Where Arnold Schwarzenegger & Maria Shriver Stand After His Affair

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Maria Shriver Details “Brutal” Divorce From Arnold Schwarzenegger

The termination of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver’s matrimony came astatine a peculiarly hard clip successful her life.

Less than 2 years aft her mother Eunice Kennedy Shriver died, the writer mislaid her begetter Sargent Shriver, ended her word arsenic First Lady of California and learned of her husband’s affair—leading her to record for divorce.

"My twenty-five-year-long matrimony blew up," she recalled of that 2011 play successful her caller publication I Am Maria, according to an excerpt shared by People. "It broke my heart, it broke my spirit, it broke what was near of me.”

As Maria enactment it, she was “consumed with grief and wracked with confusion, anger, fear, sadness and anxiety.”

"I was unsure present of who I was, wherever I belonged," she added. "Honestly, it was brutal, and I was terrified."

Arnold had confessed to Maria successful a counseling session that helium had an matter with their housekeeper Mildred Baena successful 1996 that resulted successful him fathering lad Joseph Baena, present 27, who was calved the pursuing year.

"In the beginning, I truly didn’t know," The Terminator prima said successful his 2023 documentary Arnold successful regards to the paternity of the child, with whom he’s since formed a bond. “I conscionable started benignant of feeling. The older helium got, the much it became wide to me, and it was past conscionable truly a substance of however bash you support this quiet? How bash you support this a secret?”

It was a concealed Arnold had to uncover not lone to Maria but besides to their children Katherine Schwarzenegger, 35; Christina Schwarzenegger, 33; Patrick Schwarzenegger, 31, and Christopher Schwarzenegger, 27, arsenic good arsenic to the public.

"Because of that, everyone had to suffer," helium continued. "Maria had to suffer, the kids had to suffer, Joseph, his mother. Everyone."

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However, some Maria and Arnold—who finalized their divorcement successful 2021 10 years aft their breakup—have gotten to the different broadside of that suffering.

"She and I are truly bully friends and precise close, and we are precise arrogant of the mode we raised our kids," the 77-year-old shared successful a 2023 interrogation with The Hollywood Reporter. "Even though we had this drama, we did Easter together, Mother’s Day together, the Christmases together, each birthdays—everything together. If there’s Oscars for however to grip divorce, Maria and I should get it for having the slightest magnitude of interaction connected the kids."

Arnold Schwarzenegger's Cheating Scandal "Crushed" Maria Shriver

And Maria—who writes successful her publication astir her "trips to assorted therapists, healers, shamans, and psychics” arsenic good arsenic a brief enactment successful a convent connected her roadworthy to healing—has likewise expressed however she wanted to beryllium capable to determination forward, including by rebuilding a relationship with Arnold.

"I deliberation Arnold and I person a large narration now, and I deliberation determination volition ever beryllium a emotion there," the 69-year-old said connected the March 25 occurrence of The Oprah Podcast. "As you said, I met him erstwhile I was 21 years old.  He’s the begetter of my children. We’re grandparents together. I don’t privation to person hate, I don’t privation to person choler successful my assemblage towards different person. I don’t privation that successful my beingness astatine all.”

And she doesn’t privation that for her children either.

“I didn’t privation my kids to person abstracted day parties," Maria added. “I didn’t privation them to accent astir erstwhile they were going to get married, accent astir erstwhile they would person a child. I didn’t privation what happened betwixt their dada and maine to ruin their lives. It already causes a rupture successful their life, right? But I wanted to exemplary for them a caller mode forward. I anticipation they don’t get divorced due to the fact that I judge successful marriage, but I privation them to cognize that you tin bash it well. It takes time.”

Through time, she's been capable to find forgiveness—both for her hubby and for however hard she was connected herself. As Maria—who’s talked astir however poesy besides helped successful her healing process—wrote successful an excerpt of her publication shared connected Oprah Winfrey’s podcast, "If I forgive maine / I tin forgive him / I tin forgive her / And truthful it is / All is forgiven / We are each escaped to go."

To larn much astir the Schwarzenegger-Shriver family, support reading.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger

Hasta la vista, baby…bottles! That’s due to the fact that these days, the actor’s kids Katherine Schwarzenegger, Christina Schwarzenegger, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Chris Schwarzenegger (with ex-wife Maria Shriver) and Joseph Baena (with erstwhile housekeeper Mildred Baena) are each grown up.

So, these days, his favourite rubric is nary longer dad—but grandpa to Katherine and hubby Chris Pratt’s 3 kids together: Lyla, Eloise and Ford.

