Looking back, we should have predicted that Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife Maria Shriver would eventually divorce. Action stars who were popular in the 1980s and 1990s do not exactly have great track records with marriage, after all. Sure, Jackie Chan has been married for over 40 years but look at the rest of the lot — Sylvester Stallone is on marriage number three, Steven Seagal is on marriage four, and Jean-Claude Van Damme has been married five times to four different women. We thought Schwarzenegger’s union would be different, perhaps because he married into an American dynasty (Shriver is J.F.K.’s niece) or because of his transition into politics, where divorces can sometimes turn off one’s voter base. The couple also seemed to truly be in love, so it was surprising when their love bubble burst in a truly ugly, very public manner.
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Schwarzenegger and Shriver were married in 1986 and have four children, including actor Patrick and writer Katherine, who is married to Chris Pratt. They announced their separation in May 2011, one week before Schwarzenegger publicly confessed to having had a secret child years before with the family’s maid. Shriver formally filed for divorce two months later, but has somehow kept things civil with her ex, who only told her of his son Joseph Baena’s existence after leaving political office. “She and I are really good friends and very close, and we are very proud of the way we raised our kids,” Schwarzenegger told The Hollywood Reporter, adding that they even spend holidays together.
