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Arnold Schwarznegger details moment he told ‘crushed’ Maria Shriver about affair.

Arnold Schwarzenegger told “crushed” Maria Shriver the truth of his and Mildred Baena’s affair during a 2011 marriage counseling session.

In the 75-year-old actor’s “Arnold” documentary, out Wednesday, he recalled their counselor asking a “very specific” question at his then-wife’s request (via The Sun.)

“She wants to know if you’re the father of Joseph,” the counselor wondered, referencing their housekeeper’s son, who was born in 1997.

“I thought my heart stopped,” the former governor noted in the Netflix special. “And then I told the truth.”

When Schwarzenegger replied, “Yes, Maria. Joseph is my son,” the journalist, 67, “was obviously crushed by that.”

The “Kindergarten Cop” star went on to explain that after his 1996 affair, he did not initially believe he was Joseph’s father as Mildred was married to Rogelio Baena at the time.

“In the beginning I really didn’t know,” Schwarzenegger, who also shares Katherine, 33, Christina, 31, Patrick, 29, and Christopher, 25, with Shriver, explained. “But the older he got, the more it became clear to me.

“It was then just a matter of, ‘How do you keep this quiet?'” he admitted.

When Schwarzenegger came clean about the paternity scandal in 2011, he and Shriver called it quits after more than two decades of marriage.

“[The divorce] was very, very difficult in the beginning,” the politician told the Hollywood Reporter of the “f–k-up” last month. “Eventually, you move on. … She and I are really good friends and very close, and we are very proud of the way we raised our kids.”

Schwarzenegger joked in May that he and Shriver, whose finalized their divorce in 2021, should get an Oscar Award for doing “everything together” and giving their four kids the “least amount of impact” post-split.

As for Shriver, she explained to Hoda Kotb in February how she re-evaluated “every aspect” of her life after the cheating came to light.

“[I asked myself], ‘What was my role? What could I do better? What had I done that put me in that place?’” she shared on the “Making Space” podcast. “I did everything that was available that I could find to myself.”

Katherine, Christina, Patrick and Christopher, for their part, do not have a relationship with Joseph. The 25-year-old does however, maintain a close bond with their dad.

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by Anonymousreply 115June 18, 2023 9:52 PM

Sho is ugly!

by Anonymousreply 1June 5, 2023 12:35 PM

His kid has a great body, but that face!

by Anonymousreply 2June 5, 2023 12:36 PM

I mean Jose.

by Anonymousreply 3June 5, 2023 12:37 PM

The son has some big ol' teeth. And you know what that means. And I don't think he's ugly at all.

I think it's very telling that the older Schwarzenetter kids don't have any relationship with him. I imagine they think he's not good enough for them.

by Anonymousreply 4June 5, 2023 12:42 PM

[quote]I think it's very telling that the older Schwarzenetter kids don't have any relationship with him. I imagine they think he's not good enough for them.

Yeah, couldn't have anything to do with him being a symbol of their father's betrayal of his family.

by Anonymousreply 5June 5, 2023 12:44 PM

[quote]The son has some big ol' teeth. And you know what that means

Honestly,no. What does that mean?

by Anonymousreply 6June 5, 2023 12:45 PM

Ugh.

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by Anonymousreply 7June 5, 2023 12:46 PM

Straight men will put their dick into any ole snatch regardless of the face attached to it.

by Anonymousreply 8June 5, 2023 12:48 PM

I find his son (Joseph) so incredibly hot

by Anonymousreply 9June 5, 2023 12:50 PM

I Had no idea he was already 75!

by Anonymousreply 10June 5, 2023 1:04 PM

I think his son is good looking.

by Anonymousreply 11June 5, 2023 1:13 PM

^It could also be that the whole thing is very hurtful to their mother, so they keep their relationship with him on the downlow. Who knows what actually goes on in private.

by Anonymousreply 12June 5, 2023 1:15 PM

they are offended because he is the help's son and now they are related to the help

by Anonymousreply 13June 5, 2023 1:31 PM

I mean to be an absolute cunt when I say that if my husband told me he had cheated on me with that hideous, lard-assed monster, I would also have been crushed. With all the gorgeous starlets there are in Hollywood, he chose to ruin his marriage over THAT? He is truly insane.

