TMZ has a story claiming that Maria Shriver’s people are the ones who went to the press with the story after she was livid to find out that her husband had a secret teen son with her housekeeper of 20 years. This report is consistent with earlier rumors that Maria is the one who confronted the maid about her suspicions that the boy was Arnold’s. When Maria’s worst fears were confirmed, she allegedly wanted to blow the lid off the scandal right away and hold a press conference, but her friends told her to do it through the press instead. This would also explain why Arnold was so quick to own up to the child – Maria was going to nail him as the father either way, and it was his only option.
When I ask in the title if Maria should have leaked that story, I’m not asking because I think that Maria should kept Arnold’s secret for him. I’m asking because I think Maria had the best leverage over Arnold in a divorce and that she played her hand way too early. If I’ve learned anything from soap operas, it’s that knowing someone’s deep secret, holding it over their heads and terrorizing them with it is far more effective than ripping the bandaid off and letting the whole town know right away.
Here’s the story from TMZ:
The Arnold Schwarzenegger baby drama story was leaked to the media by Maria Shriver’s own people … and they did it because Maria was so angry at Arnold, she wanted to do it herself.
TMZ has new information from sources connected to Maria. We’re told when Maria found out that Arnold was the father of Mildred Patty Baena’s son, she was “hysterical” and wanted to hold a news conference blowing the lid off the scandal.
We’re told Maria’s friends talked her off a ledge and a plan was eventually hatched to leak the details to the L.A. Times and TMZ.
And we have new information about when Maria found out about the baby. Now we’re told Maria learned about Arnold’s love child in late April or very early May.
The timeline further supports the story TMZ broke earlier — that Maria was miserable in her marriage and wanted out for a long time. As we first reported, Maria was looking at pricey L.A. condos back in January with a Beverly Hillls realtor.
Maria has told friends for nearly two years she wanted a divorce but never pulled the trigger. Maria, we’re told, is now ready to end the marriage.
As for Arnold, our sources say he’s upset Maria was talking to her friends about the scandal. Arnold and his people know the story leaked through Maria’s camp.
[From TMZ]
This makes the most sense. The housekeeper wasn’t about to tell anyone. She was being well taken care of by Arnold and according to earlier reports she didn’t tell the boy or even her sister that Arnold was her son’s father. We haven’t seen paparazzi photos of the woman, Mildred Baena, and the press has been camped outside her home. She’s hired a lawyer though, or Arnold’s people have, as someone sent a cease and desist on her behalf to Radar Online.
Meanwhile News of The World has photos of Arnold at his son’s Christening and playing with him. That would have presumably been right around the time that Arnold found out he was the boy’s father. (I have not yet seen the photos as the NOTW website is subscription only, and am going on secondary accounts.)
The NY Post reports that Arnold doted on Baena’s sons, including her now 20 year-old son from her marriage, and lavished gifts on them. The boys and Baena also regularly went on vacation with Arnold and his family. Arnold was even the godfather to Baena’s older boy. It makes you wonder why Maria didn’t figure it all out a lot sooner. Maria may be wondering that too. She’s said to have hired a private detective to figure out all the other sordid things Arnold was up to during their long marriage. According to actress Jane Seymour, she’s heard there are at least two more of Arnold’s love children out there. Arnold’s biographer says that number could be as high as six.
Maria is shown on the Oprah farewell spectacular on 5/17/11. Credit: WENN. She’s also shown on 5/21/11. Credit: Fame
Well I think it’s awesome if she leaked the info. Why should she continue to protect the bastard…AND she isn’t playing the victim.
“If I’ve learned anything from soap operas, it’s that knowing someone’s deep secret, holding it over their heads and terrorizing them with it is far more effective than ripping the bandaid off and letting the whole town know right away.”
and it’s this kind of writing that makes me keep coming back…bravo, Celebitchy.
oh, and UGH…this whole thing is going to get more ugly…
Seriously, one, two or twenty. What does it matter now??
The man is clearly a pig….
I do not buy that Maria only found out after Arnold left the Governorship.
Hath has no fury, like a woman scorned. Maria did this for her own revenge.
In the end, who does this hurt the most? The children.
Heck yes! 1st of all, he was very disrespectful cheating without using a condom (just NASTY). 2ndly, it will help in the divorce settlement. Should have have either kept his pants zipped or strapped up. Either way he was dead wrong and that’s what he gets!
I still feel sorry for the child or any other children that would be involved with this shit.
Even if Maria’s peps did release it – that’s a woman scorned, in the end Arnold’s cheating ways would still surface
PS: Arnold is a sleez-ball-douche
I understand why she did it. I would have just been so tired of his lies and would have wanted everyone to know. It would have come out anyway soon enough.
Conduct yourself how you’d like to remembered.
(That whole “kids born within 5 days of each other by different moms” is just F’n N.A.S.T.Y. He deserves whatever he gets. And I hope it’s just as bad & nasty as he is!)
I do not believe it came from Maria, I DO believe this story came from AArnold”s cam as his EGO is deseparate for sympathy. They thought to sling mud at Maria gets him sympathy votes, hence Radar’s story of how his friends worry for his health as he is 63 smokes cigars had surgery is alone and missing his family.
Come on, Maria could have done Oprah crucified him and handed his balls to him in front of the world if she wanted to.
As pissed as she was/is, I think it was wrong to release any information to the public. Tho she may have a right to feel vindictive I think she was wrong for acting on it.
It’s the lives of innocent children she’s messing with and that’s unforgivable.
I do agree that the info would have been quite the juicy tidbit to hold onto until the divorce was settled. However, if I’m following the timeline correctly, she pretty much just found out and had to run with it or explode. I can relate to that. The thing is, she is still going to do really, really well in the divorce settlement – methinks she’s got many more secrets that Arnold wouldn’t want to come out. Like maybe enough to fill a book. Besides, she’s not dependent on him for money so, yeah….she could afford dropping that story into the public’s lap. Thanks Maria! Well done!!
yeah, just one copypasted word from me here – N.A.S.T.Y.
