Arnold Schwarzenegger reveals how Maria Shriver first confronted her with her business
The actor generated a son with his family's cleaning lady.
One of the biggest Hollywood scandals of the 21st century was the revelation that Arnold Schwarzenegger had deceived Maria Shriver with a woman, Mildred Baena , who worked in their house. The actor also secretly caused a son, Joseph Baena , when he and the cleaning lady were together. The scandal became public in 2011 when the couple announced their separation. At this stage, Schwarzenegger only came to finish his post as Governor of California, and he revealed the family drama in a press release.
Now in his new Netflix documents Arnold , Schwarzenegger opens more to the case, including the way Shriver first confronted him on this subject. Read the rest to find out how she became suspect and how he managed it when he finally decided to reveal the truth.
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Shriver questioned Schwarzenegger on Joseph in therapy.
According People , in the Docuseries (June 7), Schwarzenegger shares this shriver Asked him about being Joseph's father when they were in couple therapy.
"Maria and I went to advice once a week, and in one of the sessions, the advisor said:" I think today that Maria wants to be very specific about something. She wants to know if you are Joseph's father "", recalls Schwarzenegger. . "And I was like - I thought my heart stopped, then I said the truth."
"" Yes, Maria, Joseph is my son, "he said he told her.
He knew it became obvious.
The son of Mildred and Schwarzenneger was born in 1997, so he was already adolescent in 2011. The Terminator Star says in the documentary that he did not always know that he was Joseph's father, but that he became more and more obvious that the boy grew up.
"She was crushed because of this," said Schwarzenegger about her ex-wife who confirmed her suspicions. “I had an affair in 1996. At first, I really didn't know. I just started to feel the more he aged, the more he became clear for me and then it was really a question of how to keep this silence? How do you keep it secret? ""
He explains in the docuseries that he no longer really wanted to talk about the case, because it "opens injuries". He adds: "I think I caused enough pain to my family because of my [explanive]. Everyone had to suffer. Maria had to suffer. The children had to suffer. His mother. Everyone. . "
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Schwarzenegger made the link when Baena was young.
During an interview of 2012 with 60 minutes Schwarzenegger said he had realized that Joseph was his son at the age of seven or eight. The actor explained ( via People ) That when the son of his cleaning lady "began to look like him, this is where [he] has somehow".
At this stage, Mildred was still working at the home of Schwarzenegger and Shriver, and he started to support Mildred and Joseph financially outside to pay for it as an employee.
"It was very difficult, strange, weird," said Schwarzenegger 60 minutes . "I just said to myself:" Okay, I'm going to put it away. ""
He declared in this interview that the council session during which the case had been revealed took place after the end of his mandate in January 2011.
Shriver described the betrayal "painful and heartbreaking".
In May 2011, Schwarzenegger confirmed the case in a declaration at Los Angeles Times Shortly after he and Shriver announced their breakup.
"After leaving the governor's office, I spoke to my wife about this event, which occurred over ten years ago," the statement said. “I understand and deserves feelings of anger and disappointment among my friends and family. There is no excuse and I take full responsibility for the injury I have caused. I apologized to Maria, my children and my family. I am really sorry. "" AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
While Schwarzenegger spoke publicly on the event several times, Shriver has largely kept his private feelings. Shortly after the announcement of the news, She said in a press release For The Hollywood Reporter "It is a painful and heartbreaking period. As a mother, my concern is for children. I ask for compassion, respect and private life as my children and I try to rebuild our lives and to heal. I will have no other comments. "
Schwarzenegger and Shriver have four children together: Katherine ,, Christina ,, Christopher , And Patrick Schwarzenegger , who are now in their twenties and thirties.
Schwarzenegger and Joseph are close.
In the years following a case, Schwarzenegger and Joseph have developed a close relationship, and Joseph A followed in the footsteps of his father As a bodybuilder and actor.
"It was bad what I did. But I don't want to make Joseph feel that he is not welcomed in this world - because he is very well received in this world," said Schwarzenegger in the New docuseries. "I love him and he turned out to be an extraordinary young man."
Schwarzenegger also says that he is proud of the way he and his ex-wife continued co-parents together.
"There is nothing more important than having a good partner by your side, and at each stage of how Maria was that," he explains. "We have a very good relationship. Any type of special day, we are all together with the family. But that is not what it was when we were all together under one roof with the family. It is no longer the case."
