While Audrey Hepburn remains one of the reigning Queens of Old Hollywood, an on-screen legend, she was also the proudest mother of two sons. In fact, in a recent interview with Closer Weekly, her son Sean Ferrer revealed what made her quit acting, and why she became a “full-time mother.”
“When I had to go to school and could no longer travel to be with her on the set, she gave up her career and became a full-time mom,” he said to the outlet about what changed it all. “I went to school with the children of the village.”
He then talked about how much she loved living in Switzerland with their family, especially in their iconic home that she called La Paisible, saying, “She liked walking a lot and she liked to know her neighbors — in Hollywood that is sometimes hard. My mother didn’t have a driving license and she loved dogs, so she was a very good walker.”
For those that don’t know, Hepburn welcomed two sons: one named Sean Hepburn Ferrer, born July 1960, with her ex-husband Mel Ferrer, and another son named Luca Dotti, born Feb 1970, with her second husband Andrea Dotti.
She tragically suffered multiple miscarriages, and her son Sean previously revealed how much that took a toll on her when discussing his book Little Audrey’s Daydream.
Now, this isn’t the first time he talked about his surprisingly normal childhood and how dedicated of a mother Hepburn was.
In a previous talk with the Guardian, he detailed what having Hepburn was like for a mom, and how she moved the family out of Hollywood, out of the spotlight, so they could have a normal childhood.
“I didn’t grow up in Hollywood, the place, or the state of mind. We didn’t have screening rooms at home. I grew up in the countryside as a normal kid. I can see how movie stars lose touch with reality,” he said. “I can understand that, because you’re told a million times a day in so many little gestures that you’re some how special and unique. My mother didn’t take herself seriously. She used to say I take what I do seriously, but I don’t take myself seriously.”
Before you go, check out this gallery of celebrities who had their children at a young age below:
