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Calculated Shard: 7 (from laksa110)

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curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa007.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.thewrap.com/trump-home-alone-2-cameo-curse-director-says/\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.thewrap.com/trump-home-alone-2-cameo-curse-director-says/\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

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I’ll be considered sort of not fit to live in the United States, so I’ll have to go back to Italy or something,” he said, referencing Trump’s recent wave of deportations.\n“Years later, it’s become this curse… It’s become an albatross for me. I just wish it was gone,” he continued.\nIn 2020, Columbus said that Trump, who owned the Plaza Hotel at the time, “bullied” his way into the movie. “We paid the fee [to film at the hotel], but he also said, ‘The only way you can use the Plaza is if I’m in the movie.’ So we agreed to put him in the movie,” Columbus told \nBusiness Insider\n.\nColumbus intended to cut the scene, until people at the first screening applauded Trump’s appearance. “So I said to my editor, ‘Leave him in the movie. It’s a moment for the audience.’”\nIn 2023, however, Trump insisted that Columbus had “begged” him to be in the movie. “I was very busy, and didn’t want to do it,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “They were very nice, but above all, persistent. I agreed, and the rest is history!”\nTrump went on to say that Columbus assertion that “bullied” him to be in the comedy was untrue. “That cameo helped make the movie a success … Just another Hollywood guy from the past looking for a quick fix of Trump publicity for himself!” he wrote at the time.","attrs_markdown":"[Skip to content](https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/trump-home-alone-2-cameo-curse-director-says\/#main)\n\n[Skip to content](https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/trump-home-alone-2-cameo-curse-director-says\/#content)\n\nMenu\n\nClose\n\n[Newsletters](https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/newsletters\/)\n\n[Subscribe](https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/join-pro\/)\n\n## Main\n- [TV](https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/media-platforms\/tv\/)\n  - [TV News](https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/media-platforms\/tv\/)\n  - [Ratings](https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/tag\/ratings\/)\n  - [Streaming](https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/media-platforms\/streaming\/)\n  - [Media News](https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/media-platforms\/journalism\/)\n  - [Reviews](https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/tag\/tv-reviews\/)\n- [Movies](https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/creative-content\/movies\/)\n  - 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I’ll be considered sort of not fit to live in the United States, so I’ll have to go back to Italy or something,” he said, referencing Trump’s recent wave of deportations.\n\n[![Catherine O’Hara as Kate McCallister in “Home Alone” (Credit: 20th Century Studios)](https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Untitled-design-53.jpg?fit=300%2C169&quality=89&ssl=1)](https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/catherine-ohara-home-alone-2-pay-cut-reason\/)\n\n**Read Next**  \n [Catherine O'Hara Reveals She Took 'Way Less Money' on 'Home Alone 2' for One Simple Reason \\| Video](https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/catherine-ohara-home-alone-2-pay-cut-reason\/)\n\n“Years later, it’s become this curse… It’s become an albatross for me. I just wish it was gone,” he continued.\n\nIn 2020, Columbus said that Trump, who owned the Plaza Hotel at the time, “bullied” his way into the movie. “We paid the fee \\[to film at the hotel\\], but he also said, ‘The only way you can use the Plaza is if I’m in the movie.’ So we agreed to put him in the movie,” Columbus told [Business Insider](https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/home-alone-30-anniversary-chris-columbus-trump-cameo-2020-11).\n\nColumbus intended to cut the scene, until people at the first screening applauded Trump’s appearance. “So I said to my editor, ‘Leave him in the movie. It’s a moment for the audience.’”\n\n[![](https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Home-Alone-Movies-Split.jpg?fit=300%2C169&quality=89&ssl=1)](https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/how-to-watch-home-alone-movies-streaming-where\/)\n\n**Read Next**  \n [Where to Watch All the 'Home Alone' Movies in 2024](https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/how-to-watch-home-alone-movies-streaming-where\/)\n\nIn 2023, however, Trump insisted that Columbus had “begged” him to be in the movie. “I was very busy, and didn’t want to do it,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “They were very nice, but above all, persistent. I agreed, and the rest is history!”\n\nTrump went on to say that Columbus assertion that “bullied” him to be in the comedy was untrue. “That cameo helped make the movie a success … Just another Hollywood guy from the past looking for a quick fix of Trump publicity for himself!” he wrote at the time.