Now she gets a little bit more sympathy from me, at least she did something! I hate it when women pretend they don’t see their husbands infidelities especially when it’s so evident! If it was really Maria, then good for her! Finally some action!
Maria knew that the best revenge on Arnold was to publically humiliate him. She and her family has enough $$$, so spousal support/child support isn’t really an issue. She knows he will need to care for his kids no matter what.
The way to humiliate and ruin the Sperminator, is to RUIN HIM PUBLICALLY. His career will be OV-AH. Hasta La Vista, Baby!
Hmmm-I don’t believe for a minute that Maria was going to hold a press conference to announce this-but I believe she leaked it. There was a story on the Huffington Post the other day about the lengths Arnold has gone to with bribery and intimidation through the years to make sure this type of story would not come out.
I hope that Maria would have more sensitivity about this, than to leak the news. But assuming she did leak it: I understand why. However, given that she took the time to think about it first, why did she?
It not only more profoundly and negatively impacts her own children, but think of the poor young man now revealed as Arnold’s. They are the innocent victims in this.
It would have been better for the kids…. all of them…. if she would have dealt with this in private dignity.
I agree with FLOURPOT, i
Well the fact that Jane Seymour went on record to say there are more kids to me is confirmation that Maria is behind the leaks. Jane seems like a classy lady if she knew about this she would have kept her mouth shut unless Maria asked her to speak on her behalf.
I still think Maria knew before this, that boy looks the spitting image and they had enough contact. She most likely does not want people to think she put up with the knowledge for so long. She is a savvy woman, and also I think Arnold is the biggest scumbag in the world, Maria knew a lot more than she is making out.
If she leaked it, I can’t blame her, she has to be furious and feel so betrayed – a long running betrayal with the “other woman” so involved in their lives. I can understand wanting to hurt him, and wanting to control the story.
However, there’s an innocent kid involved here (plus her own kids), who’s whole life has pretty much been upended – to learn all this must be hard enough, but to do so under media scrutiny? It would have come out sooner or later I suppose, but IF she’s the one who leaked it, it wasn’t just her life she was making public.
“As for Arnold, our sources say he’s upset Maria was talking to her friends about the scandal. Arnold and his people know the story leaked through Maria’s camp.”
LMFAO!!!
I should hope he’s upset-he created this entire mess. I think Maria is 100% blameless and all fallout should land directly at that asshole’s feet.
SCANDALOUS!!!!!!!
I’m sure she was beyond livid & pissed. All those years defending this asswipe. She knew was cheating but thought he would be smart enough to at least wrap it up. A man like that eventually gives you an STD. I dunno how his dick hasn’t fallen off. She probably felt like a damn fool for not figuring it out. Denial is a hell of a thing. I love how the media is now trying to turn it around on the maid like she’s the only one at fault. She probably wanted to trap him for a better life but he still f***ed and cheated on his wife.
I can understand her being furious, but I think she shouldn’t have leaked it for the sake of the child and her children.
I understand the need to save it for the divorce but she doesn’t need his money. She gave him the status he needed in politics and she defended him before. She got him where it hurt the most. He might recover in the future but the damage he caused to those involved will never be mended
Arnold is a PIG.
“In the end, who does this hurt the most? The children.”
Yeah. Sometimes it is SO hard to take the high road. She just wanted to share the pain a little, but that wasn’t the way.
That was very mean and inconsiderate of her to leak this. This boy will suffer just because she wanted to leash out on someone. I’m not sure this housekeeper woman isn’t a victim there either – Arnold was her boss, it could very well be a case of power abuse.
All in all if this was Maria’s doing she has nothing to be proud of. First she marries a known womanizer and self-confessed social climber, then she stands by him when some abused women try to knock him down and now she’s all angry and doesn’t think twice about throwning an innocent kid into such a loud public scandal.
1, 2, 4, 6, illegitimate children… who cares the guy is scum. Good for Maria to leak the info. In fact, forget the housekeeper writing a “tell all” book, how about Maria writing a book? Believe me, she doesn’t need his money…..
She should do what makes her feel better about wasting several years with a PIG! At least she did not “lorraine bobbit” him”………. Maria is strong! Glad she leaked the story on the pig!
Oh “Arnold upset” (pigs sqeul when you pork them).. he has the nerve, he should shut his pig piehole up! Fukk him! He thinks he can control Maria with his narcissist grossness…… NEXT!
On another note: I love Marias hair, it is so full and beautiful!
“According to actress Jane Seymour…” How random. Is she friends of the couple or something?
Arnold & the maid are the ones who should’ve been thinking about the innocent children. This might be escandalo as MK says, but it’s TRUE. Maria isn’t lying. She’s teaching these kids to deal in honesty no matter how much the truth hurts. That is a necessary life skill.
There was no good way for this story not to hurt the child. Or her own children.
And trying to assign blame to Maria for it, is a joke.
Had Arnold and his jump off made better decisions about their own behavior, then their child would not have been dragged into it.
But Maria had every right to leak this story and control how it effect her and her children.
I also like that she has not been hiding either. She has went on with her life doing public appearances (Oprah) and shopping at the mall with her kids.
Now I hope Maria does a nice sit down interview with Diane Sawyer. 🙂
Meh. She’s a Kennedy. She went into the marriage knowing what he’s like. Why tie your life and procreate with someone like that? Arnold’s a pig and has always been a pig, but Maria was his enabler for a very long time.
“Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.”
It’s all I’ve got.
Too bad her kids have to feel her rage about their father ( which he deserves).
I think she did the right thing, why shouldn’t the whole world know what a sleezeball he is…
Feel sorry for that poor kid.
I think Arnold is about to find out what messing with a Kennedy can do to you.
