After 25 years of marriage Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife Maria Shriver have announced their separation.
In a move that has shocked Hollywood, the couple who have four children together, released a joint statement saying they were living apart while they "work on the future" of their marriage.
They added: "This has been a time of great personal and professional transition for each of us. After a great deal of thought, reflection, discussion, and prayer, we came to this decision together. At this time, we are living apart, while we work on the future of our relationship," they continue.
"We are continuing to parent our four children together. They are the light and the centre of both of our lives."
Shriver, 55, a TV journalist and member of the Kennedy dynasty, and Schwarzenegger, 63, the Austrian-born bodybuilder/action movie hero who became a Republican California governor, have seemed like an unlikely couple since they married in 1986.
She stood by the ‘Terminator’ actor at the time amid claims he groped a string of women during his movie career.
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The Los Angeles Times broke the story late last night saying that Shriver, is 'moving out of their Brentwood mansion while the two determine the next step in their 25-year marriage'.
Schwarzenegger left the governor's office last January after an increasingly difficult term, and there have been rumours he'll re-start his movie career, including a role in another 'Terminator' film.
The couple were married on April 26, 1986, in a lavish ceremony in Hyannis, Massachusetts near the Kennedy family compound.
