Kieran Culkin stayed mum when asked about the ongoing conversation about the late Michael Jackson in the wake of the documentary Leaving Neverland.

The Succession actor, 36, chat with The Guardian Wednesday to promote the new season of his HBO series, and the topic of Jackson came up, as well as the pop star's relationship with his brother Macaulay.

In the 2003 documentary Living With Michael Jackson with journalist Martin Bashir, the Thriller singer defended his reputation saying he'd innocently 'slept in a bed with many children,' citing the acting brothers as examples.

The latest: Kieran Culkin, 36, stayed mum when asked about the ongoing conversation about the late Michael Jackson in the wake of Leaving Neverland, as well as the pop star's relationship with his brother Macaulay. He was snapped in NYC in April

'I slept in a bed with all of them when Macaulay Culkin was little,' Jackson said in the interview, which took place about six years prior to his June 25, 2009 death. 'Kieran Culkin would sleep on this side, Macaulay Culkin was on this side - we all would just jam in the bed. Then, we'd wake up, like, dawn and go in the hot air balloon.'

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Culkin, a New York City native, was admittedly cagey about speaking on the record about the late singer, telling the outlet that he doesn't have media training to speak in detail on the controversial topic.

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'The only thing I can say is that I can't really say anything and the reason for that is I can't be helpful to anyone,' Kieran, who's been married to model Jazz Charton since 2013, told the outlet. 'To me, it seems like there's two sides to this thing and because I can't be helpful on one side or the other, anything I say and anything that gets put out in print could only hurt somebody and there's already a lot of really hurt feelings.'

Culkin was empathetic about the situation, saying that 'there are already a lot of people who are in a difficult position and if I contribute in any way, it's just going to hurt someone because I can't actually help.'

Way back when: Jackson and Culkin were seen in 1991 after wrapping the video shoot for his hit Black and White

Looking back: Culkin and Jackson were seen in this shot from The Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration in NYC, which took place days before 9/11

Strong career: Kieran plays Roman Roy on the HBO series Succession, which is about a media magnate and his family

Kieran, who was in his brother Macaulay Culkin's breakout film, Home Alone, plays Roman Roy on the HBO series about a media magnate and his family.

Macaulay in January, appearing on the Inside of You podcast with Michael Rosenbaum, said that he and the late Beat It singer had 'normal friendship' in the early 90s amid his rise to fame in the 1990 Christmas comedy.

'He reached out to me because a lot of things were happening big and fast with me, and I think he identified with that,' Macaulay said. 'I mean at the end of the day, it's almost easy to say it was weird or whatever, but it wasn't because it made sense.

'Here's the thing, at the end of the day: We were friends. It's one of my friendships that people question only because of the fact that he was the most famous person in the world.'

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Jackson has been in the headlines this year amid the documentary in which two men, Wade Robson and James Safechuck, claimed the late singer sexually molested them as children. Jackson's estate has denied the accusations.