Patrick Schwarzenegger Says His Dad Is Having a 'Midlife Crisis'
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Patrick Schwarzenegger said his father, Arnold Schwarzenegger, was going through a particular type of "midlife crisis" during a recent podcast interview.
Newsweek reached out to Arnold Schwarzenegger's representative via email for comment on Friday.
The Context
Arnold Schwarzenegger, 77, actor and former governor of California, has played in such movie hits as The Terminator, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Total Recall and True Lies. The Golden Globe Award winner shares four kids with his ex-wife, Maria Shriver: daughters Katherine and Christina and sons Patrick and Christopher. In 2011, he revealed that he has another child, son Joseph Baena.
Patrick Schwarzenegger, 31, is an actor as well and has had roles in The Staircase and American Sports Story, and currently stars in The White Lotus.
What To Know
On Thursday's episode of Literally! With Rob Lowe, host Rob Lowe brought up Patrick Schwarzenegger's famous father and his love of animals.
"I love that Arnold has the mini horse and the pig... it makes me want to do that," The West Wing star, 61, said.
"He has totally embraced this new act of life. It's just, he's such a Doctor Dolittle meets kind of like this midlife crisis, but happiness and calmer side of life. It's really funny," Patrick Schwarzenegger said.
(L) Patrick Schwarzenegger attends The Fourth Annual Academy Museum Gala on October 19, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (R) Arnold Schwarzenegger attends the Los Angeles premiere of Netflix's "FUBAR" on May 22, 2023 in Los...
(L) Patrick Schwarzenegger attends The Fourth Annual Academy Museum Gala on October 19, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (R) Arnold Schwarzenegger attends the Los Angeles premiere of Netflix's "FUBAR" on May 22, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. More; Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
The California native continued: "You've seen it, but this picture of him holding court at his dinner table with a cigar in his mouth and the miniature donkey behind him on the right side, and the miniature pony on the left side, and the pig right below his feet eating, and then the little Chihuahua on his lap, and then the massive 180-pound malamute husky over there next to the horse. And then the other—what's it called?—dog. That's 150 kg. It's just like they have all of them surrounding Arnold."
Patrick Schwarzenegger added that his dad's animals are cooked homemade meals.
"He has certain meals, he has the oatmeal cookies, the homemade oatmeal cookies that are good for the horses. He's got special meals for the dog. He's got the soup that the pig loves. It's just it's out of a movie. It really is."
Lowe shared that Brian Grazer—a producer with credits on films like Apollo 13 and A Beautiful Mind—"has a movie he's developing about Arnold and the animals."
"Every time I see Brian—I've had Brian on the show—I keep saying, 'What's going on with the Arnold animal movie?' Because honestly, I don't know anything I'd rather see than a movie about Arnold and his animals. I really don't. I am so down to see that."
"I saw him literally yesterday and he brought it up," Patrick Schwarzenegger replied. "I'm hoping that it happens."
The pair then went on to tease Arnold Schwarzenegger about his dress sense.
"When did Arnold start dressing like Adam Sandler? When did that happen?" Lowe asked.
"I make fun of Arnold more than anyone for the outfits he wears," Patrick Schwarzenegger said, before noting that his father went to a recent photo shoot for Netflix's FUBAR without wardrobe, so they shot him "how he's dressed."
"I was like, I bet you he has a cigar and he's got a T-shirt of himself on. And he sent the photo, and it was literally a photo of himself with the shirt of himself, with a photo of himself in the background. I was just like, it doesn't get any, any better."
"There's no one I love more for living his best life than your dad," Lowe said.
What People Are Saying
Lowe promoted the podcast on Instagram, and fans shared their excitement over the interview in the comments.
Instagram user hermanator70 wrote: "Fun podcast."
@jessicaskelton13 shared: "This is amazing."
@mattvanleer21 said: "Just seen this one. Loved it so much Mr Lowe. We just [finished] watching White Lotus season 3. [Your] friend was mind blowing in it."
@trulyafitz chimed in: "FINALLY!"
What Happens Next
FUBAR Season 2 will be available on Netflix on June 12.
All episodes of The White Lotus are currently available to stream on Max.
New episodes of SiriusXM's Literally! With Rob Lowe are available every Thursday on the SiriusXM app and wherever podcasts are available.
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