The Los Angeles Times has broken one of the best gossip stories of the year. Apparently Arnold Schwarzenegger got one of his household staff pregnant ten years ago but only admitted to Maria Shriver within the last month that the child is his. Oh, and get this. At the time Arnold got her pregnant, the woman was married. Oh, and get this. After she got pregnant, she continued to work for the couple until this past January when she retired after 20 years of "service" to the family.
I'm not sure exactly how it took ten years for Maria Shriver to guess that the child of the household staff looked like Arnold. I thought she was much smarter than that. I think the tip off would have been the cigar hanging out of the mouth and the passing out dollar bills to the women at their school. Oh, you are right, it could be a girl. The Times is not identifying the woman or the child, although the woman did say when first contacted that her ex-husband was the father. After Arnold fessed up, the woman had no comment. Arnold says he has apologized to his wife and family but will keep right on groping and pawing women because it is what he knows and does best.
This from the man who said in an interview that a blow job isn't cheating....sure Arnie.
ReplyDeleteUsually I find gossip surprising and salacious. This one I just thought: "Yeah, that sounds right."
ReplyDeleteArnold + Woman = Scum
ReplyDeleteThe fact he got a household staffer preggers isn't really surprising to me. What is surprising is that he would dupe his wife and children for so long. How does he think they feel now, after being misled for so long?
ReplyDeleteFurthermore, the woman deserves to be outed. She also participated in this grand scheme, and lied to Maria's face each and every day simply by being there. She shouldn't get a pass on all this as she's equally, if not more, complicit.
While I'm disappointed by Arnold's behavior, I'm not surprised. However, I'm disgusted by the woman's betrayal of another female.
Grossed out but not surprised. Actually I am surprised at how they kept it under wraps this long!
ReplyDeleteI keep hearing everyone's concern about the woman, his wife, his children.
ReplyDeleteBut the true victims here are a little boy who has been kept from the secret of his true parentage and the poor man who has believed this boy to be his son all along.
I hope the boy and his father (his real father, the one who has raised him) have a good strong relationship. The mother and the sperm donor are nothing but liars who have completely failed him.
Ice Angel: how do you know it's a boy? I feel sorry for Maria and her children, but as Joy Behar said on The View this morning, it's not like she's from a family that is unfamiliar with womanizers. Good for her for leaving, let's hope the kids get some counselling. Wonder if the other woman is divorced because her husband found out the kid wasn't his....
ReplyDeleteOne has to wonder how many other kids he has floating around out there. The hosebag.
ReplyDeleteOne bit of advice for (esp. married) guys: keep it in your pants!!!
ReplyDeletesomeone tell Arnold that Maria is the Kennedy, not him.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Queen Tidbit, the other woman is just as guilty and if not for protecting the child, she should be outed.
ReplyDeleteIt's a severe bitch move to stay employed in the house. You don't do that to another woman.
I was going to call out specific posters to agree with what you'd written, but by the time I got to the bottom I realized I agreed with all of you and everyone had written really good stuff. So yay for everyone. :)
ReplyDeleteI was actively involved in politics back during the recall election and I was begging people DO NOT ELECT THIS MAN. But they did it anyway, and then they did it again. This state is a mess and he bears a good portion of the blame. I hope this revelation removes him from the public eye for a very very very long time. I just wish he would LOLhan with him.
Gawd, it's just all so cliched. I wasn't even surprised upon hearing this. I believe my inner monologue was something like, "Of course Arnold has a secret child with a 20-year household employee. Of course!"
ReplyDeleteThese people got some balls on them, that's all I gots to say. Oh, and karma is a bitch. So it sounds like the baby momma has been playing all along that her husband is the kid's father. What awful, awful people.
I've also concluded that therapists must make a boatload of cash trying to heal people recovering from the fucked up shit their parents do in LA.
