“She was devastated”: Arnold Schwarzenegger told how his wife found out about his affair with a housewife and illegitimate son 06/06/2023, 06:05

The Terminator star had a long secret relationship with housekeeper Mildred Bain, who bore him a son in 1997. Joseph Bain is now 25 years old and a carbon copy of young Arnie. Schwarzenegger spoke about the dramatic moment when his wife found out about his betrayal. Maria had suspected for a long time that the assistant and her husband were having an affair, moreover, Mildred’s son reminded her more and more of Schwarzenegger every day.

Relations between the spouses became so heated that they were forced to turn to a marriage psychologist in 2011. “The counselor then said, ‘Mary wants to be very specific about something today. She wants to know if you are Joseph’s father?’ I thought my heart stopped. And then I told the truth. “Yes, Mary. Joseph is my son.” She was obviously devastated by it,” Arnold recalled.

According to the actor, at first he himself did not know the truth. Bain did not demand anything from him and continued to work in their house. Arnie thought the boy was from her husband Rogelio. “I didn’t really know it at first, but the older he got, the more it became clear to me. Then a simple question arose: “How can you keep it a secret?” – said the blockbuster actor.

The artist met the niece of the 35th President of the United States, John F. Kennedy, at a tennis match in August 1977. In 1986, Arnold and Maria were married in a romantic ceremony at the Kennedy family home in Massachusetts. “It was the biggest wedding I’ve ever been to. I felt like the luckiest son of a bitch in my life,” admitted the former governor of California.

In 25 years of marriage, Schwarzenegger and Shriver had four children. Their eldest daughter Katherine is now 33 years old, Christina 31, Patrick 29, Christopher 25. Meanwhile, the youngest son appeared just a few days before the birth of the illegitimate child “Iron Arnie”.

As for the romance with Mildred, the actor admits that it was his biggest failure. “I hurt my family enough because I screwed up. Everyone had to suffer. Mary had to suffer, the children had to suffer, Joseph, his mother, everyone. I will have to live with this for the rest of my life,” said the former politician in the Netflix documentary Arnold.

Bain left her husband, Schwarzenegger took care of her and Joseph, in 2010 he bought his lover a house with a pool in California. The housewife retired in 2011, the same year Maria ended her relationship with Arnold. The couple filed for divorce in July 2011, it was officially issued only 10 years later, in 2021.

Arnold admitted that he was glad that he and Maria Shriver raised their children to be good people and were able to maintain a warm relationship. “I think there is nothing more important than having a good partner by your side, and Maria has been like that every step of the way. We have a really great relationship. On any special day we get together as a family and everyone is happy. But of course that’s not what we lived together under one roof as a family,” Schwarzenegger is quoted as saying by the Daily Mail.

At the same time, the artist spoke touchingly about his illegitimate son, who has also become a bodybuilder and is trying his hand at acting. “I’ve seen Joseph grow into a fantastic person. What I did was wrong but I don’t want Joseph to think he is not welcome in this world because he is very welcome and I love him. He turned out to be an extraordinary young man,” added Arnie.

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