housekeeper for the first time in a television interview, said it was
"the stupidest thing" he did in his marriage to Maria Shriver and said
it "inflicted tremendous pain" on his family.
In a "60 Minutes" interview with reporter Leslie Stahl due to air on
September 30, Schwarzenegger admitted that he lied to Shriver about
the affair. CBS released a clip of the interview on Friday.
"I think it was the stupidest thing I've done in the whole
relationship. It was terrible. I inflicted tremendous pain on Maria
and unbelievable pain on the kids," Schwarzenegger said.
Schwarzenegger, 65, had been quiet in public about his affair with
their housekeeper Mildred Baena. He and Baena had a son, Joseph, who
grew up not knowing Schwarzenegger was his father until the scandal
made headlines last year.
After the revelations, Shriver and Schwarzenegger began proceedings to
end their 25-year marriage. They have four children together.
The interview coincides with the October 1 release of Austrian-born
Schwarzenegger's autobiography, "Total Recall: My Unbelievably True
Life." He told Stahl that he was determined to write a book that
included his "failures" as well as his successes in bodybuilding, film
and politics.
Since his term as Republican governor ended, Schwarzenegger has
returned to movies with "The Expendables 2" last August, and he has
five more films in the pipeline. He also inaugurated a global policy
think tank in his name at the University of Southern California's Los
Angeles campus.