Why Maria Shriver ‘flipped out’ when Arnold Schwarzenegger advised her he was operating for governor

Arnold Schwarzenegger says ex-wife Maria Shriver despised the concept of him operating for governor in California and thought a political marketing campaign would destroy their household.

Within the “FUBAR” actor’s “Arnold” documentary, out Wednesday, he revealed he wasn’t going to run except Shriver was “100 percent behind it.”

“I was sitting with her in a jacuzzi, and I said, ‘What do you think of me running for governor?’” the 75-year-old continued, in accordance with Individuals. “She flipped out. I almost felt like she was hyperventilating.”

In keeping with Schwarzenegger, Shriver thought a political marketing campaign would “drag” their household “through the mud,” so he “pulled back.”

Nevertheless, the previous journalist lastly got here round proper earlier than Schwarzenegger introduced his intentions to run on “The Tonight Show” in 2003.

“The morning of ‘The Tonight Show,’ Maria put a note under my door that said, ‘In case you decide to run here’s what I would say and here’s if you decide not to run what I would say,’” the bodybuilder-turned-actor recalled. “I felt like Maria for the first time was open to the idea.”

Regardless of Shriver’s preliminary hesitancy, she was no stranger when it got here to politics. In reality, she was the niece of former U.S. president John F. Kennedy.

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The “Terminator” star was finally sworn in because the thirty eighth governor of California, ousting Grey Davis from the place. He went on to serve two phrases earlier than leaving workplace in 2011.

Nevertheless, Schwarzenegger admitted that being governor was “very tough on my relationship with Maria and the kids.”

Elsewhere within the documentary, the actor detailed the second he advised Shriver about his 1996 affair with Mildred Baena, their former housekeeper.

Throughout a 2011 marriage counseling session, he was reportedly requested a “very specific” query at his then-wife’s request.

“She wants to know if you’re the father of Joseph,” the counselor puzzled, referencing Baena’s son, who was born in 1997.

The previous governor says his “heart stopped” in that second, however he determined to inform the “truth” and admit that Joseph was his son.

Regardless of his honesty, the 67-year-old “was obviously crushed” by the confession and filed for divorce quickly after.

Together with Joseph, 25, Schwarzenegger can also be father to Katherine, 33, Christina, 31, Patrick, 29, and Christopher, 25, with Shriver