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"A week ago, when Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife Maria Shriver announced their split after 25 years of marriage, tongues were wagging that perhaps Shriver got tired of the action star/ex-governor&amp;#039;s alleged infidelities. Well, those tongues were on the right track, but didn&amp;#039;t see what was coming. According to a statement released by Schwarzenegger, after leaving office, he confessed to his wife that nearly a decade ago he fathered a child with an ex-staffer. &amp;quot;After leaving the governor&amp;#039;s office I told my wife about this event, which occurred over a decade ago,&amp;quot; Schwarzenegger said in a statement obtained by CNN. &amp;quot;I understand and deserve the feelings of anger and disappointment among my friends and family. There are no excuses and I take full responsibility for the hurt I have caused. I have apologized to Maria, my children and my family. I am truly sorry.&amp;quot; Obviously the main crime people are focusing on is that he had an affair with someone under his wife&amp;#039;s very own roof\u2014an affair that led to a child. But, while I in no way shape or form condone that, I think the real crime here is the fact that he waited until leaving office, nearly 10 years later, to confess. He says he is sorry, but he waited until he finished doing what he wanted to do\u2014play politics\u2014before confessing to his wife, leaving that child in the position of being some kind of dirty little secret, instead of knowing the love and pride of a father. If this child is really almost 10 years old now, he or she has never met his or her siblings (Schwarzenegger&amp;#039;s children with Shriver) and they have not had the time to adjust to the fact that they have a half sibling out there. By waiting so long, Schwarzenegger has seriously impaired his children&amp;#039;s process of healing so that they could hopefully develop a relationship with their half sibling who is absolutely not to blame for any of this. While my heart truly goes out to Shriver, the children are the victims here. I just hope this &amp;quot;staffer&amp;#039;s&amp;quot; child is not ostracized and is able to develop a lasting bond his or her brothers and sisters. And I hope Schwarzenegger puts as much love and attention into raising this child as he has done with his others. - Alexandra Gekas, Associate Editor "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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