\n\n[![Macaulay Culkin and Donald Trump in \"Home Alone 2\"](https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Donald-Trump-in-Home-Alone-2.jpeg?fit=300%2C169&quality=89&ssl=1)](https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/trump-home-alone-2-cameo-chris-columbus-response\/)\n\n**Read Next**  \n [Trump Denies Bullying His Way Into 'Home Alone 2' Cameo, Says Chris Columbus 'Begged' Him: 'I Didn't Want to Do It'](https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/trump-home-alone-2-cameo-chris-columbus-response\/)\n\n![](https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-1-1.png?fit=58%2C51&quality=80&ssl=1)\n\n## [Sharon Knolle](https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/author\/sharon-knollethewrap-com\/)\nSharon Knolle is an award-winning TV Reporter at TheWrap including a National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Award in 2023 for her profile of trans pioneer Marlene Parker. 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TheWrap\n\n![](https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tr?id=724922607935210&ev=PageView&noscript=1)","attrs_readable_markdown":"Chris Columbus called Donald Trump’s cameo in “Home Alone 2” a curse and joked that if he cut the scene now, Trump would probably have him deported.\n\nThe director told the [Chronicle](https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/entertainment\/article\/trump-chris-columbus-home-alone-2-20274381.php) that the moment in which the real estate tycoon gives directions to lost tyke Macaulay Culkin at the Plaza Hotel is “an albatross” and that he wishes “it was gone.”\n\n“I can’t cut it,” he told the San Francisco paper. “If I cut it, I’ll probably be sent out of the country. I’ll be considered sort of not fit to live in the United States, so I’ll have to go back to Italy or something,” he said, referencing Trump’s recent wave of deportations.\n\n[![Catherine O’Hara as Kate McCallister in “Home Alone” (Credit: 20th Century Studios)](https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Untitled-design-53.jpg?fit=300%2C169&quality=89&ssl=1)](https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/catherine-ohara-home-alone-2-pay-cut-reason\/)\n\n“Years later, it’s become this curse… It’s become an albatross for me. I just wish it was gone,” he continued.\n\nIn 2020, Columbus said that Trump, who owned the Plaza Hotel at the time, “bullied” his way into the movie. “We paid the fee \\[to film at the hotel\\], but he also said, ‘The only way you can use the Plaza is if I’m in the movie.’ So we agreed to put him in the movie,” Columbus told [Business Insider](https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/home-alone-30-anniversary-chris-columbus-trump-cameo-2020-11).\n\nColumbus intended to cut the scene, until people at the first screening applauded Trump’s appearance. “So I said to my editor, ‘Leave him in the movie. It’s a moment for the audience.’”\n\n[![](https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Home-Alone-Movies-Split.jpg?fit=300%2C169&quality=89&ssl=1)](https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/how-to-watch-home-alone-movies-streaming-where\/)\n\nIn 2023, however, Trump insisted that Columbus had “begged” him to be in the movie. “I was very busy, and didn’t want to do it,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “They were very nice, but above all, persistent. I agreed, and the rest is history!”\n\nTrump went on to say that Columbus assertion that “bullied” him to be in the comedy was untrue. “That cameo helped make the movie a success … Just another Hollywood guy from the past looking for a quick fix of Trump publicity for himself!” he wrote at the time.\n\n[![Macaulay Culkin and Donald Trump in \"Home Alone 2\"](https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Donald-Trump-in-Home-Alone-2.jpeg?fit=300%2C169&quality=89&ssl=1)](https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/trump-home-alone-2-cameo-chris-columbus-response\/)","meta_canonical":null}

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Boilerpipe Text	Chris Columbus called Donald Trump’s cameo in “Home Alone 2” a curse and joked that if he cut the scene now, Trump would probably have him deported. The director told the Chronicle that the moment in which the real estate tycoon gives directions to lost tyke Macaulay Culkin at the Plaza Hotel is “an albatross” and that he wishes “it was gone.” “I can’t cut it,” he told the San Francisco paper. “If I cut it, I’ll probably be sent out of the country. I’ll be considered sort of not fit to live in the United States, so I’ll have to go back to Italy or something,” he said, referencing Trump’s recent wave of deportations. “Years later, it’s become this curse… It’s become an albatross for me. I just wish it was gone,” he continued. In 2020, Columbus said that Trump, who owned the Plaza Hotel at the time, “bullied” his way into the movie. “We paid the fee [to film at the hotel], but he also said, ‘The only way you can use the Plaza is if I’m in the movie.’ So we agreed to put him in the movie,” Columbus told Business Insider . Columbus intended to cut the scene, until people at the first screening applauded Trump’s appearance. “So I said to my editor, ‘Leave him in the movie. It’s a moment for the audience.’” In 2023, however, Trump insisted that Columbus had “begged” him to be in the movie. “I was very busy, and didn’t want to do it,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “They were very nice, but above all, persistent. I agreed, and the rest is history!” Trump went on to say that Columbus assertion that “bullied” him to be in the comedy was untrue. “That cameo helped make the movie a success … Just another Hollywood guy from the past looking for a quick fix of Trump publicity for himself!” he wrote at the time.
