When Michael Lindsay-Hogg was 16, his mother reluctantly divulged that there had been pervasive rumours that his father was Orson Welles, and she denied them—but in such detail that he was left confused and skeptical. Fitzgerald evaded the subject for the rest of her life.
At age sixteen, Michael Lindsay-Hogg learned from his mother that there had been persistent rumors about his father being Orson Welles. She denied these claims but provided so much detail that he was left confused and doubtful. Fitzgerald never addressed this subject again.