I think it was a shitty thing to do, but only because the poor kid didn’t know. I understand that she wanted leverage or getting the upper hand with the media or what-the-f*ck-ever, but I don’t think she thought about (or cared) how she was hurting that little boy.
I also don’t believe that she “just” found out. She knew who he was and what he was about when she married him, and if she didn’t at first, she sure as shit learned it over the course of 25 years together. He was/is a renowned womanizer. Big fat DUH, Maria. I don’t believe she’s a victim, but I do believe she’s using the public’s perception of her as such to her advantage. She stayed in the marriage for the sake of her children, and for the sake of continuing the Kennedy legacy of political power. Let’s not forget that she *is* a Kennedy…she knows how to manipulate the media to her advantage.
Well now we know TMZ has no problem revealing their sources, something journalists accross the country and through the years fought to never do.
Clearly the only children she is concerned with here are her own. And two of them are grown. Go figure.
Classic Kennedy move though there.
I really don’t see Maria as much of a victim. She has protected Arnold all these years knowing there were so many allegations against him. I mostly feel sorry for the 13 yo boy because the other kids will be protected by the Shriver/Kennedy clan. This poor kid is being told his mom is a crazy, stalker, ho and his dad is a lying, cheating dbag.
She was right in leaking the story. If her husband was a regular politician where their entire families future earning depended on him staying in office, she may not have had a real choice but to stay with the cheating bastard and keep quiet. But since Arnold is so wealthy and the fact that she comes from a money too, she can afford to leak this to the press.
I think her kids will respect her more than if she kept this secret and made them keep the secret too. As for the housekeeper’s child, he’ll be set for life now that the world knows he’s Arnold’s kid.
Can you imagine having a woman who fathered a child with your husband handling your food and drink for XX amount of years? I don’t believe any woman in the lower position wouldn’t get jealous at the thought that it could just as easily be her sitting at the lap of luxury being served rather than serving.
Who knows how much she knew of Arnold’s cheating through the years. It can be easy for a wife to turn the other eye and pretend everything is ok even if she had her suspicions. Either way, she pretty much screwed Arnold in his comeback and he’s finally getting what’s been coming to him for years.
As for Arnold, our sources say he’s upset Maria was talking to her friends about the scandal.
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He has a lot of nerve to be ‘upset’ with her for any reason. She propped up his political aspirations and walked away from her career so he could be governor, all for a man who already had a baby with the housekeeper!! Screw his feelings.
And yeah, too bad they have to feel not just Maria’s rage, but their own as well. ARNOLD is the cause of ALL the rage and pain felt by his wife and his children right now. It isn’t Maria telling the TRUTH that has hurt them. It is the fact that their father is a complete piece of sh*t!! Let’s not blame their pain on their mother. Whether or not the story came from Maria, it was getting out and the kids likely already knew the truth. They aren’t little, so the dynamics are different than if the kids were 5 and unaware of the many other stories of inappropriate acts and sexual harrassment bordering on sexual assualt committed by this pig. Sorry for the rant, but men get off too easy!
She has the right to express anger and seeing her not bottle it up like other women in her family and chuck his ass to the curb is an excellent lesson for her daughters (don’t take crap from ANY man) and her sons (don’t treat women like that). Come on, someone must teach them how to be men and it obviously won’t be Arnold!
I don’t blame her for going public – that to me seems proof that she is not some cold person or merely a political wife, that she was stunned and had an emotional reaction.
I do feel bad for Maria.
I TOTALLY co-sign with Dread Pirate Cuervo and Hautie!
There is absolutely no way this is Maria’s fault and she has every right to leak whatever info she feels is necessary. The children were going to get hurt no matter what – it was just sooner than later.
Anyone saying Maria is wrong should really re-think their thought processes – the only wrong here is the disgusting cheater and his disgusting side piece. This news should have been revealed the MINUTE it happened – to Maria, to the children. Waiting this long just added to the betrayal felt by everyone – Maria and all the children. Arnold and the maid should be soooo ashamed of themselves.
After reading this, I’m honestly thinking that Maria and Arnold do deserve each other – neither apparently has any sympathy for the kids involved.
The only people in this scandal I’m feeling sorry for, are the kids, both legitimate and lovechildren.
And peacelovekitty, you know, I hate it when say that only the cheater and their side piece are of fault. Obviously the woman couldn’t keep his man, OR marry the right man for that matter. It’s never one sided, never.
I totally agree with all who are behind Maria and agree that she has every right to get every bit of this nastiness out in the open ASAP.
Otherwise it’s just a web of secrets and lies and half-truths. That is toxic for children to live in. The truth is loud and startling and often ugly…but it’s liberating.
Besides, Arnold must have figured that at some point the jig would be up and there would be hell to pay. Besides, I would bet a thousand dollars that those kids knew SOMETHING was up all those years just based on behavior and maybe stuff they caught him doing. Kids aren’t dumb.
She could’ve kept it a secret and torture him with it, but then she would’ve have been suffering along with him. So i think she made a good move in leaking it.
I read that they (Maria and her family) joked that the son looked like Arnold. She probably had an inkling, she just didn’t want to believe that Arnold was a man whore.
Yeah, I agree also that Maria had every right to do what she did. If that Baena biotch had ANY DECENCY, SHE should have thought better before carrying TO TERM a child that she KNEW the consequences of. Yes, I FEEL BAD for the child…but it is best he knows. There is hate FOR THE MOTHER THAT PUT HERSELF OUT THERE TO ARNOLD, not the child.
Why should she keep her mouth shut out of some notion of “thinking of the kids”? I hate when the fact someone has a kid is used as a reason not to call them out for the bad stuff they’ve done. No one is going to be nasty to this kid because of who his father is. Nor should Maria remain silent while she’s made a fool of – imagine this woman was in her home every day, and as time goes by her son looks more and more like her employer – I feel worse for Maria the more I think about it.
