Arnold Schwarzenegger Says There’s No Hostility With Ex Maria Shriver After Affair With Housekeeper: ‘It’s Just My F— Up’

Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger opened up about his cheating scandal with his housekeeper Mildred Baena.

His affair was responsible for the end of his 25-year marriage with Maria Shriver. 

“It’s not like we had a feud… we didn’t have a fight,” he told People. “It’s just my f— up.”

Schwarzenegger and Shriver split in 2011 after the scandal broke.

Shriver and Schwarzenegger have, at least publicly, remained amicable about their divorce.

Baena gave birth to her and Schwarzenegger’s son, Joseph, just days after Shriver welcomed her and Schwarzenegger’s son, Christopher.

Schwarzenegger and Shriver also share two daughters and a son, Katherine, 33, and Cristina, 32, and Patrick, 30.

Schwarzenegger made clear that despite his and Shriver’s rocky past, they make sure to collaborate as parents when it comes to their children. “We always made it very clear that the kids should not suffer from [my affair],” he said.

The two make sure to communicate about holiday and birthday plans.

“My chapter with Maria will continue on forever… Even though it’s a different relationship, there’s no reason for me to feel anything other than love for her,” he said.

In October 2022, Schwarzenegger’s son Joseph told Entertainment Tonight that his father was very supportive of his time on Dancing With the Stars.

“He keeps saying, every week, he’s like ‘Jesus Christ, I can’t even believe that you can move like that!’” Baena said.

Katherine has also posted a photo of her father and husband, Chris Pratt, on Father’s Day. The two smile in the photo, cigars in hand.

In an interview with Jimmy Fallon, Pratt later said, “I mean, there’s nothing manlier than Arnold Schwarzenegger smoking a cigar.”

Schwarzenneger was California’s 38th governor and has starred in Hollywood movies such as The Terminator, is a world champion bodybuilder, successful businessman and best-selling author.

Shriver is a journalist, known for her role as a reporter on the NBC program Dateline and as the host of the 1991-1994 interview-based program First Person with Maria Shriver.