Arnold Schwarzenegger Says Maria Shriver Was ‘Crushed’ When He Told Her About Affair & Child

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Arnold Schwarzenegger is talking astir adjacent the toughest times successful his beingness successful his caller Netflix docu-series, Arnold. That includes the hard clip successful 2011 erstwhile helium told his household that helium had an matter with housekeeper Mildred Baena and was the begetter of her son, Joseph Baena, calved successful 1997. In the documentary, Arnold explained wherefore helium yet came cleanable to Maria Shriver astir the concern and shared however she reacted.

“Maria and I went to counseling erstwhile a week,” helium recalled, per PEOPLE. “And successful 1 of the sessions, the counsellor said, ‘I deliberation Maria wants to beryllium precise circumstantial astir something. She wants to cognize if you are the begetter of Joseph.’ And I thought my bosom stopped and past I told the truth. ‘Yes, Maria, Joseph is my son.’ She was crushed due to the fact that of that.”

Arnold and Maria astatine an lawsuit successful 2009. (Shutterstock)

Maria and Arnold joined successful 1986, had 4 children together, and announced their separation successful May 2011. Days aft quality of their split, Arnold publically confirmed that helium was Joseph’s father. In the connection helium released astatine the time, helium revealed that helium had told his household the quality aft leaving the governor’s bureau successful Jan. 2011.

In the documentary, Arnold added, “I had a matter successful 1996. In the beginning, I truly didn’t cognize [he was my child]. I conscionable started feeling, the older helium got, the much it became clear to me. Then it was truly conscionable a substance of, ‘How bash you support this quiet? How bash you support this a secret?'”

Talking astir this publically “opened up aged wounds” for the actor, who seemed to inactive person regrets astir everything. “I’m going to person to unrecorded with it the remainder of my life,” helium admitted. “People volition retrieve my successes and they volition besides retrieve my failures. This is simply a large failure.”

Arnold and Joseph connected a motorcycle ride. (Broadimage/Shutterstock)

Arnold has a narration with Joseph today, though, and made it wide that helium considers his lad a “fantastic man.” He added, “It was incorrect what I did, but I don’t privation to marque Joseph consciousness similar helium is not welcomed successful this satellite due to the fact that helium is precise overmuch welcomed successful this world. I emotion him and helium has turned retired to beryllium an bonzer young man.”

Although Arnold and Maria person been breached up for 12 years, they person a “really large relationship” today, helium confirmed. “Any benignant of peculiar day, we are each unneurotic arsenic a family,” Arnold said. “But it’s not what it was erstwhile we were each unneurotic nether 1 extortion arsenic a family. That’s not the lawsuit anymore.”

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