‘I Didn’t Know My Mother Was Audrey Hepburn’

‘I Didn’t Know My Mother Was Audrey Hepburn’: Her Son Reveals the Star’s Private Side For the first six years of his life, Audrey Hepburn’s youngest son didn’t realize his mom was a world-famous movie star.  “To me, my mother was Audrey Dotti,” says Luca Dotti, whose father was Hepburn’s second husband, Andrea Dotti. “I never realized she was Audrey Hepburn. I didn’t know she was a movie star. She always looked at my father like he was the centre of attention.”  Luca’s new book about his mom, Audrey at Home, features her favourite recipes, a collection of never-before-seen family photos, and a private side that few ever saw. Excerpted in this week’s issue of PEOPLE, it’s an intimate look at the Breakfast at Tiffany’s star, who preferred staying home to going out and simple plates of pasta to fancier foods. “She was a simple country girl” says Dotti. “Her favourite dish was spaghetti with tomato sauce.”  As he writes in his book’s introduction, “Mum was adorable, of course, but I did not find her the least bit exciting.”  Dotti recalls how he was puzzled at 5 or 6 when journalists would ask him about “Audrey Hepburn.” “I’d say, ‘I don’t know […]