And I knew there would be some politically tinged comments. Predictable.
Well said Rasputina!
It seems like both parties are really behaving selfishly. I can certainly understand Maria’s hurt and anger, but that doesn’t give her (or Arnold) any right to pass that hurt along to their children.
They should have simply quietly filed for divorce and kept the details private.
Maria Shriver just proved to me that she has been waiting to do this. The story that she’s been waiting to divorce him said one of the reasons was that she was waiting until her parents died. The last one died in January. Which is when she started putting feelers out about leaving.
Do I think Arnold is a pig? Yes. Do I think she’s taking the high road? Hell no. That poor boy had no idea about this, and she just threw him to the wolves. And now she’s getting papped taking long sad walks on the beach. Give me a break.
Good for her for leaking…though I would have gone the Elin route first by reintroducing him to his 9 iron.
As a fellow Scorpio, I believe she is involved in leaking this.
It was either that or jail for murder of her husband.
TMZ posted this but I do not see how Maria is responsible for any of this.
The maid made the bed, Arnold made the maid and they made a baby.
HE made a mockery of his marriage and a mess out of ALL their lives.
i believe maria waited a substantial amount of time, she knew about this for a while, she thought about the best way to handle it, talked to her kids, gave them time to deal with it, and then, for emotional sake, blew the whistle, for revenge,? sanity? pure disgust? or to finally vindicate his accusers. blow the lid in a timely fashion? sure, just blow it.
The truth is the truth— and as messed up as this story is, it isnt Maria’s fault it turned out this way- but still, the truth is, Arnold is that kid’s fatehr and children either can already tell something is up, or, would want to know one day. The child has the right to know thre truth; and being as public as they are there is no really hidden way to disclose this secret; so might as well go all the way and let his mess do the speaking for itself.
@ flourpot – Too bad the Sperminator didn’t think about said children when he decided to pursue anything with a p*ssy and a pulse.
@ Lukie – If you do it right, there will be no jail time! 😉
I think its downright silly to imagine Maria should have been worrying about the illegitimate son SHE (her money) cared for for years while her husband banged his mother sans condom and brought whatever could have been lurking back to her to damage HER health.
The woman has a right to protect her family and also ensure Arnold learns the hard way he can’t behave like a low down dirty dog and hope for things to end amicably.
Frankly, you need to watch more soap operas if you don’t think Maria’s taking the smartest path. She has money, she wants Arnold to suffer…only way to do that is to ensure the public turns against him damaging his reputation and all future hopes for a career. She’s the woman everyone is sympathizing with and is now a symbol for strength and courage.
Frankly this woman ‘terminated’ Ahhh-nold.
For Christ’s sake? Who cares?
If she did leak it, then it’s more proof to what a masochist she is.
My goodness. How much weight has Gayle put on lately?
All the money these women have, and they can’t be arsed to be fit.
Also…there was no way the child wouldn’t have known and he has a RIGHT to know. I’m sorry he has a mother with morals so low who is more concerned with her own comfort but he needs to know she lied and betrayed HIM by not taking responsibility and trying to behave in a manner which would honor her son rather than bastardize him.
Frankly I would wish he had someone else he could stay with while she wallows in her shame alone.
I feel really bad about the children involved. Sure Maria is angry, but she didn’t think about how this would affect the kids. The mother and father both decided not to tell the child, she had no right leaking this to the press. She could confront the mothers, but in leaking it to the press she destroyed the lives of these children who by all accounts were well taken care of and loved. I understand her anger and trying to get back at Arnold, but she did so in a way that hurt innocent children. These kids will never have a normal life again.
Can we agree to not call him a “love” child? I’m sorry for him (no child deserves assholes like that for parents), but he’s a lust child at best.
More like a “boffing the help right under wifey’s nose child” but let’s not be picky.
@ Riana – Hearts to you! Well said.
@ Hanh – I beg to differ: I’m pretty sure she thought long & hard about how this would affect the kids. Ah-nold on the other hand – NO. No consideration beyond how far he could see where his dick landed next.
Nope. Keep your shit to yourself. Now her children are going to have to live with this. Unforgiveable that both Arnold (by his actions) and Maria (by exposing his actions) are harming their children. THE CHILDREN ARE THE BOTTOM LINE, not the two parents who don’t have the sense God gave them. As my mother says, “People in show business are just one step up from circus people.”
I guess she couldn’t hold it in once she found out and felt the need to tell the world about his cheating. Sidebar comment: that purple dress on Gayle King is a size too small and not flattering at all!
@moptop
Oddly enough I think the mere fact my Father had an affair and insulted ME, my SIBLINGS, and my own MOTHER for 13 years in such a manner would hurt far more.
I’m not sure why you perceive simply because its a secret a child would not see the devastation to their mother or feel rage when they do finally realize what their Father did and had the nerve to smile at them and feign innocence day in and out?
I consider hiding it only assisting Arnold and as such insulting her children. I don’t think any mother should do that. I think that is far more harmful, what you are suggesting seems like merely smoothing over the ugliness so it all looks good and pleasant on the surface.
Oh and yes about Gayle, goodness…she should have borrowed her buddy Oprah’s spanx and zipped herself up nice and tight…my that poor lady has too much money to be looking so lumpy.
@moptop all of the children would be living with this regardless…except they’d be keeping the secret and lying. Everyone involved would have had to lie to protect Arnold who doesn’t deserve to be protected.
In fact I think Maria did a favor to the illegitimate children who would be living in the shadows because Arnold never acknowledged them.
@ moptop, et al. – Children are perceptive. They know when things aren’t right. Keeping secrets does no one involved any favours. Secrets are ugly.
Get it to the forefront; address it; show your children you love them; show them (by example) how to move on. (Spoken with authority by someone who’s been there; done that.)
