Arnie kept 'living in denial' by keeping secrets from ex-wife

Arnold Schwarzenegger says his lifelong penchant for secrecy and ability to put his emotions “on deep freeze” led him to keep many secrets from his wife, eventually causing the break-up of their marriage when he was forced to admit he fathered a child with the family’s housekeeper.

Throughout their strained 25-year marriage, Schwarzenegger says he did not want to tell Maria Shriver about crucial life decisions such as major heart surgery and running for California governor because he feared she would overreact and tell her well-connected family and friends.