As for Joseph Baena, he has been unfortunate enough to inherit both his father's australopithecine features and his mother's puffy blowfish face. His photograph should be right next to the definition of Butterface in the dictionary.

by Anonymousreply 14June 5, 2023 1:51 PM

R14 Yes. This choice Arnold made must have been very emotionally abusive to Maria, who is so into starving herself that her face looks like a skeleton. She starved herself for decades to be thin, to keep a man, and that man cheats with a fattie.

by Anonymousreply 15June 5, 2023 1:54 PM

[quote]As for Joseph Baena, he has been unfortunate enough to inherit both his father's australopithecine features and his mother's puffy blowfish face. His photograph should be right next to the definition of Butterface in the dictionary.

100 times THAT!

by Anonymousreply 16June 5, 2023 2:03 PM

i wonder if arnold is secretly attracted to fat women

by Anonymousreply 17June 5, 2023 2:09 PM

[quote]Schwarzenegger joked in May that he and Shriver, whose finalized their divorce in 2021, should get an Oscar Award for doing “everything together” and giving their four kids the “least amount of impact” post-split.

It's truly hilarious that he can minimize the consequences of his actions laud himself in this manner given what he did to his families.

by Anonymousreply 18June 5, 2023 2:11 PM

It doesn’t matter what the maid looked like- she was a willing, available woman and Arnold was ready to fuck. And she worked in his house, it’d be easy for Arnold to sleep with her. I bet she was a more fun lay than Maria, too.

Still, I don’t condone cheating. It’s a shitty thing both of them did.

by Anonymousreply 19June 5, 2023 2:30 PM

Harsh but true, R14, and I have to agree.

Mind you, Joseph seems like a fine young man - humble and hard working unlike the other kids.

by Anonymousreply 20June 5, 2023 2:36 PM

R14 😂😂

by Anonymousreply 21June 5, 2023 2:36 PM

Gives a whole new meaning to Maria ordering Mildred to 'do the sheets today'....

by Anonymousreply 22June 5, 2023 2:42 PM

[quote] t's truly hilarious that he can minimize the consequences of his actions laud himself in this manner

A Leo (Arnold) will always find a way to praise themselves no matter what they've done. He even made Maria move out of the house when they split. The only one who should get an 'Academy Award' for their behavior is Shriver for not murdering the narcissistic fuck. He had an affair with the frumpy housekeeper BECAUSE she was frumpy. Said in admiration "you make love like an ugly woman".

by Anonymousreply 23June 5, 2023 2:43 PM

For the kids to ignore the existence of their half brother is so shitty. Not his fault what his father did to their mother.

by Anonymousreply 24June 5, 2023 3:06 PM

Yeah I feel for the kid. I don’t think he’s ugly around all either.

by Anonymousreply 25June 5, 2023 3:15 PM

No one needs to know this. They are all whores.

by Anonymousreply 26June 5, 2023 3:15 PM

*at all

by Anonymousreply 27June 5, 2023 3:16 PM

What a shitty situation for Joseph Baena. Arnold & Maria’s children have no relationship with him, stupid and cruel.

by Anonymousreply 28June 5, 2023 3:18 PM

The son looks like a Neanderthal.

by Anonymousreply 29June 5, 2023 3:20 PM

It's is cruel and it's surprising that all 4 of them want nothing to do with him. Maybe it's their way of getting back at their dad.

by Anonymousreply 30June 5, 2023 3:20 PM

[QUOTE]with all the gorgeous starlets there are in Hollywood, he chose to ruin his marriage over THAT?

You think he hasn't sampled numerous starlet Pu Pu platters? He loved "polish the helmet" per Spy Magazine's exposé. When he was governor, his Sheraton suite across the street from the Capitol had a revolving door. Maybe Maria was OK with these one-time encounters, but in her house?

by Anonymousreply 31June 5, 2023 3:23 PM

He's their BROTHER. There is ZERO reason for them to ignore him. I could see Maria not wanting to see him, but his siblings are all adults now. Speaks very poorly of them.

by Anonymousreply 32June 5, 2023 3:25 PM

How would they have a relationship with Joseph? It's not like they grew up in the same house and they don't speak over breakfast. Low information judgemental people. They just choose to not seek out a relationship with him and that's understandable.

by Anonymousreply 33June 5, 2023 3:29 PM

I simply do not understand everyone who says that one set of children need to have a relationship with the other.

