<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="13132805" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="joseph-baena" source="Orion">Joseph Baena</keyword> opened up about his relationship with his dad, <keyword id="12054288" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="arnold-schwarzenegger" source="Orion">Arnold Schwarzenegger</keyword>, in an interview.</li><li>"My dad is old-school; he doesn't believe in handouts," Baena said of his famous father. </li></ul>Joseph Baena said his dad, Arnold Schwarzenegger, "doesn't believe in handouts" in a <a href="https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a38903204/joseph-baena-interview/">recent interview with Men's Health</a>. "My dad is old-school; he doesn't believe in handouts," the 24-year-old said. "He believes hard work pays off, and so do I." According to Baena, he doesn't rely on his dad's contacts in the <keyword id="11896019" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="entertainment" source="Orion">entertainment</keyword> industry when auditioning for roles. "I love the word honor, and I'm very prideful in the sense that if I use my dad's contacts or ask him for favors, I wonder what honor is that gonna bring me?" Baena <a href="https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a38903204/joseph-baena-interview/">told Men's Health</a>. When he goes to auditions, the aspiring bodybuilder added, casting directors don't know who he is, since he doesn't use Schwarzenegger's last name."I know it's all me," Baena said of using his own name to secure jobs. <blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px); data.width~540;"><div style="padding:8px;"><div style="background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:62.4537037037% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"></div></div><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CR9U9QdlCdr" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank"></a> <p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A post shared by Joseph Baena (@projoe2)<time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime=""></time></div></blockquote>Elsewhere in the interview, Baena spoke about the <a href="https://www.insider.com/arnold-schwarzengger-son-joseph-baena-mother-interview-2022-2">time his father's identity was leaked to the press</a>. "I remember the day very vividly. I was in the eighth grade," Baena said. "And I get called out of class to leave. And my mom's there, and she's like, 'We gotta go — everyone is finding out about you and who your father is.'"Baena said being a teenager — he was 13 at the time — made the experience even more difficult. "Your body's transforming; your mind is transforming. And now my life transformed before my eyes," Baena said of the emotional time. Born in 1997, Baena is the <a href="https://people.com/movies/joseph-baena-on-not-using-dad-arnold-schwarzenegger-last-name/">son of Schwarzenegger and Mildred</a>, who used to work as the family's housekeeper.Schwarzenegger's affair with Mildred remained hidden until the day after the <a href="https://www.insider.com/best-arnold-schwarzenegger-movies-of-all-time-ranked-2019-10">"Terminator" star</a> left office as the governor of California in 2011. Following the revelation, Schwarzenegger's then-wife, Maria Shriver, <a href="https://people.com/movies/arnold-schwarzenegger-and-maria-shriver-relationship-timeline/">filed for divorce</a> from the actor. Schwarzenegger has four other children with Shriver: <a href="https://www.insider.com/who-is-katherine-schwarzenegger-reportedly-dating-chris-pratt-2018-6">Katherine, 32</a>; Christina, 30; Patrick, 28; and Christopher, 24.

Joseph Baena explains why he doesn't use his dad Arnold Schwarzenegger's last name: 'He doesn't believe in handouts'

