Originally Posted By gadzuux (05-09) 20:59 PDT LOS ANGELES, CA (AP) -- Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife of 25 years, Maria Shriver, announced Monday that they are separating. "This has been a time of great personal and professional transition for each of us," the two said in a prepared statement. "After a great deal of thought, reflection, discussion, and prayer, we came to this decision together." << I feel bad for Maria. I've always liked her and wondered how she was able to do it. Especially given the strong and likely rumors about Arnold's womanizing. I suspect that this has been brewing for years, and they were waiting for a good time. This is it - he's done with public office, presumeably for good, and a respectful amount of time has past since the death of Maria's parents. The four kids are older and can likely deal with the reality of the break-up. Also, during Arnold's terms as governor, he was spending a lot of time in Sacramento, while Maria and the kids remained in LA the entire time. Now that he's no longer governor, he likely was spending more time at home and the possibility of them getting on each others nerves after being largely apart for so long just made it more apparent that they couldn't continue on together. Of course this is all speculation on my part, but let's see how long it takes til Arnold shows up in public with 20-something chippy on his arm. My best wishes to Maria - now go soak him for hundreds of millions of dollars.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper Chalk this up in the "I could give a crap" category but you just know America (and, even many non American's) will be eating this up.
Originally Posted By Mr X I'm surprised it isn't headline news yet. They are surprisingly slow on the uptake, really. But maybe not... I was SHOCKED that the 9.0 disaster actually took hours to hit the headlines (I, luckily, had power and my computer and I was checking from time to time and CNN still had it in a little corner of their page until they decided it was "sexy enough" to make a headline out of...weird!). No big "breaking news" either. They were waiting to see if the devastation was "worthy". (in fact, it SEEMED, though I can't confirm, that they were waiting for the first report of DEATHS before they went with it). I'm so disgusted with the media these days, I can't even express it properly.
Originally Posted By Mr X This particular story is on the bottom of the left side of the page right now. Let's see if they elevate it to "stardom". (yeah, I'm cynical)
Originally Posted By Mr X In all fairness, at the moment the have a REAL news story on the left side headline, the story of a refugee ship which capsized. The center headline is a throwaway piece of crap. Watch. They WILL gravitate towards "the big divorce" in the next few hours and days. I'd be willing to put money on it. Any takers?
Originally Posted By gadzuux The "Osama's Dead" story is winding down. Arnold and Maria's divorce is salacious enough with just a patina of 'legitimate news', and they're globally famous. And of course stinkin' rich. Also - many of the usual suspects around here are residents of California, and Arnold has been a perennial topic with us over the last several years. When I bother to speculate, it seems to me that the ride is pretty much over for Arnold. He's too old to be an 'action' star, and he never was much of an actor. So the movies are probably done and over. And he has no real support for holding elective office ever again - mostly because he's more reviled by his own party than his opposition. So what's left - maybe a sitcom?
Originally Posted By Mr X ***and he never was much of an actor*** THAT, I think, is unfair. He was AWESOME in "Twins".
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 Or maybe he said: To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women.
Originally Posted By Mr X And beyond that, he is the Terminator, after all. Let's give credit where it's due! (I have no opinion on his governorship)
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>So what's left << T.J. Hooker reboot! (Hey, it worked for Hawaii 5-0.)
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 <<***and he never was much of an actor*** THAT, I think, is unfair.>> Yeah I actually missed him not making movies.
Originally Posted By Mr X He had his moments. As a star, he was HUGE. As an actor, he was cool from time to time. I miss Arnold the movie star these days (he was AWESOME in Terminator, and Twins, and er....other stuff!!?? lol).
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <(Hey, it worked for Hawaii 5-0.)> You have obviously not seen the new version.
Originally Posted By fkurucz "So what's left - maybe a sitcom?" Maybe he can champion a cause - child obesity?