Why? Is it simply because they share DNA? If that is the case, what if you find out that your assumed blood sibling is actually adopted and no relation at all? Are you then allowed to drop them like a hot rock?

I don’t believe that anyone should be obligated to have a relationship with anyone else, regardless of being relatives, unless you’re a child’s biological parent.

by Anonymousreply 34June 5, 2023 3:30 PM

They shouldn't be obligated to have a relationship with him. If they want to pursue one, they may be torn between wanting to know a brother and not further hurting their mother who was humiliated and devastated by the affair. (so much for hiring unattractive help to keep hubby on the straight and narrow) Maybe, as r12 suggests, they have contact but keep it on the down low. Maybe Joseph doesn't want a relationship knowing they likely hate his mother. So many variables.

by Anonymousreply 35June 5, 2023 3:42 PM

That’s got to be a horrible feeling for a woman to realize the little kid of the maids, also playmates with her own kids is growing up to look just like her husband and then make the startling conclusion this is my husbands son. Good god that is awful.

by Anonymousreply 36June 5, 2023 3:44 PM

Arnold's acknowledging the obvious; she was crushed. That's fine. But he talked about their private therapy session. Is she OK with that?

by Anonymousreply 37June 5, 2023 3:53 PM

[quote]He's their BROTHER.

Half brother.

by Anonymousreply 38June 5, 2023 3:54 PM

They're Kennedys, for Christ's sake. They don't have to have a relationship with anyone.

by Anonymousreply 39June 5, 2023 3:56 PM

I have a half brother whom I never met. Never tried to contact him, he never tried to contact me, and life goes on.

by Anonymousreply 40June 5, 2023 3:59 PM

White women are so gracious and diplomatic. Ain’t no way in hell the counselor would have asked the question if that was a sistah, money or not. She would have been direct and asked outright probably before the therapy session started.

by Anonymousreply 41June 5, 2023 4:03 PM

R40 which one of your moms was the cheap Mexican whore. Or was one your of your dads a landscaper. Arnold has maintained a relationship with the child and has been raising him as his own at least since the kid was a toddler. So I’m trying to understand the point you are trying to make. People who grow up both their parents should have a relationship with their siblings that their parent acknowledges and raises.

by Anonymousreply 42June 5, 2023 4:06 PM

[QUOTE]Arnold has maintained a relationship with the child and has been raising him as his own at least since the kid was a toddler.

Um, how did he raise the kid when the mother and child lived in Bakersfield in the house he bought them and he was a working actor in L.A. still living with his family?

by Anonymousreply 43June 5, 2023 4:12 PM

R43 oh my. You do realize someone can raise someone without having primary custody. Half of Americas kids today are the product of divorce. They aren’t spending one week in the mum’s house and then the next at dads.

by Anonymousreply 44June 5, 2023 4:14 PM

R44, I’m going to need to pictures of Arnold at this kid’s soccer games and taking him to Disney. Being monetarily supportive does not mean having a relationship with and raising said child.

What Arnold did was meant to hide the relation, not bring the kid into a family situation with his other children.

by Anonymousreply 45June 5, 2023 4:19 PM

"Raise" implies an active hand besides the one that signs the checks.

by Anonymousreply 46June 5, 2023 4:21 PM

R42, my dad was the piece of shit, until the day he died.

by Anonymousreply 47June 5, 2023 4:22 PM

R46 It seems like he did. He obviously was hiding it until he just couldn’t anymore. Just as he found time to sleep with his whores, I’m sure he found time to secretly spend time with his son. He probably was spending time at the house.