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="13132805" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="joseph-baena" source="Orion">Joseph Baena</keyword> opened up what it was like when news leaked that <keyword id="12054288" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="arnold-schwarzenegger" source="Orion">Arnold Schwarzenegger</keyword> is his dad.</li><li>The 24-year-old said in a new interview he remembers the day, when he was 13, "vividly."</li></ul>Arnold Schwarzenegger's son, Joseph Baena, opened up about the time his father's identity was leaked to the press in a new <a href="https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a38903204/joseph-baena-interview/">interview with Men's Health</a>. "I remember the day very vividly. I was in the eighth grade," Baena recalled in the interview. "And I get called out of class to leave. And my mom's there, and she's like, 'We gotta go — everyone is finding out about you and who your father is.'" According to 24-year-old Baena, being a teenager — he was 13 at the time — made the experience even more difficult. "Your body's transforming; your mind is transforming. And now my life transformed before my eyes," Baena said of the emotional time. And while the bodybuilder said it was difficult having to weather a media storm, he emphasized the importance of his relationship with his mother, Mildred. "She was really the only person I had, and I was really the only person that she had," Baena <a href="https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a38903204/joseph-baena-interview/">told Men's Health</a>, adding: "We had each other's backs." <blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px); data.width~540;"><div style="padding:8px;"><div style="background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:62.4537037037% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"></div></div><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CZuIf_ml6KR" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank"></a> <p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A post shared by Joseph Baena (@projoe2)<time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime=""></time></div></blockquote>Born in 1997, Baena is the <a href="https://people.com/movies/joseph-baena-on-not-using-dad-arnold-schwarzenegger-last-name/">son of Schwarzenegger and Mildred</a>, who used to work as the family's housekeeper.Schwarzenegger's affair with Mildred remained hidden until the day after the <a href="https://www.insider.com/best-arnold-schwarzenegger-movies-of-all-time-ranked-2019-10">"Terminator" star</a> left office as the governor of California in 2011. Following the revelation, Schwarzenegger's then-wife Maria Shriver <a href="https://people.com/movies/arnold-schwarzenegger-and-maria-shriver-relationship-timeline/">filed for divorce</a> from the actor. Schwarzenegger has four other children with Shriver: <a href="https://www.insider.com/who-is-katherine-schwarzenegger-reportedly-dating-chris-pratt-2018-6">Katherine, 32</a>; Christina, 30; Patrick, 28; and Christopher, 24. Baena is now following in his dad's footsteps as a bodybuilder.

Arnold Schwarzenegger's son Joseph Baena 'vividly' recalls the day his father's identity was leaked to the press

