Arnold Schwarzenegger admits moment he ‘crushed’ Maria Shriver with love child reveal

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Netflix documentary “Arnold,” the “Terminator” star, 75, said that Shriver, 67, confronted him in 2011 through their marriage counselor regarding his parentage, according to The Sun. “She wants to know if you’re the father of Joseph,” the counselor said regarding Joseph, who was born in 1997.“I thought my heart stopped,” said the former movie star. “And then I told the truth.“Yes, Maria.

Joseph is my son,” Schwarzenegger replied — noting that his then-wife “was obviously crushed by that.”In the wake of his 1996 affair with Mildred, the “Predator” star claimed to believe that Joseph, now 25, was not actually his child due to the fact that his mother was still married to her husband at the time. “In the beginning, I really didn’t know,” explained Schwarzenegger. “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 continued.

The Post has reached out to Schwarzenegger for comment. After the “True Lies” actor — who has children Katherine, 33, Christina, 31, Patrick, 29, and Christopher, 25, with Shriver — came clean about the affair, the couple ended their marriage after nearly 20 years together. “[The divorce] was very, very difficult in the beginning,” Schwarzenegger told The Hollywood Reporter in April. “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.”According to the actor, the affair with Mildred was his biggest “failure.” “I have caused enough pain for my family, because of my f–k up,” said the star. “Everyone had to suffer.”“Maria had to suffer, the kids had to suffer, Joseph, his mother, everyone,” continued Schwarzenegger.