I like Arnold. I don’t think he is awful; I think he did an awful thing not just the affair but covering it up. I think Arnold was just a pussy hound who thought the maid was on birth control.

by Anonymousreply 48June 5, 2023 4:25 PM

And there's no drama, r42, they separated after my mom found out, my father moved to another city with this woman. My brother never tried to get in touch, and neither did I. No big deal. My father has since died.

by Anonymousreply 49June 5, 2023 4:25 PM

Just rereading r42's post. Mom's a Mexican whore. Dad lovingly raised son since he was a toddler.

Racist and sexist enough?

by Anonymousreply 50June 5, 2023 4:29 PM

^^^ 👏👏👏👏

by Anonymousreply 51June 5, 2023 4:32 PM

[quote][R40] which one of your moms was the cheap Mexican whore.

I only have one mom. She's not Mexican or a whore.

by Anonymousreply 52June 5, 2023 4:33 PM

[quote]Yes. This choice Arnold made must have been very emotionally abusive to Maria, who is so into starving herself that her face looks like a skeleton. She starved herself for decades to be thin, to keep a man, and that man cheats with a fattie.

Uh-oh, am I in trouble!

by Anonymousreply 53June 5, 2023 4:34 PM

R50 Oh please we know we sometime say things for stylized effect on DL. I’m sure she was a good mother but this woman was smiling in Maria’s face, fucking her husband, and then had the nerve to bear his child and not let Maria know.

by Anonymousreply 54June 5, 2023 4:34 PM

Maria!

by Anonymousreply 55June 5, 2023 4:35 PM

R55 😂, love you.

by Anonymousreply 56June 5, 2023 4:36 PM

[quote]The “Kindergarten Cop” star

Sad.

by Anonymousreply 57June 5, 2023 4:36 PM

You couldn't resist the "Mexican" qualifier to whore despite over 90% of the posters on this board being white. And that's a conservative estimate.

by Anonymousreply 58June 5, 2023 4:39 PM

R57 Right all the iconic films Arnie has been in and that is what they choose. I love that Dlounger would point that out.

by Anonymousreply 59June 5, 2023 4:42 PM

R58 Ok it was a little offensive. But is she not a maid. Is she not a whore? It just gave it a better ring. I know I’m awful. I should be more aware being a minority myself. I’m sorry.

by Anonymousreply 60June 5, 2023 4:43 PM

Here is his infamous interview with Oui Magazine in 1977 which later came back to bite him when he ran for Governor (he later claimed he had no recollection of his comments lol).

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by Anonymousreply 61June 5, 2023 4:45 PM

The classism here might be worse than the racism. A maid is not a prostitute and workers are not referred to as "the help." Fuck off with this garbage, it's not wanted here.

by Anonymousreply 62June 5, 2023 4:49 PM

R62 I never called Joseph’s mom a prostitute nor did I even describe her as a paid whore.

by Anonymousreply 63June 5, 2023 4:51 PM

R13 Yes but they must be hot and clean. Increasingly I like being dominated when I hook up with guys and dominating women.

by Anonymousreply 64June 5, 2023 4:53 PM

R64 oh my wrong thread.

by Anonymousreply 65June 5, 2023 4:55 PM

I think you are on the right thread, r65!

by Anonymousreply 66June 5, 2023 4:59 PM

R66 lol, No once in a while DL does that. it’s a glitch. At least I think.

by Anonymousreply 67June 5, 2023 5:01 PM

[quote]I never called Joseph’s mom a prostitute nor did I even describe her as a paid whore.

Well, you should!

by Anonymousreply 68June 5, 2023 6:10 PM

Arnold Schwarznegger was a shitty governor with no experience.

by Anonymousreply 69June 5, 2023 6:29 PM

Shitty father/husband, too, r69.

by Anonymousreply 70June 5, 2023 6:32 PM

I never had much use for Arnie & even less for Maria, but I admire the videos he made, likening his father's & role as a Nazi and what a broken, angry man after WWII and the anger & hatred that Trumps tapped into. Granted, that shit goes over the head of hard core MAGAs, but I have to think he reached at least some people. He didn't have to do that - and he certainly didn't need the crazy that speaking out against Dear Leader elicits, so as someone as widely noted, he's a guy that did a bad thing (or likely many bad things), but has since tried to make things right.

by Anonymousreply 71June 5, 2023 6:39 PM

[QUOTE][R58] Ok it was a little offensive. But is she not a maid. Is she not a whore? It just gave it a better ring. I know I’m awful. I should be more aware being a minority myself. I’m sorry.