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Arnold Schwarzenegger "opens up the wounds" of his past in a new Netflix docuseries.</li><li>He recalled the moment his ex-wife found out that he had fathered a child with their housekeeper.</li></ul><a href="https://www.insider.com/how-arnold-schwarzenegger-gets-protein-on-mostly-vegan-diet-2023-6">Arnold Schwarzenegger</a> is reflecting on the moment his ex-wife <a href="https://www.insider.com/chris-pratt-instagram-katherine-schwarzenegger-maria-shriver-comment-2021-11">Maria Shriver</a> confronted him about the son he fathered with their housekeeper."The Terminator" star is the subject of a new three-part Netflix docuseries titled "Arnold," which takes a close look at the Austria native's journey from athlete to actor and American politician. It also delves into his personal life. The third episode touches on the <a href="https://www.insider.com/most-scandalous-divorces-in-us-history">affair Schwarzenegger had</a> in 1996 with a member of their household staff, Mildred Baena, which resulted in the birth of his fifth child, <a href="https://www.insider.com/arnold-schwarzenegger-son-joseph-baena-mildred-interview-acting-2022-2">Joseph Baena</a>.Speaking to the camera, the former bodybuilding champion said: "Maria and I went to counseling once a week, and then in one of the sessions the counselor said, 'I think today Maria wants to go and be very specific about something. She wants to know if you are the father of Joseph.'""And I thought my heart stopped. And then I told the truth: 'Yes, Maria, Joseph is my son.'"He said that following his admission, Shriver was "obviously crushed." According to the actor's memoir, "<a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/9561222/Arnold-Schwarzenegger-wife-confronted-me-on-love-child-day-after-I-left-office.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story</a>," their conversation took place in 2011, the day after he left office as Governor of California. In the documentary, Mark Z. Barabak, a journalist from the Los Angeles Times, recounted how he received a tip about the affair and even had it verified by Schwarzenegger's team but decided to hold off on publishing the story to "afford him and Maria Shriver some time to talk to their family."<iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/x2AEI26LBpA" frameborder="0"></iframe>Schwarzenegger said that even over a decade later, he feels "reluctant" to talk about the scandal, as "every time I do it opens up the wounds again.""I think that I have caused enough pain for my family because of my fuck up. Because of that everyone had to suffer, Maria had to suffer, the kids had to suffer, Joseph, his mother, everyone."The <a href="https://www.insider.com/arnold-schwarzenegger-morning-routine-gym-coffee-donkey-poop-cycle-2023-3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">former Mr. Universe</a> continued: "I am going to have to live with it the rest of my life. People will remember my successes and they will also remember my failures. This is a major failure. I had failures in the past in my career, but this is a whole different ball game, dimension of failure."Speaking about his son, who makes a brief appearance in the episode but does not speak on camera, Schwarzenegger said that he did not know definitively that Baena was his for many years. <div type="image" title="Joseph Baena at the premiere of &quot;Fubar&quot; held at The Grove on May 22, 2023 in Los Angeles, California" height="3872" width="5162" msid="100775524" hostid="261" sizebytes="314266"></div>"In the beginning, I really didn't know, I just started kind of feeling. The older he got the more it became clear to me," he said. "And it was then just really a matter of, how do you keep this quiet? How do you keep this a secret?"He described Baena, who has followed in his footsteps and <a href="https://www.insider.com/fittest-celebrity-dads-and-sons-2019-1">become a bodybuilder</a>, as a "fantastic man" who "makes me proud.""It was wrong what I did," the former governor added. "But I don't want to make Joseph feel that he is not welcomed in this world — because he is very much welcomed in this world. I love him and he has turned out to be an extraordinary young man."Schwarzenegger and Shriver, who is the niece of John F. Kennedy, were married in 1986 and share daughters Katherine, 33, and Christina, 31, and sons Patrick, 29, and Christopher, 25. Although Shriver filed for divorce soon after their fateful counseling session, the pair did not finalize their divorce <a href="https://www.insider.com/arnold-schwarzenegger-maria-shriver-deserve-oscar-for-how-handled-divorce-2023-5">until December 2021.</a>"I'm very happy that within this sad story, Maria and I were able to raise the kids really well," Schwarzenegger said. "I think that there is nothing more important than having a good partner by your side and Maria was exactly that. We have a really great relationship. Any type of special day, we are all together as a family. But it's not what it was when we were all together under one roof as a family. That's not the case anymore.""Arnold" begins streaming on Netflix on June 7.

Arnold Schwarzenegger says his ex-wife Maria Shriver was 'crushed' when he told her he had a secret child with their housekeeper