"It's the easiest happening to beryllium a grandfather," Arnold told Jimmy Kimmel successful 2022. "They travel implicit to the house, you play with Lyla for astir an hr oregon two, enactment her connected the horse, enactment her with the dog. And aft 2 hours, they leave."

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Maria Shriver

Maria wed Arnold successful 1986, but filed for divorcement successful 2011 aft she learned helium had fathered a kid done his affair.

And her son-in-law Chris applauds the mode the erstwhile archetypal woman of California and her ex co-parented successful the spotlight.

"She and Arnold raised 4 astonishing kids, and that's not ever an casual happening to do," the Guardians of the Galaxy histrion told Today successful May 2024. "You spot radical successful Hollywood oregon radical who’ve got a batch of privilege, and they extremity up benignant of raising rotten kids. So I conscionable privation to benignant of inquire her everything. ‘What’d you do? How did you not spoil them? How did you not ruin them?'"

The evident secret, Chris added, "I deliberation she holds them accountable. When Maria walks successful the room, you basal up. She’s large connected manners, and she’s large connected accountability, and she's profoundly rooted successful her faith. These are each things that I decidedly privation to instrumentality and instrumentality successful the rearing of our children." 

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Patrick Schwarzenegger

Born successful 1993, Patrick is the oldest lad of Arnold and Maria. And portion having parents successful the concern is large and all, he's besides credited his brother-in-law Chris with helping him nab 1 plum part.

"I retrieve erstwhile Chris said, 'Hey you cognize there's this young role, Donny Mitchell, you'll beryllium the youngest successful the platoon," Patrick told Jimmy Kimmel successful 2022 of booking a gig successful the Amazon Prime Video bid The Terminal List. "'But if you privation to get this role, I request you to spell and effort to get into quality and truly get this. I request you to summation 20 pounds and commencement tactical training, and cognize however they move, the assemblage language, each this stuff.'" 

Having the accidental to bid with real-life Navy SEALs, helium added, was "a imagination travel true." And much pinch-me moments person followed, with the histrion going connected to play Saxon Ratliff connected The White Lotus and Tim Tebow successful FX's American Sports Story.

But adjacent with each his connections, Patrick makes it wide helium puts successful the hard work.

"I cognize determination are radical who’ll accidental I lone got this relation due to the fact that of who my dada is," Patrick told The Sunday Times successful February 2025 of his portion connected The White Lotus. "They’re not seeing that I’ve had 10 years of acting classes, enactment connected schoolhouse plays each week, worked connected my characters for hours connected extremity oregon the hundreds of rejected auditions I’ve been on."

Soon, he'll beryllium taking connected a caller role: husband. He projected to model Abby Champion successful December 2023. 

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Katherine Schwarzenegger

Meanwhile, Katherine is the eldest of the Schwarzenegger kids overall, with Arnold and Maria welcoming her successful 1989.

And now, The Gift of Forgiveness writer has a household of her ain with Chris, who she married successful 2019 aft a twelvemonth of dating.

In 2020, they welcomed girl Lyla. Little sister Eloise entered the world 2 years aboriginal followed by younger member Ford successful 2024.

"When I became a mother, I felt similar everything successful my beingness had led maine close to that babe being enactment connected my chest, and it was perfect," she wrote successful a piece for her parent Maria's website. "Mom is the rubric I person ever wanted and the relation that I person looked guardant to for arsenic agelong arsenic I tin remember."

Plus, she has a bonus stepson Jack, whom Chris and ex-wife Anna Faris welcomed successful 2012.

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Chris Pratt

For Chris, household ever comes first.

However, helium was upset erstwhile helium received backlash successful 2021 aft helium praised Katherine connected Instagram for giving him a “gorgeous steadfast daughter," with immoderate societal media users uncovering the station insensitive to Anna and Jack, who was calved premature.

“A clump of articles came retired and said, ‘That’s truthful cringeworthy. I can’t judge Chris Pratt would convey her for a steadfast girl erstwhile his archetypal kid was calved premature. That’s specified a excavation astatine his ex-wife,’" the Parks and Recreation alum told Men’s Health successful 2022. “And I’m like, That is f--ked up. My son’s gonna work that 1 day. He’s 9. And it’s etched successful integer stone. It truly f--king bothered me, dude. I cried astir it. I was like, I hatred that these blessings successful my beingness are—to the radical adjacent to me—a existent burden.”

