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Arnold Schwarzenegger Praises Son Patrick's Performance in 'White Lotus' | TMZ Live
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4/11/2025
Arnold's can't contain his love for his son Patrick's performance ... even including THAT scene.
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It's not surprising that Patrick Schwarzenegger's dad, what's that guy's name?
00:06
Oh, Arnie, that's right, yeah, it's Arnold, Arnold Schwarzenegger, that guy.
00:11
You'd imagine, of course, he's very proud of his son for his breakout role on White Lotus,
00:16
but then you also kind of, and I thought this as I was watching the season unfold,
00:20
like, I'm sure that Patrick's parents are proud, but then is it uneasy watching him in certain scenes
00:27
that have been talked about a lot during the season.
00:32
So, we got the answer, because our good buddy Alex Michelson,
00:36
who's often right here when one of us is out, sat down with Arnold.
00:42
And, do you want to help me out here? I'm choking.
00:44
You can tell I'm completely choking. You're just sitting there.
00:47
I just wanted to see if you could get through it.
00:49
Wow.
00:49
Okay, so anyway, thanks a lot.
00:51
So, Alex would have actually jumped in.
00:53
Alex has a show called The Issue Is on a lot of Fox stations in California.
00:57
And he interviewed him for a show tonight and talked about White Lotus
01:04
and talked about that scene to find out how Arnold felt as he watched his son
01:10
and heard what his acting brother did to him.
01:14
Thanks, Johnny, on the spot.
01:15
My son has done such an extraordinary job.
01:20
I mean, you have to imagine to step into something that gets that much exposure.
01:24
Right.
01:25
The pressure that is on you.
01:27
And he pulled it off.
01:29
And the weirdness of it all, the incestry and all this.
01:32
Yeah, well, how did you deal with that?
01:34
I just, look, I deal with it the same way as I deal with it when I play The Terminator
01:39
and I kill, like, you know, I wipe out the whole police station.
01:43
Yeah.
01:43
But it's like, is it real?
01:45
No.
01:46
Yeah.
01:46
You know, it's people who are, like, shocked.
01:50
Yeah.
01:51
But that's acting, right?
01:52
If you can act it out so well, that means that they bought into it.
01:56
They believed it.
01:57
And the same is when they come up to Patrick and says, how can I do this?
02:00
This incestry and all this stuff.
02:02
They bought into it.
02:04
Yeah.
02:04
They thought it was real.
02:05
And that's the greatest compliment that you can get in acting.
02:08
I love that.
02:09
Great point.
02:10
So what he's saying is, the more upset people got about it, the better the actor Patrick
02:15
was, and the prouder his dad is.
02:18
We always say it.
02:19
Make them feel something.
02:20
If people watched it and they were like, oh, then he's doing a great job.
02:24
He did a good job in this.
02:25
It's got to be hard to, when your dad is Arnold Schwarzenegger, the Terminator, it's got
02:32
to be hard to, like, try to pave your own path in acting.
02:36
But everyone is saying that Patrick crushed it.
02:39
I mean, obviously, we know, like, there was incest, incest scene in White Lotus.
02:44
There was also a time where Patrick showed some nudity.
02:47
Like, those are uncomfortable moments for your dad to see.
02:50
But his dad, at the end of the day, was, like, proud of his son and, like, thought he
02:54
did really good, which I think that's the overall narrative right now, is that Patrick,
02:59
surprisingly, is a good actor.
03:01
Yeah, I mean, this could be a career maker for him.
03:04
But, I mean, I just, I don't know what...
03:06
If you're Arnold or Maria, do you look at it and go, like, it's my son's butt.
03:09
It's my son's butt.
03:10
That's what Arnold did.
03:12
You can just tell.
03:12
Because, look, he is an actor.
03:14
And, you know, his son has had roles here and there.
03:18
But this was a big, big moment for him.
03:21
And, I don't know, it's just so sweet.
03:24
You know, I will say this.
03:26
You remember this thing between Julio Iglesias and Enrique Iglesias, where Julio didn't necessarily
03:34
embrace his son's success.
03:39
I think there is still a rift.
03:40
I think there is, too.
03:41
Here, you just feel the love between the two of them.
03:45
And Arnold is so proud.
03:46
I just think it's wonderful.
03:48
Ramey from Miami.
03:50
And I think he's done another job, you know.
03:52
So, his dad should be proud, you know.
03:54
And even with a tense role like that, he show up and show in, you know.
03:57
And there's nothing more to say, you know.
03:59
The acting is just in the blood, you know.
04:01
Keep the family tradition going.
04:02
Indeed.
04:03
I think it's great.
04:04
I am so proud of Arnold.
04:06
You know, it's just such a great thing.
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