Even if there is a prenup, it has long since lapsed, the longest prenup I have ever heard of was 20 years, most are 10. They have been married 25 years. In CA she is entitled to half. Since there are children ivolved she will also be entitled to school expenses and child support to keep the children in there accustomed lifestyle. She honestly wouldn’t need any leverage at all in the divorce. If she realeased the info, it was because the betrayal of both parties was so overwhelming to her. I truly feel sorry for her.
ha !! i knew Maria was the one who leaked this. just wrote on why I think she did yesterday. and my guess again is she has known about it for a while. IE, did not “just” find out.
http://www.celebitchy.com/158562/arnold_schwarzeneggers_13_year-old_son_didnt_know_that_arnold_was_his_dad/
One of the best parts of this website is reading all the difference of opinions in the comments. I really hope the tide is turning and we WILL start calling out all the douchebags on their horrendous behavior, instead of just shrugging and saying oh well boys will be boys crap. Children SHOULD NOT be protected from their fathers crap. I agree with the one poster who said the daughters should learn not to put up with it and the sons should learn this is NOT how you treat a woman. Then, and only then will things change in our culture. I also hope tides will change and WOMEN will keep their legs closed for ANY man until they find out FOR SURE if he is married, separated, has children, or whatever. Women should stick together. If the men dont have someone to cheat with, they will just have to use their other hand. I think a new kind of JUST SAY NO campaign is in order. I applaud Maria for not slinking away and sweeping this all under the rug like generations of women have done before. Teach our sons to be better men, so they dont grow up like the men of today. Teach our daughters not to be stupid and put up with any crap, and NOT to go near a married man.
@Anon73 I read your other comment on the older post. I’ll point out one thing. Maria was forced to retire from NBC because a journalist looses their objectivity if they are in anyway connected to a politician. At that point she had no choice but to fade into the woodwork and be a political wife or leave him right then and there and not cover any politics which would have hindered her career. I do think it’s probable that she knew about other affairs(or other children) outside of the home. But I don’t think she would have stood for having one of his children in the home under her nose. I think this was the final straw for her.
The reason she should have handled it privately is the child didnt know Arnold was his father. He thought another man was his father and im sure this has been devastating to him. Imagine finding out who you thought was your dad wasnt, your dad is Arnold who you thought was just a good family friend AND you are the product of an affair!
The poor kid is innocent in all of this and this will affect him more than anyone else in the long run. More than it will affect Maria in long run. I think Maria was selfish in not thinking of the child – granted she hates the idea of a love child, i understand, BUT he is a kid after all.
I read that Jane Seymour has now backtracked. Looks like Arnie and his lawyers got to her.
NO WAY was Maria going to hold a press conference! No f*ckin’ way!
If she did it, it’s understandable why on one hand. However if reports that the boy did not know Arnold was his father are true then I don’t appreciate her plea for some privacy for her and her children.
Yes Arnold deserves whatever he has coming to him but to crush this boy’s life because you’re suddenly pissed that he couldn’t keep his hands to himself and pants zipped (given years of evidence confirming this behaviour) then that’s despicable.
There is no proof that Maria leaked this, just becasue TMZ is saying it.
Radaronline/Star Magazine are claiming they broke the story. They also claimed Friday that the stress of this is affecting his health.
It may not have been the smartest move she ever made, but I can understand why she did it, although for the kids’s sake, I don’t condone her actions.
Always tell the truth. Kids are going to have to deal with it. Sooner is better than later.
Maria is smart, she is modern, she is looking at the big picture. Though she must be devastated I think she is indeed thinking of all the children — including Baena’s. It is not kindness to hide the truth. It is not kindness to hide intimate details about other peoples’ lives FROM them. Her kids have a “friend” who is actually a brother. The child (Baena’s son) should also know who his real father is, for physical reasons and also because you have the right to know who your real father is. He has a right to know that his “friends” at his mom’s job are his siblings. Enough foolishness, enough lies. You will only end up hurting your family if you do not tell the truth. So bravo Maria.
Even if Maria leaked this info…SO WHAT? If we are so worried about the children, perhaps Arnold could have used birth control and not had any extra marital children. Let’s stop blaming Maria for Arnold’s behaviors. Please.
Arnold’s a jerk, but Maria, as a mother, should have been more prudent. It is a family matter at this point and she should have just let it come out another way, as it would have. This was obviously a revenge move, and that’s never attractive.
And oh by the way, Gail’s sporting some rockin’ hips and thighs in that photo. It IS Gail, right?
@jenni “The child (Baena’s son) should also know who his real father is”
Yeah, sure. Only I don’t think he should have learned that from newspapers and in such an abrubt ugly way. And come to think of it I don’t think general public should have been informed about his paternity at all. Himself – yes, his half-siblings – yes, but everybody else has no right to this truth.
No one would have questioned her if she just said he was unfaithful to her because everyone knew his womanizing ways and he wouldn’t dare to contradict it publicly knowing that she knows.
@jenni: So it isn’t kind to hide the truth from children. OK. Is it kind to tell them via Radar that their father isn’t who s/he thought he was?
#80: So what? Ruining someone’s life is just a “so what” to you? I’m talking about the child whose only crime is being born.
re: If we are so worried about the children, perhaps Arnold could have used birth control and not had any extra marital children.
But he did and there was a child and she told everyone. And now that child is in a sketchy position because his parents are scumbag assholes. How is this his fault?
She can scream it from the rooftops while naked and tripping on LSD, I don’t care. I just feel for the kid(s).
It’s a classic case of “It’s not fair.” and there’s absolutely nothing to be done about it.
She ripped the bandaid off, sparing everyone the speculation, insinuation, denials, and subsequent retraction of denials.
She did the best she could with what she had.
you have to love your children more than you hate their father. for that reason alone, the story should not have been leaked.