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The director of "Arnold" said she spoke to Maria Shriver "a few times" while making the docuseries.</li><li>However, she said that when she asked Shriver to participate, she "politely declined" the offer.</li></ul>The director of "<a href="https://www.insider.com/arnold-schwarzenegger-abusive-father-gustav-nazi-death-brother-meinhard-2023-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Arnold"</a> explained why <a href="https://www.insider.com/linda-hamilton-arnold-schwarzenegger-terminator-poser-bodybuilder-actor-2023-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Arnold Schwarzenegger's</a> ex-wife, <a href="https://www.insider.com/arnold-schwarzenegger-said-maria-shriver-nice-butt-eunice-kennedy-2023-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Maria Shriver</a>, does not appear in the docuseries.The three-part Netflix series, released on June 7, closely examines the Austria native's journey from athlete to actor and American politician. It also delves into his personal life, and the third episode touches on how <a href="https://www.insider.com/arnold-schwarzenegger-wife-maria-shriver-relationship-marriage-divorce-affair-timeline-2023-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Schwarzenegger and Shriver's marriage</a> was derailed in 2011 after the bodybuilder came clean about his <a href="https://www.insider.com/most-scandalous-divorces-in-us-history" target="_blank" rel="noopener">affair, which resulted in the birth of a secret son</a>.Speaking to <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/arnold-schwarzenegger-maria-shriver-affair-documentary-202945483.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Yahoo Entertainment</a>, filmmaker Lesley Chilcott explained that she spoke to Shriver while in the process of making the documentary with Schwarzenegger. "We did talk, we talked a few times," she said.However, she said when she asked Shriver to participate, she "politely declined" the offer.Schwarzenegger and Shriver's <a href="https://www.insider.com/arnold-schwarzenegger-meet-children-katherine-christina-patrick-christopher-joseph-baena-2023-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">four children</a> — daughters Katherine, 33, and Christina, 31, and sons Patrick, 29, and Christopher, 25 — also did not contribute to the series, although Christina does appear on camera at one point in a scene filmed at Schwarzenegger's home in Los Angeles.<a href="https://www.insider.com/arnold-schwarzenegger-son-joseph-baena-mildred-interview-acting-2022-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joseph Baena</a>, the son that "The Terminator" star fathered with the family's housekeeper, Mildred "Patty" Baena, in 1996 while he was still married to Shriver, also makes an appearance towards the end of the final installment.He is seen working out with his father in a gym, although he does not speak on camera either.<div type="image" title="Arnold Schwarzenegger speaking in Netflix docuseries &quot;Arnold.&quot;" height="1920" width="3840" msid="100945877" hostid="261" sizebytes="123676"></div>Chilcott added that Schwarzenegger was left "emotionally spent" after recounting the painful period in his life that began the day after he left office as Governor of California when <a href="https://www.insider.com/arnold-schwarzenegger-maria-shriver-reaction-affair-secret-son-joseph-baena-2023-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Shriver had their marriage counselor ask him</a> whether he was Baena's father."It's difficult for him to talk about the affair because he cannot talk about it without someone's feelings getting hurt," Chilcott said. "That was a pretty grave transgression.""After we talked about it, there wasn't much else we could do that day," she said, adding: "I don't believe he intends to talk about this subject anymore."<div type="image" title="Joseph Baena at the premiere of &quot;Fubar&quot; held at The Grove on May 22, 2023 in Los Angeles, California" height="3872" width="5162" msid="100945880" hostid="261" sizebytes="319496"></div>In the docuseries, the "<a href="https://www.insider.com/arnold-schwarzenegger-last-action-hero-flopped-see-anyone-week-2023-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Last Action Hero</a>" actor said that even over a decade later, he feels "reluctant" to talk about the scandal, as "every time I do, it opens up the wounds again.""I think that I have caused enough pain for my family because of my fuck up. Because of that, everyone had to suffer, Maria had to suffer, the kids had to suffer, Joseph, his mother, everyone."The <a href="https://www.insider.com/arnold-schwarzenegger-morning-routine-gym-coffee-donkey-poop-cycle-2023-3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">former Mr. Universe</a> continued: "I am going to have to live with it the rest of my life. People will remember my successes and they will also remember my failures. This is a major failure. I had failures in the past in my career, but this is a whole different ball game, dimension of failure."Although Shriver filed for divorce soon after their fateful counseling session, the pair did not finalize their divorce <a href="https://www.insider.com/arnold-schwarzenegger-maria-shriver-deserve-oscar-for-how-handled-divorce-2023-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">until December 2021.</a>

Maria Shriver 'declined' to appear in Arnold Schwarzenegger's new Netflix documentary series, which chronicled his affair with their ex-housekeeper, director says

