{"id":579911,"date":"2026-08-02T06:36:49","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T06:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/579911\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T06:36:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T06:36:49","slug":"maria-shriver-and-arnold-schwarzenegger-enjoy-rare-family-reunion-in-honor-of-his-79th-birthday-so-lucky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/579911\/","title":{"rendered":"Maria Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenegger Enjoy Rare Family Reunion in Honor of His 79th Birthday: \u201cSo Lucky\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Gist<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Maria Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenegger had a rare family reunion in honor of Schwarzenegger&#8217;s 79th birthday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In photos posted to Instagram by their oldest daughter, Katherine Schwarzenegger, the exes smiled as they sat side by side.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Arnold and Shriver finalized their divorce in December 2021 after 25 years of marriage. They share four kids.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:Arnold Schwarzenegger;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instyle.com\/arnold-schwarzenegger-bodybuilder-workout-photos-79th-birthday-12031862\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Arnold Schwarzenegger<\/a>&#8216;s 79th birthday celebration resulted in an unexpected family reunion on Thursday. In a photo shared to his oldest daughter, <a data-ylk=\"slk:Katherine Schwarzenegger;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instyle.com\/katherine-schwarzenegger-shares-photos-daughter-lyla-chris-pratt-11792402\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Katherine Schwarzenegger<\/a>&#8216;s Instagram account, Arnold smiled brightly as he sat side by side with his ex-wife, <a data-ylk=\"slk:Maria Shriver;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instyle.com\/maria-shriver-explains-why-she-doesnt-watch-shows-about-kennedy-family-11956969\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Maria Shriver<\/a>, during a day of family fun.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Happy Birthday, Dad \u2764\ufe0f So lucky you&#8217;re ours\u2026 and even luckier our kids get you as Opa,&#8221; Katherine, 36, captioned the <a data-ylk=\"slk:Instagram;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DbbL3qSFLDm\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a> photo gallery, referring to Arnold&#8217;s grandchildren: Lyla Maria Pratt, 5, Eloise Christina Pratt, 4, and Ford Fitzgerald Pratt. The first image features Arnold carrying an elementary school-age Katherine dressed as a clown for Halloween. Other father-daughter snapshots include moments from Katherine&#8217;s grade school day&#8217;s and screenshots from more recent video calls with her dad.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Katherine Schwarzenegger shares throwback father-daughter photos in honor of Arnold Schwarzenegger's 79th birthday on Instagram on July 30, 2026.Credit: Katherine Schwarzenegger\/Instagram\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/instyle_846\/45006f5547defe452658b3229a5fec9f.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Katherine Schwarzenegger shares throwback father-daughter photos in honor of Arnold Schwarzenegger&#8217;s 79th birthday on Instagram on July 30, 2026.<br \/>Credit: Katherine Schwarzenegger\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Mixed in among the sentimental pictures is a photo of Shriver and Arnold seated side-by-side in snow gear during a family ski trip in March. &#8220;Fam ski trip,&#8221; Katherine captioned the original <a data-ylk=\"slk:Instagram;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DV9rK4-gdBa\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a> photos of herself and her family hitting the slopes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Though the exes, who were married for 25 years, finalized their divorce in 2021, Katherine&#8217;s throwback photos serve as a reminder that Arnold and Shriver remain on good terms while co-parenting their four children. In addition to Katherine, the pair share 35-year-old daughter Christina Maria Aurelia Schwarzenegger, 32-year-old son <a data-ylk=\"slk:Patrick Arnold Shriver Schwarzenegger;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instyle.com\/patrick-schwarzenegger-white-lotus-interview-2025-8777758\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Patrick Arnold Shriver Schwarzenegger<\/a>, and 28-year-old son Christopher Sargent Shriver Schwarzenegger.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Katherine Schwarzenegger shares throwback father-daughter photos in honor of Arnold Schwarzenegger's 79th birthday on Instagram on July 30, 2026.Credit: Katherine Schwarzenegger\/Instagram\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"360\" height=\"480\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/instyle_846\/b2b6554e87514c4755e53a66e4183997.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Katherine Schwarzenegger shares throwback father-daughter photos in honor of Arnold Schwarzenegger&#8217;s 79th birthday on Instagram on July 30, 2026.<br \/>Credit: Katherine Schwarzenegger\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Shriver and Arnold met at the at the Robert F. Kennedy celebrity tennis tournament in New York City in August 1977, according to <a data-ylk=\"slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/movies\/arnold-schwarzenegger-maria-shriver-relationship-timeline\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">People<\/a>. After dating for nearly nine years, the pair tied the knot at a large ceremony in Hyannis, Massachusetts. Shriver and Arnold faced public scrutiny in 1996 when the professional bodybuilder revealed he had an affair with Mildred Patricia Baena, the family&#8217;s housekeeper. Arnold and Baena share a 28-year-old son named <a data-ylk=\"slk:Joseph Baena;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instyle.com\/all-about-arnold-schwarzeneggers-five-grown-up-kids-11923806\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Joseph Baena<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Following the incident, Shriver and Arnold remained together until their official separation in 2021.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Christopher Schwarzenegger, Christina Schwarzenegger, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Katherine Schwarzenegger, and Chris Pratt attend the premiere of &quot;Fubar&quot; Season 2 in Los Angeles on June 11, 2025.Credit: Getty Images\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/instyle_846\/702c0a5a3a9e09a6b595bd67df7ee3a3.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Christopher Schwarzenegger, Christina Schwarzenegger, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Katherine Schwarzenegger, and Chris Pratt attend the premiere of &#8220;Fubar&#8221; Season 2 in Los Angeles on June 11, 2025.<br \/>Credit: Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a data-ylk=\"slk:InStyle;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instyle.com\/maria-shriver-arnold-schwarzenegger-rare-family-reunion-79th-birthday-12032109\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">InStyle<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Gist Maria Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenegger had a rare family reunion in honor of Schwarzenegger&#8217;s 79th birthday.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":579912,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[7172,321,93,61,60,95617,244539,7175],"class_list":["post-579911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-arnold-schwarzenegger","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-katherine-schwarzenegger","tag-lyla-maria-pratt","tag-maria-shriver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=579911"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579911\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/579912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=579911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=579911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=579911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}