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[Share on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u%20=%20https://www.thewrap.com/trump-home-alone-2-cameo-curse-director-says/) - [Share on X (formerly Twitter)](https://twitter.com/share?url%20=%20https://www.thewrap.com/trump-home-alone-2-cameo-curse-director-says/) - [Share on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini%20=%20true&url%20=%20https://www.thewrap.com/trump-home-alone-2-cameo-curse-director-says/) - [Share on Email](mailto:?body%20=%20https://www.thewrap.com/trump-home-alone-2-cameo-curse-director-says/&subject%20=%20‘Home%20Alone%202’%20Director%20Says%20Donald%20Trump%20Cameo%20Is%20a%20‘Curse’:%20‘I%20Just%20Wish%20It%20Was%20Gone’) ![Donald Trump in "Home Alone 2"](https://i0.wp.com/www.thewrap.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/donald-trump-home-alone-2.jpg?fit=990%2C557&quality=89&ssl=1) Donald Trump with Macaulay Culkin in "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York" (CREDIT: 20th Century Studios) Chris Columbus called Donald Trump’s cameo in “Home Alone 2” a curse and joked that if he cut the scene now, Trump would probably have him deported. The director told the [Chronicle](https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/trump-chris-columbus-home-alone-2-20274381.php) that the moment in which the real estate tycoon gives directions to lost tyke Macaulay Culkin at the Plaza Hotel is “an albatross” and that he wishes “it was gone.” “I can’t cut it,” he told the San Francisco paper. “If I cut it, I’ll probably be sent out of the country. I’ll be considered sort of not fit to live in the United States, so I’ll have to go back to Italy or something,” he said, referencing Trump’s recent wave of deportations. [![Catherine O’Hara as Kate McCallister in “Home Alone” (Credit: 20th Century Studios)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thewrap.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Untitled-design-53.jpg?fit=300%2C169&quality=89&ssl=1)](https://www.thewrap.com/catherine-ohara-home-alone-2-pay-cut-reason/) Read Next [Catherine O'Hara Reveals She Took 'Way Less Money' on 'Home Alone 2' for One Simple Reason \\| Video](https://www.thewrap.com/catherine-ohara-home-alone-2-pay-cut-reason/) “Years later, it’s become this curse… It’s become an albatross for me. I just wish it was gone,” he continued. In 2020, Columbus said that Trump, who owned the Plaza Hotel at the time, “bullied” his way into the movie. “We paid the fee \[to film at the hotel\], but he also said, ‘The only way you can use the Plaza is if I’m in the movie.’ So we agreed to put him in the movie,” Columbus told [Business Insider](https://www.businessinsider.com/home-alone-30-anniversary-chris-columbus-trump-cameo-2020-11). Columbus intended to cut the scene, until people at the first screening applauded Trump’s appearance. “So I said to my editor, ‘Leave him in the movie. It’s a moment for the audience.’” [![](https://i0.wp.com/www.thewrap.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Home-Alone-Movies-Split.jpg?fit=300%2C169&quality=89&ssl=1)](https://www.thewrap.com/how-to-watch-home-alone-movies-streaming-where/) Read Next [Where to Watch All the 'Home Alone' Movies in 2024](https://www.thewrap.com/how-to-watch-home-alone-movies-streaming-where/) In 2023, however, Trump insisted that Columbus had “begged” him to be in the movie. “I was very busy, and didn’t want to do it,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “They were very nice, but above all, persistent. I agreed, and the rest is history!” Trump went on to say that Columbus assertion that “bullied” him to be in the comedy was untrue. “That cameo helped make the movie a success … Just another Hollywood guy from the past looking for a quick fix of Trump publicity for himself!” he wrote at the time. [![Macaulay Culkin and Donald Trump in "Home Alone 2"](https://i0.wp.com/www.thewrap.