Julie Andrews: The Secret Life of Mary Poppins — A Hollywood Saint’s Hidden Scandals Revealed

For decades, the world knew her as the embodiment of grace, virtue, and elegance.

But at 89, Julie Andrews is finally pulling back the curtain — and what she reveals in her explosive new memoir “Homework” is shaking Hollywood to its core.

Beloved as Mary Poppins, adored as Maria von Trapp, Julie Andrews has always been Hollywood’s eternal angel.

But now, the woman who floated across the screen on an umbrella admits her real life was anything but picture-perfect.

“I spent my childhood trying to fix broken adults,” she writes — and what follows is a story so raw and shocking it feels more like a confession than a memoir.

Born Julia Elizabeth Wells in 1935, Andrews reveals a harrowing past overshadowed by family secrets, betrayal, and survival.

Her stepfather, once thought to be her protector, is now described as a volatile alcoholic who often blurred the line between affection and control.

In one chilling passage, Andrews recalls locking herself in a cupboard to escape his drunken outbursts — only to emerge and perform on stage hours later, her voice angelic, her heart breaking.

By nine, she was supporting her entire family, standing on a beer crate just to reach the microphone, singing for soldiers and strangers while the adults around her spiraled into chaos.

“The applause,” she writes, “was the only sound that made me feel safe.”.

But the biggest shock in Homework isn’t her childhood — it’s the double life behind her saintly image.

Andrews reveals that Mary Poppins had a “wicked streak” — and so did she.

On the set of Mary Poppins, a harness mishap sent her crashing to the floor, and in a fit of pain and fury, the wholesome star unleashed “a storm of profanity so fierce it made Walt Disney drop his cigar.”

Behind the scenes, Andrews admits she fought to maintain control in an industry eager to exploit her sweetness.

“They wanted a goddess,” she writes, “but I was human — and furious.”

Her marriage to director Blake Edwards is portrayed as both passionate and turbulent.

She describes their love as “a beautiful collision of madness and devotion,” confessing that the two shared “dark nights filled with fear, pills, and genius.”.

Edwards’ health battles and bouts of depression tested her strength, but Andrews reveals she too wrestled with her own demons — including crippling anxiety, a dependence on medication, and a quiet resentment of the perfect image the world imposed on her.

The most unexpected twist comes in the memoir’s final chapters, where Andrews hints at a long-kept Hollywood secret — a rumored affair during the height of her career with a fellow A-list co-star, known for his charm and scandalous reputation.