I agree with those that say the woman should have GTFO. I believe Arnold said that he had been providing financial support from the very beginning, so I actually believe that the husband wasn't exactly duped and knew exactly what the score was. The other piece that makes Ahnold a shithead: when he confessed to Maria, she told him to leave the house and he said no! so instead she moved out of the house and into a hotel. I mean really Arnold, you've just screwed your wife over (literally) for the last 10 years and you don't have the decency to leave the family home. worthless piece of scumbag - hated having that fool as my Governor for so long. Oh how I WISH this news had come out while he was in office.
ReplyDeleteI don't think we are getting the full picture. I bet Arnie was going to be outed for something and he is trying to stop it at the pass. I wonder if this woman is an illegal or was underage when Arnie knocked her up? I bet Arnie is going to make John Edwards look tame when this whole story finally comes out.
ReplyDeletelol someone on twitter just posted
ReplyDelete"guys that isn't a kid,it's Danny Devito."
hahaha.
^^^LOL
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ReplyDeleteThe Danny Devito comment was too funny...
ReplyDeleteBut seriously, I have to admit, I wasn't surprised he had the affair, but was sickened to hear it was with a household staff, and she stayed on for all these years...How low can two people be..I feel for Maria, and the children involved...
For him to be so unfeeling to carry this on for all these years....man, he must be one cold cold person! Same for the woman involved...how cold can she be?
sickening...Go away Arnold..what was his nick name The Gropenator..
FYI. Gawker just posted an article identifying both the woman and her son. She was a flight attendant on his private jet. Her son graduated from high school last year.
ReplyDeleteBut what's interesting is that both the Enquirer and the Daily Mail both published articles about Schwarzenegger having an out-of-wedlock son way back 2003, even name-checking this woman and her son. The story was completely buried. Hmmm...
http://gawker.com/5802704/is-this-arnold-schwarzeneggers-love-child
World-class A-hole.
ReplyDeleteI don't feel sorry for any of the Kenndy women. If what I have read about Maria that she was unhappy in her marriage for a very long time to me it means she knew about this child. So why stay with an asshole like Arnold??
ReplyDeleteLOL@danny Devito joke
ReplyDeleteHow can Gawker's flight attendant/HS graduate be the woman/child in question if this supposedly happened 10 yrs ago? Is this yet another mistress/lovechild?
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking it was the nanny. Maria's youngest is 13, that would be time for the nanny to "retire."
20 years of "service", lol.
ReplyDeleteLynette raised an interesting point; at least Maria had the guts to leave. Sounds like she learned something from watching the Kennedys in action.
ReplyDeleteIs it definite that Arnie refused to leave the house, so Maria left? Good googlymoogly.
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ReplyDeleteSorry, I forgot something important. Good for you, Maria. This was an important teaching moment for your children; you showed them what the right thing was.
ReplyDelete(Reposting this because I screwed up my wording)
ReplyDeleteL: This Arnold's quote lifted verbatim from the LA Times.
"After leaving the governor's office I told my wife about this event, which occurred over a decade ago," Schwarzenegger said Monday night in a statement issued to The Times in response to questions. "I understand and deserve the feelings of anger and disappointment among my friends and family..."
So, no, the affair did not 10 years ago. It happened at least 10 years ago, so the timeline fits.
wait a minute. how can this be the flight attendant is this kid is 10 years old and her kid graduated from high school??
ReplyDelete'household staff' says maid or nanny or something to me.
Now I'm confused why so many people are thinking this boy should be 10 years old. Nowhere does it say in the original LA Times story or Enty's post that the child is 10. Arnold admitted that the affair happened over a decade ago -- he was hedging but technically that is still correct.
ReplyDeletePlus, the 2003 Daily Mail article quoted on Gawker states that Tanner Tousignant, his alleged son, was 11 years old (in 2003), which would put him at age 19 now. This would also explain why his mother would work for Arnie for 20 years. She stays gainfully employed until her son reaches adulthood.
WEll, that is not so scandalous then. He had this child while he was still an actor, not a Politician. And in his 30's, not his 40's. 20 Years ago, he still wasn't settled, we all know that. It's not like she was an employee of the government either. This is his personal business.
ReplyDeleteThe woman is a whore, just as much as he is. As a matter of fact, she is lowlife for shoving herself in Maria's face for 20 years.
