{"id":553767,"date":"2026-07-31T22:50:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T22:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/553767\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T22:50:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T22:50:10","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\/nz\/553767\/","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>Maria Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenegger had a rare family reunion in honor of Schwarzenegger\u2019s 79th birthday. <\/p>\n<p>In photos posted to Instagram by their oldest daughter, Katherine Schwarzenegger, the exes smiled as they sat side by side.<\/p>\n<p>Arnold and Shriver finalized their divorce in December 2021 after 25 years of marriage. They share four kids.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instyle.com\/arnold-schwarzenegger-bodybuilder-workout-photos-79th-birthday-12031862\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Arnold Schwarzenegger<\/a>\u2019s 79th birthday celebration resulted in an unexpected family reunion on Thursday. In a photo shared to his oldest daughter, <a data-ylk=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instyle.com\/katherine-schwarzenegger-shares-photos-daughter-lyla-chris-pratt-11792402\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Katherine Schwarzenegger<\/a>\u2019s Instagram account, Arnold smiled brightly as he sat side by side with his ex-wife, <a data-ylk=\"\" 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>\u201cHappy Birthday, Dad \u2764\ufe0f So lucky you\u2019re ours\u2026 and even luckier our kids get you as Opa,\u201d Katherine, 36, captioned the <a data-ylk=\"\" 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\u2019s 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\u2019s grade school day\u2019s 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\u2019s 79th birthday on Instagram on July 30, 2026.Credit: Katherine Schwarzenegger\/Instagram\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/fdeb5dfc-e495-4174-ace2-2cf38020f484.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Katherine Schwarzenegger shares throwback father-daughter photos in honor of Arnold Schwarzenegger\u2019s 79th birthday on Instagram on July 30, 2026.Credit: Katherine Schwarzenegger\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p>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. \u201cFam ski trip,\u201d Katherine captioned the original <a data-ylk=\"\" 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>Though the exes, who were married for 25 years, finalized their divorce in 2021, Katherine\u2019s 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=\"\" 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\u2019s 79th birthday on Instagram on July 30, 2026.Credit: Katherine Schwarzenegger\/Instagram\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"360\" height=\"480\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/c6ec90e3-9479-409c-a4e1-63a3c48a599f.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Katherine Schwarzenegger shares throwback father-daughter photos in honor of Arnold Schwarzenegger\u2019s 79th birthday on Instagram on July 30, 2026.Credit: Katherine Schwarzenegger\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p>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=\"\" 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\u2019s housekeeper. Arnold and Baena share a 28-year-old son named <a data-ylk=\"\" 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>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 \u201cFubar\u201d Season 2 in Los Angeles on June 11, 2025.Credit: Getty Images\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/5622a52e-85b9-4058-a639-7d60704a5b00.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Christopher Schwarzenegger, Christina Schwarzenegger, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Katherine Schwarzenegger, and Chris Pratt attend the premiere of \u201cFubar\u201d Season 2 in Los Angeles on June 11, 2025.Credit: Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Read the original article on <a data-ylk=\"\" 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\u2019s 79th birthday.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":553768,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-553767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=553767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553767\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/553768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=553767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=553767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=553767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}