Did your mother "fuck inside the house,too, r60?"

by Anonymousreply 72June 6, 2023 2:58 AM

[R46] It seems like he did. He obviously was hiding it until he just couldn’t anymore. Just as he found time to sleep with his whores, I’m sure he found time to secretly spend time with his son. He probably was spending time at the house.

From above.

by Anonymousreply 73June 6, 2023 5:19 AM

[R58] Ok it was a little offensive

Being an alleged racist is supposed to be just a "little" offensive?

Tell us more about yourself, please.

by Anonymousreply 74June 6, 2023 5:52 AM

On top of all those racist qualifiers about Mexicans, you cannot resist being a cunt, still?

Ay, pobrecito.

by Anonymousreply 75June 6, 2023 6:02 AM

Joseph Baena was an awkward teen but is now a pleasant looking man. Patrick was a cute twink but has lost his sparkle and now looks uncomfortable in his own skin.

If you eldergays would ever refresh your references you could keep up on things in your crypts.

by Anonymousreply 76June 6, 2023 6:03 AM

Man, he has the strangest taste in women. Seriously? Maybe she was good in bed? WTF? Are they still together?

by Anonymousreply 77June 6, 2023 6:16 AM

I'd take Patrick any day.

by Anonymousreply 78June 6, 2023 10:56 AM

Personally I'd ride Joseph into next week.

by Anonymousreply 79June 6, 2023 11:33 AM

They aren’t required to have a relationship with him. I don’t blame them for that.

by Anonymousreply 80June 6, 2023 12:44 PM

Inside the world of Joseph Baena amid dad Arnold Schwarzenegger's tell-all Netflix documentary and claims actor's other children have shunned bodybuilder half-brother

Link below.

Looking at the photo of Maria's four kids, I never realized that Christopher actually does look like his dad facially. The four kids are actually quite good-looking.

by Anonymousreply 81June 18, 2023 5:24 PM

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by Anonymousreply 82June 18, 2023 5:25 PM

1. There is no evidence Arnold had a relationship with his son when he was growing up. He provided secret financial support (can be seen as hush money) and that's it. I don't hate him, but I don't think even he claims otherwise.

2. Of course he was with other more attractive women around sets, Brigitte Nielsen and some other more obscure actress have confirmed and probably the list is longer, but they managed to avoid pregnancy.

3. Why her? Yes, she was available and, uniquely, did not draw suspicion just by being at his house. A trailer romp is one thing, but his image was that of a family man and he could not be seen in public with some hottie. Being the maid, Mildred also had more reason to keep it quiet than some starlet might. Her job was at stake.

4. Also, all the pictures we see of her are from like 15 years after the affair. I don't think she was ever a beauty, but most people look better when they're younger, esp. working-class women who've married and had kids. In 1997 she might have been passable and surely more zaftig than neurotic and skeletal Maria by that point.

by Anonymousreply 83June 18, 2023 5:43 PM

The 2 pics of her younger attached below would suggest otherwise. It's actually shocking how busted she is. He will age badly too as he looks a lot like her.

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by Anonymousreply 84June 18, 2023 5:51 PM

I think it's quite likely that Arnold has more illegitimate kids. At least one more. Of course, not with a member of his household staff. He just paid the woman to keep quiet. Not every woman wants to be known for helping to break up a family of 6.

Mildred's face was never passable. I think it was just for the simple reason that Mildred was within reach when Arnie was at home. Like a sex toy. Conveniently in reach when he needed it.

by Anonymousreply 85June 18, 2023 5:52 PM

💯 r85. Straight men are disgusting.

by Anonymousreply 86June 18, 2023 5:55 PM

R84, I think Joseph already may be investing in some plastic surgery. He is going to be in a movie so it wouldn't be unexpected. Like father, like son.

by Anonymousreply 87June 18, 2023 5:57 PM

Straight men, r86? Gay men would never do such a thing!

by Anonymousreply 88June 18, 2023 6:00 PM

More clicks for Murdoch. Great.

by Anonymousreply 89June 18, 2023 6:05 PM

The documentary is not good. I was looking forward to it because I think he’s fascinating. But it’s just a hagiography. They even gloss over the Maria marriage/divorce.

