Who is Mildred Patricia Baena, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s housekeeper, baby mama, and Joseph Baena’s mother? Details on their affair and more.
Few of us will ever forget when it was disclosed that Arnold Schwarzenegger had engaged in an affair with his housekeeper while married to Maria Shriver. Shockingly, the extramarital relationship produced a child — and ended the power couple’s 25-year union.
Now, more than a decade after the world learned that Arnold had been unfaithful to his family, there’s renewed interest in the affair as he stars in the Netflix series FUBAR, and his life and career are explored in a documentary series aptly named Arnold. Details ahead.
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s affair with his housekeeper is the “major failure” of his life.
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“I have caused enough pain for my family. I will have to live with it the rest of my life,” the actor says in a trailer for Arnold. He also admits that cheating on Maria with his housekeeper Mildred Baena is the “major failure” of his life.
Not only was Arnold a philanderer, but the former Governor of California’s affair resulted in a child, born in 1997. Arnold and Mildred share a son named Joseph.
Maria, who is a mom to Arnold’s four other children — Katherine, Christina, Patrick, and Christopher — learned about his affair in marriage counseling. She also found out the truth about who Joseph’s dad was.
The affair ended Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver’s marriage.
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Arnold talks about how Maria learned about his affair during a therapy session. “In one of the sessions the counselor said, ‘I think today Maria wants to be very specific about something. She wants to know if you are the father of Joseph.'” he recounts. “And I was like — I thought my heart stopped and then I told the truth.”
“In the beginning I really didn’t know,” the True Lies alum admits about who Joseph’s father was. “I just started feeling the older he got the more it became clear to me, and then it was really just a matter of how do you keep this quiet? How do you keep this a secret?”
Ultimately, Arnold ended up apologizing to his family with a public statement. But the damage was done and Maria filed for divorce.
“It was wrong what I did,” Arnold says in the documentary. “But I don’t want to make Joseph feel that he is not welcomed in this world. Because he is very much welcomed in this world. I love him and he has turned out to be an extraordinary young man.”
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s housekeeper hasn’t said much publicly about their illicit relationship.
Back in 2011 when news about the shocking affair broke, Mildred spoke out to Hello! about her relationship with The Terminator. “I’m not making excuses, but at the time I was intimate with Arnold, I loved him,” she said at the time. “But I knew he was married and had a family who I cared very much about too.”
She also claimed to not have told the actor that Joseph was his son. “So much has been written about how he kept this secret of betrayal from his wife all these years — and how he kept me in the house with his family knowing Joseph was his. That is not true,” Mildred, who now leads a private life, said in the interview.
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Who is Mildred Patricia Baena?
Baena (real name: Mildred Patricia Baena) is best known to be the housekeeper of famous actor Arnold Schwarzenegger and his ex-wife Maria Shriver.
She was born on March 1, 1961, and currently, she is 62 years old. She comes from Guatemala and this makes her nationality a Guatemalan.
Her parents’ names are Evelyn Pena and she has one sibling named Miriam Pena.
At some point during her time working for the family, Patty was Arnold’s secret lover, and she even gave birth to Schwarzenegger’s son Joseph Baena.
According to Mildred Baena’s full interview with Hello! magazine, and in what’s being called her first and only interview on the scandal that has forced her and her family into hiding, she made no excuses for her affair with Arnold Schwarzenegger but also claimed that she “loved him” at the time.
Throughout her 20 years of service at the house, most people assumed that Joseph was the son of Patty’s husband until it was accepted that, in fact, he was Arnold’s son all along. Baena became part of their extended family, attending family get-togethers and important events.
Where did Mildred Patricia Baena attend school? According to Meaww, Baena graduated from culinary school in Santa Anita in 2017 to pursue her passion as a chef or a cook.
Her son Joseph once shared a moment with her in the kitchen on his Instagram page and praised her. He wrote “I’m so dang proud of my momma! Today she graduated culinary school and I couldn’t be happier for her as she continues to live out her dreams as a chef.”
Where does she live? Currently, she lives in a house in Bakersfield. According to reports by TMZ, In 2010 Arnold put down a hefty deposit of $65,000 to help Patty buy the house, less than a year before he admitted to fathering her child.
Who was Mildred Baena’s husband? Before her affair with Arnold, Baena was married to her husband Rogelio Baena. The year they got married is not known, however, they divorced in 2008 after Rogelio became suspicious of Joseph’s paternity. He divorced Patty even before Joseph was born.
How many children does Mildred Baena have now? Culinarian Baena has two children – all sons. The names of all her kids are Joseph Baena and Jackie Rozo.
Who is Mildred Baena’s husband now? Following her divorce from her first husband, Rogelio, she reportedly got married to another man named Alex Aguiar.
Is Mildred Baena still alive? Yes, Arnold’s housekeeper, baby mama, and mother of his illegitimate son, Joseph Baena is still alive and currently resides in Bakersfield.
Was Mildred Baena in love with Arnold? In one of her few interviews with Hello! magazine, she opened up on the scandal and affair. She made no excuses for her affair with Arnold Schwarzenegger but also claimed that she “loved him” at the time.
How much is Mildred Baena’s net worth? Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s housekeeper Mildred Baena has an estimated current net worth of $1 million. She reportedly acquired her fortune from her years of housekeeping work and the additional support she received from the actor. She is also a Culinarian.
Arnold is available to stream on Netflix starting June 7, 2023.
