Arnold Schwarzenegger Admits To Fathering Child With Mistress
Posted on May 17, 2011 @ 01:00PM
By Alexis Tereszcuk
Radar Staff Reporter
The truth has finally come out!
Arnold Schwarzenegger fathered a child with a longtime household staffer. That is the reason he and his wife Maria Shriver separated and she moved out of their home.
He admitted that he fathered the child more than a decade ago with an unidentified woman who worked for his family, and apologized.
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"After leaving the governor's office I told my wife about this event, which occurred over a decade ago," Schwarzenegger said Monday night in a statement issued to the Los Angeles Times.
"I understand and deserve the feelings of anger and disappointment among my friends and family. There are no excuses and I take full responsibility for the hurt I have caused. I have apologized to Maria, my children and my family. I am truly sorry.
"I ask that the media respect my wife and children through this extremely difficult time," the statement concluded. "While I deserve your attention and criticism, my family does not."
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According to the report, Maria moved out of the family's Brentwood home after Arnold told her about fathering the child.
The woman with whom he fathered the child worked for the family for 20 years and retired in January.
"I wanted to achieve my 20 years, then I asked to retire," she told the LA Times, saying she received a severance payment and "left on good terms with them."
Before being told of Schwarznegger's admission, the woman told the paper her then-husband was the father of the child. After hearing the statement she declined to comment about the paternity of her child.
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The former Governor of California apparently took financial responsibility for the child and continued to provided support.
The breakup of Arnold and Maria's 25-year-marriage was shocking when it was announced by the couple last week. After a fairy tale romance and marriage that joined a daughter of the Kennedy family with a Republican action hero, the couple took their glamorous lifestyle to the Governor's office in California. When Schwarzenegger was accused of groping over 12 women during his campaign, his wife stood by his side.
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Since their separation, sources have told RadarOnline.com that job offers have poured in for Shriver, a former television journalist, including one from Oprah Winfrey's OWN network.
She thanked her supporters on her Twitter page last week, posting: "Thank you all for the kindness, support and compassion. I am humbled by the love. Thank you."
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I thought both of them originally said that both of them agreed not to talk about this private matter. Now it's national news.
When prostitutes and jugheaded men are national news, it's time to reevaluate.
Posted Tue, 05/17/2011 - 4:43pm
But Maria it vas only von time annd I thought it vas in da ann-noss.
Posted Tue, 05/17/2011 - 2:08pm
How in the h*ll did he manage to keep this quiet not only during his high-profile, gubernatorial campaign, but also during his ENTIRE tenure as governor? That's the most shocking element of this situation.
Posted Tue, 05/17/2011 - 1:00pm
Not only could he not keep it in his pants, he couldn't wrap it up either. So when Maria's dealing with illness and loss of both her parents btw I have a 10 year old, I've been totally ignoring. Douche Bag! Run Maria Run
Posted Tue, 05/17/2011 - 12:02pm
This right after we get the news he commuted a murderers sentence as a political favor to the kids dad hours before he left office. (he left the state a train wreck FTR)
This guy is a world class pig.
Posted Tue, 05/17/2011 - 12:00pm
NO WOMAN with an ounce of respect for herself stays with a man who made a baby on her outside of their marriage. And Maria is no exception. While some look the other way on cheating. They NEVER look the other way on this!
Posted Tue, 05/17/2011 - 11:10am
The next installment of The Terminator has appropriately been renamed The Inseminator Bwahahaha!
Posted Tue, 05/17/2011 - 10:18am
Arnold said he wanted laws changed so he could become President. He came to the US & married into the most powerful political family of the time. Now he knows laws will not change so he wants out of this marriage.
Posted Tue, 05/17/2011 - 10:10am
She is a Kennedy. The Kennedy women usually just put up with that crap so I am glad she is finally the first to not do that.
Posted Tue, 05/17/2011 - 10:05am
Arnold is a hypocritical lying POS. Team Maria. #whatana@@
Posted Tue, 05/17/2011 - 10:05am