Arnold Schwarzeneggeris one strict dad!
The Austrian-born actor, 76, discussed the dramatic way he kept his sonPatrick Schwarzeneggerin line as a boy whilediscussing his parenting styleduring an appearance onJimmy Kimmel Live!Monday.
“For the way I grew up, I was lenient. But I think for American standards, I was probably strict,” Schwarzenegger, who was on the show to promote his new bookBe Useful: Seven Tools for Life, confessed to hostJimmy Kimmel.
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“My son did not make his bed. He had his nanny make the bed, which was not allowed,” said theTerminatorstar. “So I came in one time and the bed was made so immaculately that I looked at it and I said, ‘Patrick, did you do that?’ And he said, ‘No, I didn’t.' So I grabbed the mattress, opened up the doors, and threw it off the balcony down into the swimming pool!”
“It gives an example. So he had to, kind of, drag it up, the mattress and the pillows — I threw everything out there,” he added.
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Schwarzenegger has five children:Katherine, 33,Christina, 32, Patrick, 30, andChristopher, 26, shared with exMaria Shriver, plusJoseph, 26, withMildred Baena. The actor is also granddad to daughter Katherine’s kidsLyla, 3, andEloise, 16 months.
Amid the upcoming release of his book, the actor shared in an exclsuive interview with with PEOPLE that he instructed his kids to carry out cleaning duties at home, which included making their own beds, washing their own clothes and cleaning their bathrooms.
Did he really burn her shoes? “Yes, absolutely," Schwarzenegger said with a grin. “Now she uses thesamemethods which she cried over and that she complained about.”
Christina Schwarzenegger, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Maria Shriver and Katherine Schwarzenegger in Los Angeles on Oct. 30, 2017.Emma McIntyre/Getty Images
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In his conversation with PEOPLE, Schwarzenegger also recalled the bed-making incident, which he said occurred when Patrick was 9 and the frustrated dad tossed his son’s mattress out the window.
“I opened up the door to the balcony, picked up the mattress and threw it down with the bedsheets, the pillows, everything. I said, ‘Don’t ever make someone come in and clean your room, clean your shower or make your bed,’ " he said. “I said, ‘Because I taught you how to make the bed.’ "
Schwarzenegger also recalled contention with Patrick over his long, hot showers, telling his son, “It’s over, no more showers. Five minutes, one shower, and then that’s it and we’re turning it off.”
While the kids had strong reactions to his tactics growing up, theKindergarten Copstar said over time the stories have become legendary in his family: “Funny enough, those kinds of things are what they bring up all the time with tremendous laughter and tell other people as a joke.”
“It’s the funniest thing when Katherine comes over, she loves bragging to other people about how bossy I was, how tough I was when she grew up and how she didn’t get away with anything,” Schwarzenegger added.
Be Useful: Seven Tools for Lifeis available Oct. 10 wherever books are sold.
source: people.com