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Jack Pratt

Anna and Chris' lad Jack was calved astir 2 months aboriginal successful August 2012 and spent clip successful the neonatal intensive attraction unit.

"The time came erstwhile I got to instrumentality Jack home,” the histrion recalled astatine a 2021 lawsuit for the Global Alliance to Prevent Prematurity and Stillbirth, “and the archetypal years were filled with doctor's appointments, 5 surgeries, carnal therapy, a batch of laughter—because Jack was and is the astir adorable cutest happening I could ever person imagined.”

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Lyla Marie Schwarzenegger Pratt

A small much than a twelvemonth aft Katherine and Chris tied the knot, they welcomed girl Lyla Maria Schwarzenegger Pratt in August 2020, her mediate sanction a motion to Katherine’s mother.

And portion Chris keeps overmuch of his family beingness private, helium did stock that Jack was already acing his duties arsenic the older sibling.

"He's truly large with her,” the Jurassic World prima told Entertainment Tonight successful 2021. “She ever wants to propulsion his glasses disconnected his face, and he’s precise diligent with her. He’s a large large brother.”

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Eloise Christina Schwarzenegger Pratt

Fast-forward to March 2022, erstwhile Chris and Katherine grew their household with the summation of girl Eloise Christina Schwarzenegger Pratt.

"I’m miss dada 2.0," the Zero Dark Thirty histrion told E! successful June 2022. "My oldest girl is adjusting precise good to being a large sister. At first, she was kinda like, ‘So, what’s the woody with that thing? What up with that? Look astatine me.’ And now, she’s precise overmuch embraced the idea. She perpetually wants to clasp her sister, and she’s conscionable very, precise sweet. That’s the worldly that’s important. It’s the worldly that beingness is made of, and I consciousness incredibly blessed and filled with joy.”

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Christopher Schwarzenegger & Christina Schwarzenegger

Christopher Schwarzenegger is Arnold and Maria's youngest lad together, and Christina Schwarzenegger is their youngest daughter.

Born successful 1997, Christopher has stayed mostly retired of the nationalist eye. He is Vice Chair of the Special Olympics Founder's Council. According to his bio, Christopher is besides the Director of Development astatine accumulation institution Indus Valley Media. He antecedently worked astatine originative contented bureau Malka arsenic good arsenic for sports psychologist Trevor Moawad and is simply a University of Michigan grad with a science degree.

As for Christina, calved successful 1991, she's an enforcement producer—with her past credits including the 2018 documentary Take Your Pills and 2022 doc Take Your Pills: Xanax.

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Joseph Baena

Joseph is Arnold's lad from his matter with then-housekeeper Mildred Patricia Baena.

While Joseph was calved successful 1997, Arnold didn't find retired helium was the begetter until overmuch later.

"I had an matter successful '96," The 6th Day alum said successful his 2023 docuseries Arnold. "In the beginning, I truly didn't know. I conscionable started benignant of feeling. The older helium got, the much it became wide to me, and it was past conscionable truly a substance of however bash you support this quiet? How bash you support this a secret?"

While Arnold called the matter a "major failure" successful his life, helium noted that Joseph makes him proud.

"It was incorrect what I did," helium said successful the doc. "But I don't privation to marque Joseph consciousness that he's not invited successful this satellite due to the fact that he's precise overmuch invited successful this world. And I emotion him, and he's turned retired to beryllium an bonzer young man."

Like his dada Arnold, Joseph is an histrion and has a passionateness for fitness. He besides works successful existent property and competed connected play 31 of Dancing With the Stars.

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Anna Faris

Chris and Anna tied the knot successful 2009, but aft 8 years of marriage, they announced their breakup.

Anna (who was antecedently joined to Ben Indra) hinted her beingness with Chris wasn’t arsenic representation cleanable arsenic it whitethorn person seemed. 

“I'm definite things were much transparent with my narration with Ben,” she said connected a 2021 occurrence of her podcast Unqualified, “but with Chris, I deliberation that we some protected that imagery adjacent wrong our adjacent circles."

And Anna—who is present joined to cinematographer Michael Barrett—suggested being successful the aforesaid manufacture arsenic her exes didn’t help

“My 2 different marriages were with actors, and I don’t deliberation we did a large occupation of eliminating competitiveness—or astatine slightest I didn’t,” she shared connected another episode of her podcast aboriginal that year. “Being a arrogant idiosyncratic and not wanting to uncover vulnerability, immoderate hints of competitiveness and comparison, I didn’t grip that precise well, I don’t think, and I anticipation I’ve grown from that.”

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