Like most interesting people he’s highly complex. None of that comes thru in this series.

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by Anonymousreply 91June 18, 2023 6:15 PM

I'm wondering if Arnie will give Joseph a baby half-sibling like a bunch of other Hollywood geezers are doing. Then Joseph would have at least one half-Schwarzenegger sibling who doesn't have anything against him.

by Anonymousreply 92June 18, 2023 6:19 PM

I'm no fan of Maria Shriver, but still, what r37 asked.

I've never liked Shriver. Shes one of those annoying rich, entitled women who never tire of giving you advice.

She had one factor, aside from her ambition, over many, many millions of other women - MONEY, but that didn't stop her from being one of those wealthy women who write know-it-all advice books for other women.

And, I think her instinct and her own eyes told her Joseph was his way before the therapy session.

by Anonymousreply 93June 18, 2023 6:21 PM

You're not a Kennedy, Joseph. You're just the spawn of the help.

by Anonymousreply 94June 18, 2023 6:23 PM

R94, nothing you have written is untrue.

by Anonymousreply 95June 18, 2023 6:25 PM

Mildred probably treats Joseph like her prize while ignoring her other kids.

by Anonymousreply 96June 18, 2023 6:26 PM

I admire Jerry Hall because she always put in a lot of energy creating a family umbrella for all of Mick's various children, and even after she and Mick split and he had still more children, Jerry apparently continued to encourage all the children to know each other.

by Anonymousreply 97June 18, 2023 6:32 PM

R97, that was an entirely different situation.

First, Jerry Hall was not Mick's first wife like Maria was for Arnie. In fact, Jerry and Mick were never legally married. Jerry never had any reason to expect Mick to not cheat on her or sire additional kids while they were together. They were a rock-and-roll couple.

By the time Jerry and Mick got together Mick had already publicly established his pattern of continually cheating. He already had kids by at least 2 different women by then.

Arnie pretended to be a traditional family man. Mick never gave off such pretensions. Just because Mick can herd his various kids together a couple of times a year doesn't mean he's a good dad. It just shows he knows how to throw a good party. Plus, Mick never got an ugly member of the household staff pregnant and then expected his family to hang around and wallow in that mud for years.

by Anonymousreply 98June 18, 2023 6:45 PM

R98 If Mildred had been hot then it'd be OK? Why bring her looks into it?

by Anonymousreply 99June 18, 2023 7:06 PM

I remember when Mildred’s baby shower pics were posted. A face that could stop traffic

And she and Maria gave birth a week apart so it’s not like Maria wasn’t putting out.

It’s a miracle Joe is such a hottie. Give up the acting and real estate and do Onlyfans, Joe!

by Anonymousreply 100June 18, 2023 7:14 PM

R99, no, it wouldn't make it okay. I think for hetero male fans of Arnie they at least would find it more understandable.

The big mistake was letting the toxic housekeeper hang around Maria and the kids for years after. Arnie just really shoved their faces in it. And the housekeeper was such a horrible person when she didn't leave on her own.

by Anonymousreply 101June 18, 2023 7:15 PM

[QUOTE]I’m sure she was a good mother but this woman was smiling in Maria’s face, fucking her husband, and then had the nerve to bear his child and not let Maria know.

Is this what happened on Southern plantations before the Civil War when masters and overseers indiscriminately sampled their property? These women's progeny were always treated better and got house positions due to their half white status. What mother wouldn't want to keep their child away from brutal, hot fields and the overseers whip? This is a modern day comparison.

by Anonymousreply 102June 18, 2023 7:46 PM

R101 Most hetero men understand the allure of sex with another woman who is available, even if she's not beautiful. I think it's safe to say Arnold had quite a healthy sex drive and didn't think rules applied to him, because -like the much worse Trump- that was not his experience in life. I haven't noticed a big hetero fan base drop off for Arnold beyond what can be explained by aging. His Netflix series just got renewed for a 2nd season.