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Arnold Schwarzenegger spoke about how he disciplined his children while they were growing up.</li><li>The actor recalled throwing his daughter's shoes into the fireplace to teach her a lesson.</li></ul><a href="https://www.insider.com/photos-life-career-arnold-schwarzenegger-2023-8">Arnold Schwarzenegger</a> is best known for playing tough action heroes in <a href="https://www.insider.com/best-arnold-schwarzenegger-movies-of-all-time-ranked-2019-10">"Commando," "The Terminator," and "Predator,</a>" and it seems he was just as tough as a parent.Appearing on athlete and podcaster Rich Roll's podcast this week, Schwarzenegger spoke about his strict approach to disciplining his children while they were growing up.The star has four children with <a href="https://www.insider.com/arnold-schwarzenegger-wife-maria-shriver-relationship-marriage-divorce-affair-timeline-2023-6">his ex-wife Maria Shriver</a>: Katherine, Christina, Patrick, and Christopher. He also has a son, Joseph, as a result of <a href="https://www.insider.com/arnold-schwarzenegger-maria-shriver-reaction-affair-secret-son-joseph-baena-2023-6">his affair with his former housekeeper, Mildred Baena</a>."Overall, there was discipline in the house," Schwarzenegger recalled. "You don't turn out that light? I will unscrew those light bulbs and you will be going into that dark room at the age of 3, and you'll be scared. So you better start learning to turn off those lights.""You have someone else make your bed?" he continued. "Okay, I'm gonna take the mattress and throw it down the balcony, and then you carry it upstairs and you make your own bed again."Schwarzenegger went on to say that he once threw one of his daughter's shoes into the fireplace."Or when I burned their shoes. When my daughter left her shoes three times in front of the fireplace," he said. "I said, 'The third time it goes in the fire,' and the third time it did go in the fire right in front of her, and she was crying the whole night." <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0setn-FtDs8" frameborder="0"></iframe> Although the actor's children were upset with his methods at the time, Schwarzenegger said that they've since come to respect his strict parenting style."But now, she does the same to her daughter. And now she says, 'That was great that you did that,'" said the star.Schwarzenegger also recalled the time he borrowed some tactics <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSrOLez2GbE" target="_blank" rel="noopener">from his "Kindergarten Cop" character</a> while taking his kids skiing."My kids were crying on the ski slopes: 'I wanna go in, I want a hot chocolate,'" he said. "'There will be no hot chocolate!' You know, the usual 'Kindergarten Cop' kind of a thing? 'There will be no hot chocolate!' I said, 'We're going to ski four runs and then there's a hot chocolate. Not after the first run.'"

Arnold Schwarzenegger's parenting style involved throwing his kids' shoes in the fireplace as discipline