Rasputina: …you know, I hate it when say that only the cheater and their side piece are of fault. Obviously the woman couldn’t keep his man, OR marry the right man for that matter. It’s never one sided, never.
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Really? REALLY? How unbelievably short sighted and moronic of you to state this. The ONLY people “responsible” for an affair are the two people IN the affair. Not the wife. If the wife is so horrible, the husband should seek a divorce rather than cheat (and vice versa if the woman is the cheater)
Not defending Arnie at all but….Maria is starting to piss me off. I think she’s a bit of a phony…women empowerment…wtf is that? and her recent quote about her concern for “the children”. BS again. A secret like that for 14 yrs could have been kept longer or handled alot more delicately for “the children”. Not a kind and compassionate move, Maria. And i believed it was her all along who leaked it. Who else after all these years????
Good for her. He had all these projects in the air now, thinking he had a ‘comeback’, so she effectively just shut him down. I think it was the smart move. Especially since it means we may not have to see that Governator stuff come to fruition. yuck.
I do not think this kid’s life is ruined. Does anyone really think that anyone is going to mistreat him just based on the circumstances of his birth? I don’t.
She probably knew about this child for years. That, or else she’s really, really dumb considering the kid looks just like Arnie. Why she chose to release the story now is anyone’s guess. I also think it’s rotten that she directed the press to child’s pictures, if she’s the one who really did leak the story. Typical Kennedy bullying.
@Liana, if I were a religious person I would say “amen!”
@Ron, great points ITA.
@min76 “I do think it’s probable that she knew about other affairs(or other children) outside of the home. But I don’t think she would have stood for having one of his children in the home under her nose.”
my thoughts exactly! Why would she allow the woman to keep her job knowing her husband fathered a child with him? This is exactly why I believe she didn’t know the child’s true paternity until a few months ago.
I’d also like to add that I think this “patty” woman isn’t keeping her mouth shut for noble reasons. I happen to think she’s a venal bitch.
I agree that if Maria leaked the story, it was to shut down Arnold’s planned return to movies. She deserves that much spiteful return, IMO.
I’m glad someone else mentioned the issue beyond his cheating to the extent of fathering children with other women… he didn’t even have the decency to wear a condom while cheating with we-still-don’t-know-how-many women. It’s hard to know how one would feel in such a situation, but that would anger me as much if not more. I think a couple could possibly, if very highly motivated, get beyond such high profile infidelity, but the fact that your partner was so unconcerned with your health as to expose you to god-knows-what is a deal-breaker.
And I am honestly not even slightly worried about this Arnold love-child. He’ll have his own reality show in three years.
Arnold has been cheating on Maria for years…it was all over the news when he was running for governor! I know people aren’t going to agree with me, but I don’t condone her actions. She has what 5-6 kids with this man??? And then there is this child that is a product of an affair who is innocent in all of this. She should have thought about her children and their half brother. It’s not fair to them for all of this to be splashed in the media.
I’m sorry that little boy had to find out that way but do you all seriously believe the woman who hid it for 13 years getting rich off Maria’s money and enjoying mocking her every day by pretending to have respect for her was going to tell him?
Some of you are kidding yourselves.
Arnold and the woman were both content to keep the secret for 13 years, she would have never revealed it to her son. Devastation would have happened anyway because she had no respect for her own baby. More than who his Father is he now has to confront who his mother is.
@bluhare – You’re high if you think the kids (Maria’s and Patty’s) found out alongside all the rest of us. Maria moved out of the mansion months ago.
I’m from a massive family. Keeping secrets hurts people. I know this firsthand. Tell the children the truth. We will all live with the consequences of the truth (and public people in a public way). That’s unavoidable. But we all live with the consequences of the truth whether we are ever told the truth or not! That’s what people don’t get.
But it is what it is. And you will always hurt people if you try to control peoples perceptions when it concerns their own lives.
Obviously Maria has been in denial. Does that make her a bad person? Love gives some people blinders. I think she really believed in and loved her man. She is definitely the poster child for love making you wear blinders. She had so much invested in him, she put her own character on the line defending him. Schwarz. is very very charming and personable and I bet he made Maria feel like a million bux. Those of you hating on Maria …wow. How quickly people turn on a woman who has just been betrayed in an epic way. Shriver is a dynamo who has never lived thru her husband. But even the strongest women can be betrayed — and then have people attack her for it.
I almost hate to bring this up because I don’t want to seem sympathetic to Arnold, but I am impressed with the way he has made himself a part of the boy’s life. I think every man should be a father to his children, regardless of the circumstances surrounding a child’s birth.
“In the end, who does this hurt the most? The children.”
This says it all for me.
Maria does not owe Arnold any loyalty, there are no secrets even if one person knows. Thats what happens when cheaters only think of themselves and not the people they are hurting. The blame is on them. The mistress is just as much to blame as Arnold let her repair the damage this has done to her son as should Arnold. You reap what you sow.
@Jen34-I am impressed w/that re Schwarz. too. What a tricky, sad, weird situation. But I think that Schwarz. was kind toward the child actually *does* speak well of him. People are not all good or all bad.
One other thing…I wonder if the kid knew Arnold was his dad in some far reach of his heart? Kids have a way of already knowing, intuitively, what no one else will say. Think of Liv Tyler knowing Steven Tyler was her dad. Sometimes people just sense those things.
Finally she calls this gropey-nasty waste of space on his nonsense, but I really do disagree that putting that poor child through all of this was wrong.
As to the reason she’s doing it now. My guesses are:
1 – Her mother Eunice has now passed away.
2 – She’s planning on running for some sort of office.
Maria doesnt need leverage in a divorce because she doesn’t need the money. What she did need was the moral high ground, public sympathy and revenge. Nicely played.
I reiterate (for those who couldn’t grasp it the first time – no judgement; some are a little “slower” than others):
Children are perceptive. They know when things aren’t right. Keeping secrets does no one involved any favours. Secrets are ugly.
