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# Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver \- Greatest Celebrity Love Story ...

Despite their political differences, _Arnold Schwarzenegger_ and Maria Shriver have kept their **[marriage going strong](https://allwomenstalk.com/8-tricks-to-a-great-marriage/)** for 22 years. Shriver's mother was John F. Kennedy's sister and though she was reluctant to follow the family’s political history, Shriver found herself in love with a man who would become Governor of California.
_ Schwarzenegger found his way from **Austria** to the United States in the late 1960s and a few years later he won his first Mr. Olympia.

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While the **body-builder** was busy with a documentary called, “Pumping Iron“, his future wife Shriver was graduating from Georgetown University as she began her journey into the **world of news** as a producer for KYW in Philadelphia.

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Shriver was just 21 years old when she **first met** Schwarzenegger in 1977. He, was 30 years old and trying to make a name for himself in Hollywood.

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They were at a celebrity tennis tournament that was held in honor of her late uncle, Robert Kennedy, when they laid eyes on each other. They married **nine years** later in front of a crowd that included Barbara Walters and Oprah Winfrey.

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Although they have seen many ups and downs, Shriver and Schwarzenegger have brought **love**, **devotion**, and **four children** to their marriage.

I'm not perfect," Schwarzenegger admitted to Newsweek , "but I know that out of millions of women, I found the one who understands me and my drive."
Read also other [celebrity couple](https://allwomenstalk.com/9-celebrity-couples-who-are-going-the-distance/) love story [Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson ...](https://allwomenstalk.com/greatest-celebrity-love-storiescouple-1-tom-hanks-and-rita-wilson/)

Sources: [Biography.com](https://www.biography.com/search), People.com_, [Biography.com,](https://www.biography.com/search) _EW.com_, [People.com](https://web.archive.org/web/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20140536,00.html)

Photo Credit:[latimesblogs.latimes.com](https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/), [losangelestimesblog](https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/), _Time.com_, [movies.about.com](https://www.liveabout.com/divorce-4145430), [allposters.com](https://www.allposters.com?ref=allwomenstalk.com), _Time.com_,

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