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- Arnold Schwarzenegger is embracing his “mid-life disaster” by adopting a small zoo’s value of animals, son Patrick Schwarzenegger says
- The previous California governor owns a pig named Schnelly, a donkey named Lulu, a miniature horse Whiskey and a number of other canine
- “He has completely embraced this new type of act of life. It is simply … Physician Doolittle meets this midlife disaster, however happiness and calmer aspect of life,” Patrick says. “It is actually humorous”
Arnold Schwarzenegger is embracing his “mid-life disaster” by adopting a small menagerie of animals, his son Patrick says.
Throughout an look on SiriusXM’s Literally! With Rob Lowe on Thursday, Might 29, Patrick, 31, opened up about his well-known actor dad’s assortment of animals, which has grown to incorporate mini horses, pigs and a donkey over the past a number of years.
“I really like that Arnold has the mini horse and the pig… it makes me need to do this,” Lowe, 61, instructed Patrick in the course of the episode.
“He has completely embraced this new type of act of life,” the White Lotus star replied, talking about his 77-year-old dad. “It is simply … Physician Doolittle meets this mid-life disaster, however happiness and calmer aspect of life. It is actually humorous.”
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“You have seen it, however this image of him holding courtroom at his dinner desk with a cigar in his mouth and the miniature donkey behind him on the fitting aspect and the miniature pony on the left aspect and the pig proper under his ft consuming, after which the little chihuahua on his lap, after which the huge 180 pound Malamute husky over there subsequent to the horse,” Patrick continued.
“It is similar to they’ve all of them surrounding Arnold. He has sure meals, he has the oatmeal cookies, the home made oatmeal cookies which might be good for the horses. He is acquired particular meals for the canine. He is acquired the soup that the pig loves,” the actor added. “It is simply it is out of a film. It truly is.”
The previous California governor has grown his pet assortment steadily over the past a number of years. In April 2023, he adopted Schnelly Schwarzenegger (“Chnell” means “quick” in German), a pig. He’s additionally a proud proprietor of a donkey named Lulu, a miniature horse, Whiskey, and a number of other canine.
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Throughout his dialog with Lowe, Patrick and the Parks & Recreation alum additionally mentioned rumors a few potential present or film in improvement about Arnold and his many pets.
“Apparently. Brian, our buddy Brian Grazer, has a film he is creating about Arnold and the animals,” Lowe mentioned, referring to the producer and Ron Howard‘s frequent collaborator. “Each time I see Brian… I preserve saying, ‘What is going on on with the Arnold animal film?’ As a result of truthfully, I do not know something I might reasonably see than a film about Arnold and his animals.”
“I’m all the way down to see that. I noticed him actually yesterday and he introduced it up,” Patrick revealed. “I am hoping that it occurs.”
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The FUBAR star typically shares footage of his pets on Instagram. In a submit final yr, he shared a video of himself and his pig out for a day stroll.
“Nothing like a Tuesday morning stroll with my Schnelly!” the Terminator expertise wrote in an Instagram caption on the time.
The clip confirmed the pig following carefully behind Schwarzenegger, oinking all the best way.