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Donald-Trump-in-Home-Alone-2.jpeg?fit=300%2C169&quality=89&ssl=1)](https://www.thewrap.com/trump-home-alone-2-cameo-chris-columbus-response/) Read Next [Trump Denies Bullying His Way Into 'Home Alone 2' Cameo, Says Chris Columbus 'Begged' Him: 'I Didn't Want to Do It'](https://www.thewrap.com/trump-home-alone-2-cameo-chris-columbus-response/) ![](https://i0.wp.com/www.thewrap.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/image-1-1.png?fit=58%2C51&quality=80&ssl=1) ## [Sharon Knolle](https://www.thewrap.com/author/sharon-knollethewrap-com/) Sharon Knolle is an award-winning TV Reporter at TheWrap including a National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Award in 2023 for her profile of trans pioneer Marlene Parker. She has covered entertainment news for more than 20 years for outlets including Moviefone, IMDb, USA Today, Variety, Us Weekly, Paste and the Sundance Institute. 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Readable Markdown	Chris Columbus called Donald Trump’s cameo in “Home Alone 2” a curse and joked that if he cut the scene now, Trump would probably have him deported. The director told the [Chronicle](https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/trump-chris-columbus-home-alone-2-20274381.php) that the moment in which the real estate tycoon gives directions to lost tyke Macaulay Culkin at the Plaza Hotel is “an albatross” and that he wishes “it was gone.” “I can’t cut it,” he told the San Francisco paper. “If I cut it, I’ll probably be sent out of the country. I’ll be considered sort of not fit to live in the United States, so I’ll have to go back to Italy or something,” he said, referencing Trump’s recent wave of deportations. [![Catherine O’Hara as Kate McCallister in “Home Alone” (Credit: 20th Century Studios)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thewrap.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Untitled-design-53.jpg?fit=300%2C169&quality=89&ssl=1)](https://www.thewrap.com/catherine-ohara-home-alone-2-pay-cut-reason/) “Years later, it’s become this curse… It’s become an albatross for me. I just wish it was gone,” he continued. In 2020, Columbus said that Trump, who owned the Plaza Hotel at the time, “bullied” his way into the movie. “We paid the fee \[to film at the hotel\], but he also said, ‘The only way you can use the Plaza is if I’m in the movie.’ So we agreed to put him in the movie,” Columbus told [Business Insider](https://www.businessinsider.com/home-alone-30-anniversary-chris-columbus-trump-cameo-2020-11). Columbus intended to cut the scene, until people at the first screening applauded Trump’s appearance. “So I said to my editor, ‘Leave him in the movie. It’s a moment for the audience.’” [![](https://i0.wp.com/www.thewrap.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Home-Alone-Movies-Split.jpg?fit=300%2C169&quality=89&ssl=1)](https://www.thewrap.com/how-to-watch-home-alone-movies-streaming-where/) In 2023, however, Trump insisted that Columbus had “begged” him to be in the movie. “I was very busy, and didn’t want to do it,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “They were very nice, but above all, persistent. I agreed, and the rest is history!” Trump went on to say that Columbus assertion that “bullied” him to be in the comedy was untrue. “That cameo helped make the movie a success … Just another Hollywood guy from the past looking for a quick fix of Trump publicity for himself!” he wrote at the time. [![Macaulay Culkin and Donald Trump in "Home Alone 2"](https://i0.wp.com/www.thewrap.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Donald-Trump-in-Home-Alone-2.jpeg?fit=300%2C169&quality=89&ssl=1)](https://www.thewrap.com/trump-home-alone-2-cameo-chris-columbus-response/)
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