I cant cut it.

Columbus has since responded to those claims to theChronicle.

“He said I was lying.

HOME ALONE 2: LOST IN NEW YORK, from left: Macaulay Culkin, Donald Trump, 1992

Macaulay Culkin and Donald Trump in the Plaza Hotel in ‘Home Alone 2: Lost in New York’.Credit:Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp./Courtesy Everett

Im not lying,” the filmmaker said.

But we were desperate to get the Plaza Hotel.

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HOME ALONE 2: LOST IN NEW YORK, from left: director Chris Columbus, Macaulay Culkin,

Chris Columbus on the set of ‘Home Alone 2: Lost in New York’ with Macaulay Culkin circa 1992.Andy Schwartz/20th Century Fox Film Corp./Courtesy Everett

At the time, though, the cameo was received positively.

“They cheered and they cheered and they thought it was hilarious.

Years later, its become this curse.

HOME ALONE, Macaulay Culkin, 1990, HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER’S STONE, Daniel Radcliffe, 2001

Its become this thing that I wish it was not there.”

But its there," Columbus added.

“Its become an albatross for me.

Home Alone (1990) Kate (Catherine O’Hara)

I just wish it was gone.