And while the 'event' happened more than 10 years ago, the former Governor of California only told his wife Maria Shriver about it earlier this year - leading to the couple's split.
It is believed the member of staff in question had worked for the Schwarzenegger family for more than 20 years, but retired in January. In a statement released to the LA Times, Schwarzenegger, who has four children with Shriver, said:
'After leaving the governor's office I told my wife about this event, which occurred over a decade ago.
'I understand and deserve the feelings of anger and disappointment among my friends and family. There are no excuses and I take full responsibility for the hurt I have caused. I have apologised to Maria, my children and my family. I am truly sorry.
'I ask that the media respect my wife and children through this extremely difficult time. While I deserve your attention and criticism, my family does not.'Men and their wahala eh... You can't live with them, you can't live without them. God help us women!
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I hope Mrs Sophia Tchidi-Chikere is reading this story......make she siddon there dey yarn rubbish of "discussion". After 10 years, ur husband might do same. If he's cheating, leave him NOW!!!.....for Arnold, u nor just try....u were a role model for most people but you just turned into a beast that no one will reckon with...kai.....u fall my hand sha
It's rather unfortunate how great men are reduced to stables just because of sexual immorality. Look at Tiger Woods, Arnold, Clinton, the latest is the IMF MD. It's heart rending. Men, please ask God to help you. Sex can kill you if you do it the wrong way. Cheers y'all.
what of women that mess around na who talk him or her own na him we dey knw make we forget that thing
Anon 1:36 you are right sha, but too many men live recklessly. How do you expect to have a child outside of marriage and expect your wife to take a siddon look approach. People should be trying to think with their heads and not what's between their legs. The hurt and pain he has caused his family esp his children. That innocent 10yr old is both a cash cow for the mother and a symbol of infidelity for his other children. God help us.
I knew there was more to the divorce than was let out initially! The stories of his dalliances are legendary and i guess this pushed her to the edge......
the most stupid advice anyone (both man or woman) can give a woman whos husband is cheating on her is ''LEAVE HIM" Cos seriously....whts the guarantee that when u leave the devil u know to meet the angel u dont know, the angel u dont know will not cheat on you too? cheating to me is not a good enough reason to call off a marriage. Unless maybe he rubs it in your face and has no regard for you. A man who cheats on you and hides it from u actually cares about you in my opinion. (i know many people wont agree with this but its the truth). Abi una never see the one wey de cheat on his woman, doesnt bother hiding it from her and even beats her on top if she question am on top the cheating? Hmmm. Things happen o. The one thing i believe a woman should run from is an Abusive and violent man and even that has its own dimensions too. But say na cheating and you say "oh leaveeee him fast" then you have not started. REAL TALK
Eh ya, the deed has bin done, lets just forgive him, at least he has confessed.
I hope the wife needs some time.
ANON 2:46, people are dying from diseases contracted from their spouses recklessness. Any person that cheats and hides it for a prolonged period of time and the accomplice is there smiling in my face ma sef?? Mba, that person does not care for me they just want to make sure I do not take my children and half his property and run. It has nothing to do with caring for me.
If he/she cared for him/her, then practice self-control. It is not that hard. Ok start with practicing safe sex, don't insult your spouse by bringing home a child or a disease. It is bad enough that you are not disciplined and can not be trusted, you rub it in my face by bringing some strange thing/person into my home. Lol, see how I have taken it personally. I am just sick of irresponsible people abeg.
Seriously, they can talk this over!
The deed has been done and there is no measuring how disappointed/shattered/heart broken the wife and children will be.
But is beheading the cure for headache? NO...
#forbetterforworse....
I just knew it had to be somethan like this
To walk away after 25 yrs aint beans
And am sure if he had told her way back she wont feel as betrayed as this
Imagine living with both snakes for 10 years not having the faintest idea ,the staff sef fit kill pesin
SMH @ some men ha!
What will it take for a man to keep his kokoro for only his wife ahan is that too much to ask for?
Infidelity.. did not start today and it will not end tomorrow.. so brace yourselves anything is possible.. the only person who will not let you down is God.
I call that "keeping it in the family" :)
Ten whole years, na wa! She definitely deserves better.
no wonder i thought as much. this kind of man can kill you slowly and you would not even suspect. Let her run from this evil monster now that she has the chance otherwise... STD is waiting for her
Oh boy, na wa o! The Governator, maka why now? Chei, Maria kpele, ndo nne!
So, he fathered this kid a decade ago and it has just now gone public? Can't believe this wasn't dug up by his opponents during his election for governor!
linda in europe and the usa they do not respect marriage like africans so stop generalizing.
whwn talking about issues in the states pls no their lif style is different from ours...
i never believed or understood this until i arrived the united states....
but linda i love u so much and ur site...they way u write....