Get it to the forefront; address it; show your children you love them; show them (by example) how to move on. (Spoken with authority by someone who’s been there; done that.)
I believe this TMZ story is bullsh!t. It’s written to fling some of the crap upon the wronged party. Think about it:
– RadarOnline, the site that ACTUALLY exposed this and TRULY had the exclusive has been struck with a cease and desist letter;
– TMZ desperately tries to compete by claiming multiple “exclusives” of their own, but nothing TMZ releases is substantial or more than idle gossip.
– The C&D hobbles RO and TMZ tries to take advantage to save face for being one-upped on this story. They make friends with someone in Arnold’s camp, and release a statement that will make the wronged party look less deserving of sympathy.
This is a pretty damn classic tactic, and as you can see, pretty damn effective. Look at all the people now eating it up and seeing Maria as the bad guy, based on nothing but a few “sources” talking to TMZ… the online source that was pwned by Radar and desperately claiming to have most of the real “exclusives”.
I’m expecting some fourth party to be revealed at some point; some antagonist with their own agenda. Perhaps one of Arnie’s mistresses tried to blackmail the Kennedy’s? Or one of Arnie’s political connections is pissed? Either way, I’m always very cynical of any piece of gossip that describes a woman as “hysterical” – it’s the go-to word for dismissing a woman’s feeling/thoughts as illogical and nonsensical. I’ll give Ms Shriver the benefit of the doubt here; the only prick we can be sure of in this scenario is the ex-Governator.
Oh! How do you solve a problem like Maria? Lalala!
Maria Shriver is a Scorpion birthday November 6th, Arnold you have messed with one of the worse women in the zodiac, good luck!
The assumption being that this is the worst of it and the baby (& inhouse baby mama) is the big reveal. It may be just the warning shot on Maria’s part. Who knows what is really going on?
maybe this is just her way of breaking free
@KatScorp: Well, there are 3 parties – Arnold, housekeeper and Maria. Obviously Arnold wouldn’t leak anything. Housekeeper could in theory – out of anger or out of famewhoring – but her behaviour since the leak indicates that neither is the case – she’s not talking, she’s hiding really well and she’s kept the secret for 14 years even from her own family. All things considered it’s extremely unlikely she’s behind this mess that actually hurts her and her son.
That only leaves Maria. Nobody else benefits (emotionally or financially) from leaking this.
@jenni: We can’t know for sure when Maria has found out but the way her kids reacted and the timing of their reaction shows that at least they have found out with the rest of us. After Arnold’s statement Patrick has changed his surname on twitter and so did one of the girls, I think. Kind of uncharacteristic for teenager to delay this kind of emotional outbreak for months till public announcement. So their halfbrother had at best a day or two to get to terms with it before it all erupted and his life was turned upside down. That’s not how it should have been done.
Sure, this is not the end of the world and he has money to soothe the pain but the same goes for Maria’s situation. Only she’s also an adult and better equipped to deal with lemons life gives her.
There was absolutely no need to make details of this particular affair public. Surely there were more, couldn’t she have exposed the one that didn’t result in Arnold fathering a child that would become a collateral damage in her revenge plan?
it is hard on the children, but they are old enough to know and understand the truth, no matter how awful it is. Arnolds kids have a right to know what a phoney their dad is, and the other kid deserves to know the person he’s been calling dad all these years isn’t.
It’s Hollywood, as if this stuff can be uncovered without the press finding out.
I think Arnold got off lucky, being related to the Kennedy’s he’s lucky he didn’t just ‘disappear in mysterious circumstances’. Maria would want him to live through his humiliation.
I think she was very selfish in leaking the story. I realize she wanted to hurt her husband, but she is also hurting her chidlren and the other boy. They don’t deserve her wrath. They will be damaged by her behavior for the rest of their lives.
As other posters have said before, Maria is a Kennedy. The Kennedy family has already had tons of scandal. On one hand, I don’t think they would mind a little more scandal when it paints one of their own as a victim. On the other hand, I don’t see Maria leaking that story after 25 years of marriage. It is inevitable that she would catch flack along the lines of “Why didn’t she know; how could she not; this is all because she’s angry and vicious, poor Arnie.”
My personal opinion is that Radar has probably been looking for dirt ever since he began his governor campaign. They hit paydirt somehow. Much like Sandra Bullock was warned before Bombshell McGee’s cover hit, Maria was warned that there was proof sh!t was going to hit the fan so damage control starts on her end (I’m sure she knew of affairs over the years and subscribed to the “don’t ask, don’t tell, don’t embarrass me” rule). Radar held off releasing the news til they actually found the woman and her child then blasted it. Arnie’s camp is the one saying this was all leaked from her to try to gain him some much-needed sympathy.
Like lots of otherpeople, only feel bad for that poor boy. There ought to be laws against outting children like this and the parents of these children if identification of the parent would identify the child.
Feel for Mildred’s boy – but if Maria had not gone to the press but left the ‘bandage’ on, she would be up for murder!
i guess i missed something.
did the maid get fired in january even tho maria found out this or last month?
and why was the maid fired?
was she still being paid by arnold all these months?
She should have kept her mouth shut for all the children involved. Do we always have to air all the dirty laundry out there?
I know she’s hurt but damn, take it all to the bank!
“If I’ve learned anything from soap operas, it’s that knowing someone’s deep secret, holding it over their heads and terrorizing them with it is far more effective than ripping the bandaid off and letting the whole town know right away.”
You are killing me with that one Celebitchy. I have not had a good laugh in a minute …..cause what you said is too true.
ROTFLMAO @Lushus L.!!!
Good for her. Time she started taking care of herself instead of The Sperminator.
