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Macaulay Culkin has defended Michael Jackson for the first time since child sex abuse claims against him in Leaving Neverland, saying the late singer 'never did anything'.

Culkin was friends with Jackson during his days as a child actor and the Home Alone star spent time at his Neverland Ranch where the likes of Wade Robson and James Safechuck claimed some incidents took place.

But Culkin, who was 22 years younger than Jackson, says he didn't witness any abuse.   

'Look. I'm gonna begin with the line—it's not a line, it's the truth: He never did anything to me. I never saw him do anything. And especially at this flash point in time, I'd have no reason to hold anything back,' Macaulay told Esquire.