See life O!! iS THERE EVER A HAPPILY EVER AFTER? THEY SAY HE MARRIED HER FOR POLITICAL CONNECTIONS.....SHE WAS MISS SHRIVER, A FIRST COUSIN TO THE KENNEDYS.
http://www.etonline.com/news/110589_WATCH_Arnold_Schwarzenegger_and_Maria_Shriver_s_Storybook_Wedding/index.html
honestly, the story about the IMF director is especially scary.
I've learnt that it is best not to admire or trust people completely unless you are close to them/ or know them thoroughly.
Amongst the human race, there are some of us that classify as humans and there are others that classify as animals. Child molestors, sexual predators, murderers and kidnappers all fall under this category.
The lady that is bringing this charge against the IMF director, I believe, is a West-African lady I think. I mean, see the British kid, madeleine is still missing. It just breaks my heart. As in, why would someone be so heartless and cause so much pain????
wat a shame
linda there is hope for us women... 6inch or more and it comes with a powered battery wink wink :)
women are the cause of this problem. men are rarely attracted sexually to women 40 and above and that is why in Africa and Islam, men are allowed to marry younger wives when their wives hit the big 40. Polygamy is the only way out of this. Stop fooling yourself looking for a faithful man because THEY DONT EXIST. My father married 3 wives yet he fathered outside the 3 women. Women please, let your men go out and play if you get old otherwise he will play it behind you.
--Gbenga
na wa oh! same thing happened to my mother. my dad had a child before they got married and my mum was unaware of this. it was when it was 23 years into the marriage that my dad admitted that he has a child outside marriage. its sad how deceitful men can be. the only good thing abt my mums situation is that the child was before the marriage not after or during the marriage. a lot of men do not realize that things like this cannot be hidden. it will surely come to light! i can understand how hurt Arnolds wife and kids are. i've bn in a similar condition and i was hurt. i do not blame her for the choice that she has made
And then tomorrow, Nigerians want to castigate women who choose to stay single. Can you blame them? Back in our grand parents days, they did not have to deal with HIV/AIDS. Today, all sort of STD viruses including the grand baba of them all HIV/AIDS is plaguing our world. Yet, many Nigerians are here suggesting she stays with him. It is not wonder when the world thinks AIDS, the first visual picture that comes into their head is the face of we Africans. For some reason, we just never learn from our mistakes (past and present).
Maria is not some illiterate, poverty stricken, desperate African woman. She can do well by herself raising her 2 boys, 2 girls MINUS contacting potential STDS (that can cut her life span short) from Arnold fornicator...I mean Schwarzenegger!
Arnold is not perfect but how about the staffer herself? You are screwing someone's husband til you catch beleh and you stay working in their house til 10 years after the baby!!???
That woman can kill!!! Who does that? And she is married too!!!
I'm sure that arnold gave her some of that good hush money so she could have quit her job but instead she chose to stay close!
And Maria Schriver who says she always thought the kid was from the staffer's husband... Did the husband knew he too was raising Arnold's seed?
These are criminals.Maria is lucky! In africa you have househelp like that she would not be quiet for 10 years she will do juju on you ou poison you and your kids!WTF?
I dont understand the cause of the promiscuous nature of Man. I have asked myself over and over again,
WHY DO MEN CHEAT ON THE IR WIVES ?
If she was not good enough , why did you marry her ?
If she was not good in bed, why didn't you teach her bedroom skills?
If she had any problem you did not want her to carry over into marriage, why did you not settle it before marriage ?
Why fondle another woman's breasts when you already have your own ?
May GOD bless us men with strong character IJN!
Amen !!
As was said of Grover Cleveland
"Hey, ma, where’s my pa, gone to the White House, HA HA HA."
It happened to a friend of mine but hers was bad because her mother and her only got to find out during her fathers funeral because the 2 children he fathered with another woman came to the funeral. My friend and her mum did not even know that these 2 children existed.
How sad and men are really evil they can kill you slowly without you even knowing and by the time you find out you are already dead. This would serve as a lesson for arni silly old git!!!
We in Western societies obviously have not been approaching this marital fidelity issue in the right way for the past 100 considering the fact that so many of our political and societal leaders, including Woodrow Wilson, FDR, John Kennedy, Bill Clinton, MLK, Gary Hart, John Edwards, Albert Einstein, John Ensign, Mark Sanford, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Joseph Kennedy, William Randolph Hearst, Newt Gingrich, Jesse Jackson, Bill Cosby, Elliot Spitzer, Tiger Woods, et. al., have been participants in extramarital affairs. Perhaps we ought to find another solution other than whatever we have been doing for the past 100 years.
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