'I had an affair with Brigitte Nielsen': Arnold Schwarzenegger confirms he cheated on wife Maria Shriver with Danish actress

She revealed that the pair had an affair in her own memoir, last year.

And now Arnold Schwarzenegger has confirmed that he cheated on his then girlfriend and now ex-wife Maria Shriver with actress Brigitte Nielsen.

The Terminator star has made the explosive revelation in his own new autobiography, Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story.

The 65-year-old star says that he and Nielsen shared a passionate tryst whilst filming their sword and sorcery/action film Red Sonja in 1985.

At the time, Arnold was dating and living with Maria, who he went on to marry a year later.

Meanwhile, in 1985, Nielsen was married to fellow action star and one of Schwarzenegger's pals, Sylvester Stallone.

 

In her own book You Only Get One Life, the Danish star, who for years has struggled with alcohol addiction, claims she didn't know Arnold was involved with another woman during their affair.

Arnold's book has become one of the most talked about celebrity autobiography in recent memory.

But the action star is said to be keeping all the profits of the book to himself. 

Cosy: Here Nielsen and Arnold are spotted getting cosy at the Euro Sports Center in Vienna, Austria in 1984

 

 

Earlier this week it was revealed that Arnold did not send his estranged wife a copy of his book, as he does not want her to claim a share of the money that it is making.

The Terminator star is reportedly hellbent on keeping all of the proceeds from the tome for himself, even though his relationship with the journalist is a key strand of his story.

Sources close to the couple made the shocking claims to TMZ.

Former California governor Arnold and Maria were together for 34 years and married for 25, and their times together are exhaustively dealt with in the forthcoming book.

 

They married in April 1986, and have four children together - Katherine, 22, Christina, 21, Patrick, 19, and 15-year-old Christopher.

However the bodybuilding legend has allegedly made it clear to her that the book is his property, and she will not be getting her hands on any part of his multi-million dollar advance or the bumper royalties.

 

It has also been claimed the love cheat has been trying to give Maria a raw deal during financial settlement negotiations.

An insider said: 'Arnold has been really stingy with Maria and the kids, which is amazing considering what he did.'

Apparently the self-made multimillionaire is treating the divorce like just another business deal, rather than seeing the cash sum as a symbol of the parting of the relationship he had with the mother of his children.

This is despite the sources also claiming he begged for her to return to him as recently as last week.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the 56-year-old author and activist turned down the request.

Arnold's representative reportedly told TMZ divorce settlement negotiations are ongoing so no agreement has been struck.

 

Arnold has revealed his regrets about having an affair with his housekeeper Mildred Baena, which resulted in the birth of his illegitimate son Joseph, declaring it as 'the stupidest thing' in an upcoming interview.

He opened up for a forthcoming feature in 60 Minutes his first televised interview since the scandal broke in May 2011 - to broadcast on Sunday.

The True Lies favourite said: '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.'

 

Inflicting pain: Arnold has admitted that his behviour has inflicted pain on his children with Maria

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