One of
my favorite quotes of all-time is from Arnold Schwarzenegger in the movie Commando.
Holding onto one of the villain's legs while dangling him over a cliff, Arnold asks the villain, "Remember, Sully, when I promised to kill you last?"
The panicked villain cries, "That's right, Matrix! You did!"
Schwarzenegger
answers, "I lied." Then, he let's go of the villain who plummets to his death.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
could have used this line to sum up the theme of his life marriage to now
ex-wife, Maria Shriver.
Arnold: "Remember, Maria when I said I would love and honor you all the days of my life?"
Maria: "That's right, Arnold! You did!"
Arnold: "I lied..."
It could also easily
be the title to his next movie and sequel, True
Lies part 2. Ok, ok, ok, I'm beating a dead horse.
And apparently, Arnold preferred it this way sometimes.
On "60 Minutes," to promote his new book, Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story, Schwarzenegger claimed to have hidden numerous secrets from his wife of 25 years. From trying to conceal open heart surgery (though I don't think he thought through how to hide the GIGANTIC scar on his chest post-surgery), to running for Governor to the marriage-ending, hard-to-fathom affair with housekeeper, Mildred Baena, he spilled it all.
Schwarzenegger also confessed to
having several other affairs. He simply explained, "that's the way I handle
things. And it has always worked out." One can only hope that's not the way he
handled his position as California's governor.
It's sad, on Maria's part, that she
gave up her TV journalism career to help in her husband's campaign for office
and defend his "innocence" when he was accused of groping many women in his
early career.
About 7 to 8
years after his affair with Mildred Baena, Schwarzenegger began to notice that
her son, Joseph, closely resembled him (he really does look like his Mini-Me)
and he began to send Baena child support.
Schwarzenegger also revealed the couple went to a marriage counselor in an attempt to transition back to "normal life" from politics. According to Schwarzenegger, it was there when Maria Shriver would say "Hey, I think that Joseph is your kid..."
Schwarzenegger also confirmed a steamy affair with actress Brigitte Nielsen on the '80s movie set of Red Sonja. What Schwarzenegger looks to gain from describing his affair with her as "hot," we don't know but apparently it was a fling that helped him make decide to marry Shriver, whom he hopes to reconcile to now.