Good for her! I think it’s about time a Kennedy woman says no more to the cheating. I don’t blame her one bit for leaking this. I would have been on Oprah shouting it to the world. And it is smart to leak it now. What judge isn’t going to get her sympathy? She will easily overturn that prenup. As for the kids. They are hurt either way. At least they are learning a valuable lesson about not being a victim.
BTW Jen an those who say they are impressed that Arnold took part in the boy’s life. He threw some money at aproblem to make it go away. He was not involved in the boy’s life. There is an article link at the bottom of this page that says Baena’s ex-husband thought the baby was his. He only acknowledged the child because he was busted. Not father of the year material in my book.
@ the original bellaluna- I agree. Kids know what’s going on. They know things we don’t give them credit for. That said, I really do feel bad for the son of Mildred and “Knuckles”. Both of his parents are pretty poor examples. Both are being smeared by the media (rightfully so). Doesn’t make it any easier for him.
Wow. I can’t believe so many are judging Maria if she leaked the story. Who knows what anyone would do if a husband you trusted and shared a life with for 20 years had a secret love child and betrayed you repeatedly. I am not so sure most would be quiet about it. The fault lays with Arnold and the maid. Period.
And if she did keep quiet for the “sake of the children” then wouldn’t the children wonder why the mother was divorcing the father for no reason? It would become the proverbial pink elephant in the room. Why should she live in shame and secrecy for something Arnold did that was totally in the wrong. He’s the douchebag and an asshat.
Maria has the right to tell her story. And hell yes I would use the press if I had that power and authority which she obviously does. Bravo Maria for not keeping quiet and taking it which is what most here expect her to do.
While I do feel for the 13 year boy. Obviously the people to blame for this travesty is Arnold and the maid, not Maria. Funny how the woman gets the blame. Always.
Whatever- Bravo! Well Said!
Rasputina- Very, Very true words spoken. Most women do not want to look in the mirror and ask themselves if they married the wrong guy. I can tell you it was one of my biggest worries before getting married.
Lukie – “Murdering her husband.” I am sure Maria thought about it and then thought about her children that love their Dad. Funny suggestion! LOL.
For those tough on Maria…human beings are not Jesus — you can bend but so far without breaking.
Riana- Well said. I agree.
Hanh- Seriously? The um…”parents” of the lust child have consistently shown poor character, behavior and judgement for many years. Who trusted them to do the right thing? It is clear that neither idiots planned for a child. The child has been protected and will remain protected. Although the biological father is a very wealthy POS, the boy will be fine.
I am glad that Maria outed her deceitful, sex-hungry, pondscum husband for what he truly is. He is so far deep into nasty behavior that this crap would probably be the only thing to get his attention about his filthy, skirt-chasing behavior.
Now there will probably be other women to come out, others that he had impregnated and others that he did not, about his horny, seedy ways.
What Maria did WAS for all women to consider…
– You do not have to put up with someone’s shit forever if he does not change
-Money cannot buy you happiness, class, or exemption from pain, humiliation or embarassment.
-Teach your daughters NOT to be a doormat.
-Teach your sons to be respectful to women/your wife and that there are consequences to the quality of life (as it should be) if you don’t.
-Don’t be a victim simply because you chose to love a man who later hurts you
– That you can actually survive and a have better life after betrayal
-Keeping family secrets only protects the abusers of the situation.
– The sooner you put out the dirty secret in public, the greater the chance for that behavior to end.
This is NOT the kind of secret that you keep. It is very difficult for a man to keep acting like a dog or a molester if it is public knowledge that he is a perpetrator and he continually has to pay for his consequences—UPFRONT and in PUBLIC.
For the women that think they are “protecting” the children by keeping perverted secrets…imagine how many lives of abused, suffering woman and children could have been spared if these man-whores had to immediately deal with the consequences of their actions?
Maria gave him clout, credibility and the legitimacy to win a governorship and the respect as a happily married family man with prestigious connections to a legendary wealthy family. AND ON HER WAY OUT, she is taking that with her.
She is a symbol of courage and strength.
I’m glad that she leaked the story. That D-bag wanted to do his dirt behind her back and expected it to be kept quiet. One way or another the kids would find out what was happening. He’s outta be grateful she did not leak it during his term in office.
I hope she follows through and divorces him. SOME woman with power needs to set the right example and not go back to show what a good woman martyr should do. That makes me sick.
She has to much class to have leaked the story.
Maria Shriver lived in a polygamous relationship for 13 years – no one told her about it, no one even asked her consent. Can anyone think how humiliating it must be for her to realise that now? and some nitwits think she should think about the so-called love child!! when Arnie found out the maid was carrying his child, why didnt he relocate her, get her another job away from his home and still support her so that his wife would not be humiliated? Does it occur to anyone that the maid could have posisoned Maria or her children if she had a mind too? that Arnie put his wife and kids in danger apart from humiliating them? And people still blame Maria!!! Get real here, call a spade, a spade.
Re: “She was being well taken care of by Arnold and according to earlier reports”
I think that’s spin. If she and her son were being well taken care of then why was she still working as a MAID? She obvioulsy needed the money. She has a small house in Bakersfield that has a mortgage on it, and her son was attending public schools.
If she had taken Arnold to court fourteen years ago her son would have received 20-30 thousand dollars a month in child support.
Arnold sexually exploited his maid and denied his own flesh and blood. He is slime.
re: “She’s the woman everyone is sympathizing with and is now a symbol for strength and courage.”
Sixteen women accused him of groping during the campaign, and provided details, dates and witnesses. Sixteen! But she said don’t believe them, believe me. She lied for him on the campaign trail. Now that he’s out of office and has left our state a wreck, she suddenly discovers that the maid’s son is Arnold’s, and leaks it to the media just in time for her appearance on Oprah! (rolling eyes)
By saying that she’s a symbol of strength and courage, you’re implying that we should look up to her. No thank you! She should be taking advice from the average woman, not giving it. She raised her kids in a crazy house.
She also needs to apologize to the voters of CA.