Overview
- In a Time magazine interview published this week, DiCaprio said his stepmother, Peggy DiCaprio, practices Sikhism as an Amritdhari Sikh.
- Reports describe Peggy as often wearing a turban and traditional Indian attire in public.
- DiCaprio framed the revelation within his upbringing, noting his father George’s 1970s counterculture and underground art connections in San Francisco and Los Angeles.
- He recalled a light moment from Once Upon a Time in Hollywood when Brad Pitt initially doubted that George and Peggy were his parents during a set visit near Musso & Frank on Hollywood Boulevard.
- Coverage also notes that Peggy married George in 1995 and that Leonardo’s stepbrother is Adam Farrar, while fans in India responded warmly online.