Posted on 05/09/2011 8:25:20 PM PDT by Beaten Valve
Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife, Maria Shriver, have separated, with Shriver moving out of their Brentwood mansion while the two determine the next step in their 25-year marriage.
Shriver has been residing apart from the actor-turned-politician for the last few weeks. The former first couple confirmed the separation in a joint statement released Monday after questions were raised by The Times.
"This has been a time of great personal and professional transition for each of us," the statement read. "After a great deal of thought, reflection, discussion and prayer, we came to this decision together. At this time, we are living apart while we work on the future of our relationship.
"We are continuing to parent our four children together. They are the light and the center of both of our lives." We consider this a private matter and neither we nor any of our friends or family will have further comment. "We ask for compassion and respect from the media and the public."
Over the years, the couple's marriage has come under close scrutiny, especially during the 2003 recall of Gov. Gray Davis, when The Times reported on Schwarzenegger's lengthy history of groping women. At the time, Shriver defended her husband, helping lift him to victory in the free-for-all contest.
Since Schwarzenegger left office, it had seemed as though the two were living separate lives. Shriver has worked on her women's empowerment website, guest edited an issue of Oprah Winfrey's magazine and promoted causes near to her heart, such as Alzheimer's research. She struggled with the death of her father, Sargent Shriver, in January, and took her son Patrick and some of his friends on an East Coast college tour in April.
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That picture. Perfect for home defense.
That’s an alien life form.
That pic just does not look right!
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Looks like the loser in Rockem Ssockem Robots>
Check out the photos...
The couple met in 1977, when NBC’s Tom Brokaw introduced Shriver to Schwarzenegger at a charity tennis tournament.
In 2008, Shriver delivered a high-profile endorsement of Barack Obama on the eve of the California primary. Schwarzenegger backed the GOP nominee, Arizona Sen. John McCain.
At a rally in San Diego, the actor acknowledged before several hundred chanting supporters that, “Yes, I have behaved badly sometimes.”
“Yes, it is true that I was on rowdy movie sets,” he went on, “and I have done things that were not right, which I thought then was playful. But I now recognize that I have offended people. And to those people that I have offended, I want to say to them, I am deeply sorry about that, and I apologize.-——
To the best of my knowledge she’s never apologized.
For herself or her commie family.
“compassionate and respectful of their private life”.....kinda like the compassionate respect the SRM gives Sarah Palin and her family?
Maybe Ahnold can run for POTUS now, free of the Kennedy dogma!
We need an Austrian as the ruler of the world!
The last Austrian who ran a foreign country didn't work out so well.
What a small small world..
Barbara Walters was feeling warm and fuzzy introducing her good friend Arianna Huffington: “Full disclosure. This is a day when I have two — with Maria (Shriver) and Arianna, when I have two women I have known forever. We have known each other for 30 years. [Referring to Huffington, and clutching her hand,] I am the godmother to her eldest child. So I’m slightly prejudiced.”
That’s what I mean, it’s time we give another Austrian a chance!
Guess Arnold figured since the Swimmer passed, those Kennedy family get togethers just weren’t as fun anymore.
"Consider it a divorce"
My God...I hadn’t seen a picture of her in years. I don’t think even Laz would hit it.
Schwarzennedys are no mo!
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