacy in the moment. Though she is clearly happy for Kieran, her body language shows she is more nervous than he is.”</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-kieran-culkin-reflected-on-how-his-job-can-be-difficult-for-his-family”>Kieran Culkin reflected on how his job can be difficult for his family</h2>
<figure class=”wp-block-image size-full” id=”emb-1″><img decoding=”async” src=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Kieran-Culkin-Jazz-Charton.webp?strip=all&quality=80″ alt=”Kieran Culkin and Jazz Charton posing together at the Academy Awards in 2025. Culkin is holding an Oscar in his hand.” class=”wp-image-3783797″><figcaption class=”wp-element-caption”>Kieran Culkin and Jazz Charton at the 97th Oscars | Michael Buckner/Penske Media via Getty Images</figcaption></figure>
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<p id=”par-8_41″>Kieran Culkin and his wife, Jazz Charton, have two children: Kinsey, 5, and Wilder, 3. While Culkin noted at the Oscars how he hopes to have more children with Charton, he knows how difficult his job can be for his family.</p>
<p id=”par-9_61″>“I don’t like being away from them for more than two days at a time, and it’s not practical for me to have them there the whole time,” Culkin told Taika Waititi for <a href=”https://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/kieran-culkin-confides-in-taika-waititi-about-the-end-of-succession” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Interview Magazine</a> in 2023. “I’m working on trying to convince my wife to come out for two weeks and bring the kids. It’s just a lot on her.”</p>
<p id=”par-10_73″>Culkin noted that he and Charton have a nanny, but the nanny doesn’t travel with them. This means Charton often cares for the kids herself. “Except sometimes that can be like, ‘Look, there’s a nice paycheck here, so let’s work really hard,’” Culkin explained. ‘And sometimes, like this, I’m like, ‘This is for me, I want to do it, and you get nothing out of this except hard work.’ It’s a hard sell.”</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-the-award-winning-actor-once-said-he-didn-t-know-if-he-and-jazz-charton-wanted-kids”>The award-winning actor once said he didn’t know if he and Jazz Charton wanted kids</h2>
<p id=”par-11_37″>Kieran Culkin seems all for having more children with Jazz Charton in 2025. However, in 2018, he told <a href=”https://inews.co.uk/culture/succession-hbo-roman-roy-kieran-culkin-181773″ target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>iNews</a>, that he and Jazz Charton didn’t have plans to have kids. </p>
<p id=”par-12_59″>“It just seems like a lot to take on,” Culkin admitted. “I suppose if she gets pregnant, that would be fine, but it’s really not on our horizon. Not one of us [siblings] have started our own family. My mother is one of 11 kids, and she had seven kids, and she has no grandchildren, so think about that?”</p>
<p id=”par-13_15″>Fans will have to wait and see whether Culkin and Charton expand their family. </p>
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