12 Most Shocking Recent Celebrity Affairs

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3) Arnold Schwarzenegger and Mildred Baena

The former action star and California “Govenator” shocked his supporters and the world at large when he admitted to cheating on his wife of 25 years, Maria Shriver with a former employee in 2011. The affair had taken place 14 years earlier while Mildred Baena worked for the couple. She was employed by Arnold and Maria for 20 years and gave birth to Arnold’s son Joseph in 1997 just one week after Maria had given birth to the couples youngest son Christopher.

Arnold said he had no idea the boy was his until he was much older and began to look more and more like him. Following the news of the scandal he and Maria separated and have yet to file for divorce as of 2014. News also broke shortly after the first affair scandal that Arnold had also cheated on Maria with his former flame and ex-wife Brigitte Nielsen while married to Maria. When asked what he regrets most in his life the actor revealed that it is the hurt he caused his family and loved ones and the fact that all of this pain ultimately caused them to split up.