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Arnold Schwarzenegger feels proud of how he and Maria Shriver kept their divorce amicable.</li><li>Shriver filed for divorce in 2011 after discovering her husband had a son with their housekeeper. </li></ul><a href="https://www.insider.com/best-arnold-schwarzenegger-movies-of-all-time-ranked-2019-10">Arnold Schwarzenegger</a> is pretty proud of how he and his former wife <a href="https://www.insider.com/chris-pratt-instagram-katherine-schwarzenegger-maria-shriver-comment-2021-11">Maria Shriver</a> handled their <a href="https://www.insider.com/most-scandalous-divorces-in-us-history">2011 separation</a>, which came following the news that the former bodybuilder had fathered a love child with their housekeeper.In a new interview with <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/arnold-schwarzenegger-interview-netflix-fubar-terminator-conan-1235491977/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Hollywood Reporter,</a> the "Terminator" star reflected on his separation from Shriver, who he was married to for 25 years before the news of his infidelity rocked their marriage.Schwarzenegger, 75, said that the divorce was "was very, very difficult in the beginning," but said that "eventually, you move on."Although Shriver filed for divorce soon after she <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/9561222/Arnold-Schwarzenegger-wife-confronted-me-on-love-child-day-after-I-left-office.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">confronted her then-husband</a> in a marriage counseling session the day after Schwarzenegger left office as Governor of California, the pair did not finalize their divorce <a href="https://www.today.com/news/arnold-schwarzenegger-maria-shriver-finalize-divorce-10-years-after-split-t243966" target="_blank" rel="noopener">until December 2021.</a>Schwarzenegger actually thinks he and Shriver deserve recognition for the way they handled the derailment of their marriage while raising four children together.He said: "If there's Oscars for how to handle divorce, Maria and I should get it for having the least amount of impact on the kids."<div type="image" title="Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver at Studio 54 in New York City, four years before they married." height="3300" width="2378" msid="100306375" hostid="261"></div>The "Total Recall" actor said that he and Shriver are "really good friends and very close, and we are very proud of the way we raised our kids."Schwarzenegger added that even though he has a "wonderful" and "successful" girlfriend, Heather Milligan, he still cares for his ex-wife."Even though we had this drama, we did Easter together, Mother's Day together, the Christmases together, all birthdays — everything together."The <a href="https://www.insider.com/arnold-schwarzenegger-morning-routine-gym-coffee-donkey-poop-cycle-2023-3">former Mr. Universe</a> and the niece of John F. Kennedy share daughters Katherine, 33, and Christina, 31, and sons Patrick, 29, and Christopher, 25, together. <div type="image" title="Christina Schwarzenegger, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Maria Shriver and Katherine Schwarzenegger together 2017" height="2000" width="2666" msid="100306377" hostid="261"></div>On his kids, he added: "The sweetness and kindness you see in them, that's from my wife. The discipline and work ethic is from me."Schwarzenegger is also father to 25-year-old Joseph Baena, whom he shares with his former housekeeper, Mildred Patricia Baena, who has followed in his footsteps and become a professional bodybuilder. In his 2012 autobiography, "Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story," Schwarzenegger said that he was initially <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/9561222/Arnold-Schwarzenegger-wife-confronted-me-on-love-child-day-after-I-left-office.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">in denial</a> that Baena was his son, but as the years went by, <a href="https://people.com/health/arnold-schwarzenegger-lookalike-son-joseph-flexes-gym/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">their resemblance could not be denied</a>.Elsewhere in the interview, Schwarzenegger said that the irony that his character in his upcoming Netflix series "FUBAR" is a divorced man whose marriage partly failed because he cheated is not lost on him or Shriver."We were laughing about it — it feels like it's a documentary," he said but added that there were several differences between his on-screen character's divorce and his own."But in [my real-life marriage to Shriver], it was my fuckup. It was my failure."

Arnold Schwarzenegger thinks he and Maria Shriver deserve an Oscar for how they handled their divorce after it was discovered that he had fathered a child with their housekeeper

