And not long after the news spread, Maria Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenegger split. Not only did the infamous story take California by storm, but it also surprised Joseph Baena.
Finding Out
Baena went to school expecting it to be like any other middle school day, but when the news broke, his entire world was turned upside down. The memory is just as vivid today as the moment it happened.
“I was in the eighth grade. Fifth or sixth period. And I get called out of class to leave. And my mom’s there, and she’s like, ‘We gotta go — everyone is finding out about you and who your father is,” he told Men’s Health. Later that day, his grandmother sat him down to tell him who his father was. As if that wasn’t enough for a teen to process, Baena’s mom decided it would be best to leave California for a while.