Also, I'm frankly more interested in why major news outlets like the LA Times sat on this news story back in 2003 when it could have influenced the outcome of the California governor's race. It's quite likely he would never have been elected. Things that make you go hmm...
ReplyDeleteI can't be the only one thinking about John Edwards and how the major media refused to follow up on the Rielle Hunter story until the tabloids forced them to.
i'm really a little appalled at everyone so ready to tar and feather this woman without knowing one thing about her.
ReplyDeletewhat if she was household staff and an immigrant or something and this was one of those power relationships that these men are famous for? what if she COULDN'T quit her job because it's all she had? what if this was preferable to the life she had before?
not saying any of this is true, but for christsake, could you wait until you know HER story? we know his---he's a married, powerful, wealthy man with a wife and children who had no business fucking around. let's see if the same can be said for her before we label her a whore.
Argh! The Gawker article says there may be a different love child than the one they reported in 2003.
ReplyDeleteOK, I'll be the one to put it out there: is he still seeing this woman/women?
ReplyDeleteIce Angel, I was thinking the same thing. Also, Arnie and Maria's children have a half-sibling that they may wish to get to know. I hope they don't blame the innocent child for what their father did. I also hope the relationship between the man who has raised him and the child stays strong.
ReplyDeleteEverything Nancer said.
ReplyDeleteJamie's Girl, you should come up with some other synonyms for "whore," since you use that word to describe women CONSTANTLY. I'll help you out: strumpet, harlot, fallen woman, lady of the evening, floozy, hussy, painted woman, moll, etc...
I also love how some conservatives forgive incidents like this by claiming that it's "personal business." If Obama had cheated on Michelle ten years ago and fathered an illegitimate child, it would suddenly become EVERYONE'S business.
Not surprised.
ReplyDeleteAnd I agree that the woman in question doesn't deserve to be called a whore.
I gotta back nancer upon this one, as well, especially since the details of the situation aren't clear, and it's more than likely he used his position and influence to have his way, as it were, as he's alleged to have done in the past. "This woman's a whore" is a harsh statement and may not describe the scenario accurately.
ReplyDeleteNot to defend Arnie but California was in crisis before he went into office; I don't think it's fair to blame him for the mess the state is in, just as it isn't fair to blame Obama for the state of the nation. They both inherited governments in a disastrous state.
ReplyDeleteGigi Goyette is the strumpet in question apparently.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm1241383/
Sorry but strumpet just doesn't do it for me ;)
Ida/amoteafloat:
ReplyDeleteGreat job turning this into a reason to bash conservatives. Don't let things like facts to the contrary stop you.
Also, before we nominate this woman for sainthood keep in mind that not only was she married at the time but she also continued to double dip (financially) accepting a paycheck for her job while also getting hush money. I'm going out on a limb here and venturing that the child had no idea who his real sperm donor was until very recently. I am guessing that because kids talk and what child wouldn't want bragging rights on Terminator/Governor daddy?
Whether or not her husband knew, I don't know.
@suhyphen -- like it or not, the GOP claims to have dominion over ~Family Values~, which makes Republican politicians who run afoul of their vows seem particularly hypocritical.
ReplyDeleteI know my facts. Thanks for your concern, though!
Hey no problem! I suppose all conservatives can be lumped together easily and Arnold's actions represent every single person who has ever voted Republican.
ReplyDeleteCertainly glad you can keep an open mind and not stereotype. By all means it's refreshing to see you take the conversation to a higher level by making blanket statements like that.
Cheers!
His behavior is not surprising. A good friend told me Arnold tried to grope his wife years ago. He is just disgusting, and I feel so sorry for Maria Shriver that she wasted the best years of her life on this tool.
ReplyDeleteI too feel bad for Maria and her kids. Why don't guys like this ever get vasectomies?!?!?! And yes, I'm going to keep posting that every single time one of these old fools knocks up anyone. And especially when they knock up the hired help. Just one little vasectomy could have prevented all this pain and suffering. Shows how very, very little he ever cared for his wife and family. They should remember this. He had plenty of choices way beyond not diddling the help in the first place.
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