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Arnold Schwarzenegger first met his ex-wife Maria Shriver at a charity tennis match in 1977.</li><li>At the event, he told Shriver's mom, Eunice Kennedy: "Your daughter has a really nice ass."</li></ul>Speaking in a Netflix docuseries, <a href="https://www.insider.com/sylvester-stallone-arnold-schwarzenegger-superior-action-star-feud-2023-6">Arnold Schwarzenegger</a> recalled meeting his future wife <a href="https://www.insider.com/arnold-schwarzenegger-maria-shriver-reaction-affair-secret-son-joseph-baena-2023-6">Maria Shriver</a> — and his future mother-in-law, <a href="https://www.insider.com/eunice-kennedy-shriver-wore-grandmothers-vintage-dior-wedding-dress-2020-11">Eunice Kennedy Shriver</a> — in 1977 and the somewhat unexpected way he let his feelings about Shriver be known.As he recounted in the three-part series "<a href="https://www.insider.com/linda-hamilton-arnold-schwarzenegger-terminator-poser-bodybuilder-actor-2023-6">Arnold</a>," the actor had been personally invited by the Kennedys to take part in the Robert F. Kennedy Pro-Celebrity Tennis Tournament, a charitable event that took place annually in the 1970s. Even though he had never held a tennis racket in his life, Schwarzenegger said he agreed, thinking it would be good for exposure as, at that point, he was still an up-and-coming movie star and had not yet starred in any of his <a href="https://www.insider.com/best-arnold-schwarzenegger-movies-of-all-time-ranked-2019-10" target="_blank" rel="noopener">career-defining movies</a>, such as "<a href="https://www.insider.com/arnold-schwarzenegger-james-cameron-terminator-fought-ill-be-back-2023-6">The Terminator</a>" and "<a href="https://www.insider.com/arnold-schwarzenegger-took-no-salary-on-twins-2019-5">Twins</a>.""Before the actual tennis tournament, there was a big party. All of the Kennedys were there," he said. "Eunice came up to me and said, 'Oh, hi, it's so good to have you here. By the way, this is my daughter, Maria Shriver.'"Schwarzenegger said that after this introduction, Eunice told him that Shriver was "fond" of him, to which he cheekily replied: "Well, your daughter has a really nice ass.""I said, 'I have to tell you that,'" he continued. "Eunice said, 'Thank you,' and then she walked away, kind of like, 'What the hell.'""It was a stupid thing to say. I don't know why I said it," Schwarzenegger added with a laugh.<div type="image" title="Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maria Shriver and Eunice Kennedy Shriver at the RFK Pro-Celebrity Tennis Tournament in 1978, a year after the actor first met Shriver." height="2236" width="3000" msid="100945475" hostid="261" sizebytes="362238"></div>At the time, Schwarzenegger was 30 years old, while Shriver was 21. During his match, Schwarzenegger said that he could see that Shriver was intently watching him play "the entire time." "After it was over, she and Caroline Kennedy came over to me and started chatting. Then Maria said, 'I think you should come to Hyannis Port with us tonight.'"While there, Schwarzenegger said that they swam in the ocean together and spent time on the Kennedys' boat, where sparks began to fly between them the two of them.The following day, the Kennedys invited Schwarzenegger to attend church with them. The actor recalled "sitting there like a schmuck with my tennis shorts on" because he did not have a change of clothes with him.Reflecting on the early days of their romance, the "True Lies" actor said: "I really fell in love with Maria. Not because she was a Kennedy, but because she just had an extraordinary personality."He added: "I could see that little rebel in her. I wanted to escape from my home in Austria. She also wanted to escape. So that was kind of the beginning of Maria and I."<div type="image" title="Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver at Studio 54 in New York City, four years before they married." height="3300" width="2378" msid="100945476" hostid="261" sizebytes="548690"></div>The couple <a href="https://www.insider.com/arnold-schwarzenegger-wife-maria-shriver-relationship-marriage-divorce-affair-timeline-2023-6">tied the knot in April 1986</a>, nearly nine years after they first met, in a church ceremony held in Hyannis, Massachusetts, surrounded by Shriver's family and several A-list names including Andy Warhol, Grace Jones, Barbara Walters, and Oprah Winfrey. The couple went on to welcome <a href="https://www.insider.com/arnold-schwarzenegger-meet-children-katherine-christina-patrick-christopher-joseph-baena-2023-6">four kids together</a>: daughters Katherine, 33, and Christina, 31, and sons Patrick, 29, and Christopher, 25. In 2011, after 25 years of marriage, Schwarzenegger and Shriver announced they were divorcing as the world learned of the "Commando" actor's <a href="https://www.insider.com/arnold-schwarzenegger-maria-shriver-reaction-affair-secret-son-joseph-baena-2023-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">secret son</a> that he fathered with a member of their household staff. (In 1996, he had an affair with the family's housekeeper, Mildred Patricia "Patty" Baena, which resulted in the birth of his fifth child, <a href="https://www.insider.com/arnold-schwarzenegger-son-joseph-baena-mildred-interview-acting-2022-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joseph Baena</a>.)It took the couple a decade to sign the papers and their divorce was only <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/arnold-schwarzenegger-maria-shriver-finalize-divorce-10-years-split-rcna10411" target="_blank" rel="noopener">finalized in late 2021</a>.However, the former couple is still on good terms, with Schwarzenegger telling <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/arnold-schwarzenegger-interview-netflix-fubar-terminator-conan-1235491977/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Hollywood Reporter</a> in May that the family of six still do "Easter together, Mother's Day together, the Christmases together, all birthdays — everything together."

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