It's also not clear when Mildred knew that the baby was Arnold's. Certainly not before it was born, as long as she was also sleeping with her husband, and possibly not immediately after birth either. I think if they knew she was carrying Arnold's baby he would have had her get an abortion and paid her off if necessary.

by Anonymousreply 103June 18, 2023 7:56 PM

[Quote] Why bring her looks into it?

Did you hit your head, r99? Do you know where you are?

by Anonymousreply 104June 18, 2023 8:00 PM

[Quote] And the housekeeper was such a horrible person when she didn't leave on her own.

As soon as those gapped teeth and Neaderthal forehead grew in, she knew what she had.

by Anonymousreply 105June 18, 2023 8:04 PM

R104, The point is that R98 is angry (in an unhealthy parasocial way supposedly on behalf of Arnold & Maria's kids!) that Mildred was not hot. It's just bizarre. No one thinks Mildred was hot, but that's really not relevant as to whether Arnold is a cad.

by Anonymousreply 106June 18, 2023 8:08 PM

Mildred probably wasn't the greatest of mothers since she completely alienated her son from his Schwarzenegger half-siblings.

Maybe there could have been a small chance at a relationship among them if she had left their home when she got knocked up.

by Anonymousreply 107June 18, 2023 8:21 PM

She really should have done a DNA test on the kid and stepped away when the results revealed the Arnie was the dad. She had to know that it was a possibility.

by Anonymousreply 108June 18, 2023 8:27 PM

R108 why didn’t he insist on one? The maid you fucked becomes pregnant shortly after? Uh…gee. What to do?

by Anonymousreply 109June 18, 2023 8:34 PM

R108/R109, but wasn't Mildred's husband out of the country when Joseph was conceived? There wouldn't even have been a need for a DNA test unless Mildred was cheating with other men besides Arnold.

by Anonymousreply 110June 18, 2023 8:44 PM

Rich, famous, powerful, known for his great body - Mildred would never turn that down. Probably started off with blow jobs only. One thing leads to another - maybe she had some A+ incredible pussy. He'd have also gotten off by the thrill if it. Picture Maria soaking in the bathtub while the kids play outside by the pool, and there's Ahnuld pumping away behind Mikdred as she does the dishes! 😂

by Anonymousreply 111June 18, 2023 9:01 PM

1. Where is the evidence her husband was out of the country? Plausible, but I haven't seen it.

2. Why would Arnold want a DNA test? He didn't want to have or acknowledge this child if he didn't have to. That doesn't mean they aren't friendly today, but at the time?

3. How did she" alienate" her son, whom her employer-impregnator didn't acknowledge from his half-siblings? What exactly is the scenario in which Maria and her brood embrace this kid and it becomes one big happy family?

by Anonymousreply 112June 18, 2023 9:14 PM

R112, in answer to question #1, I don't know if I can find that info now. That's what I remember reading at the time. He was out of the country on business in some country south of the U.S. I don't think he and Mildred had the greatest relationship. Maybe she was already cheating on him.

As to question #2, I agree.

As to question #3, it was always going to be a low possibility for the kids to have a relationship with Joseph. But Mildred's actions completely ruled it out when she stayed on at the family home after she got pregnant. She hung around the kids and Maria smiling in their faces all those years while I guess continued to boink Arnold in the marital bed.

by Anonymousreply 113June 18, 2023 9:28 PM

I know Shriver was also in the media w/her various jobs, but I wonder if she ever regretted never eating, after all this. Outside of acheiving a certain look for the camera, I wonder if she regretted not eating. That level of emaciation is never attractive. And apparently, Ah-nold feels the same way (though people cheat for any number of reasons).

by Anonymousreply 114June 18, 2023 9:33 PM

I've told this on DL before but a neighbor worked at Maria's store in Brentwood called "A Room With a View." She said that whenever Maria's white Mercedes pulled up and the door slammed, the entire staff would start to shake. Maria would charge in and scream about anything and everything right in front of the customers. Neighbor said that she could imagine how Maria treated the maid and the secret she had about fucking her husband must have been delicious.

by Anonymousreply 115June 18, 2023 9:52 PM
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