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This is hilarious. Can you imagine if a provincial Premier or Prime Minister were divorced while in office? They could then simply reach for a can of spray paint to "touch up" their portrait hanging in the Legislature or House of Commons. Hummm, good idea/bad idea?
Sincerely,
Clare L. Pieuk
Arnold had Shriver scrubbed from portrait
Tara Palmer
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
He scrubbed her from his heart!
Arnold Schwarzenegger was so hot to erase any memory of his marriage to Maria Shriver that he had her face scrubbed from his official portrait as governor of California — and he didn’t even care that the hastily done job was a sloppy mess, The Post has learned.
California Capitol insiders were shocked to see that a small picture of the former first lady that had been part of the ex-governor’s 6-foot-high oil painting was no longer visible when the work was unveiled Monday at the Sacramento statehouse.
Shriver’s face originally had appeared on a small lapel pin that Schwarzenegger wore as he sat for the painting in 2003.
The Shriver picture was covered over by an ugly smudge of blue paint, which was so poorly applied, it couldn’t be ignored by statehouse staff.
“Whoever touched it up did not do a very good job,” Capitol tour guide Richard Granis told The Post. “It was softball sized, right there on his left lapel.”
This is hilarious. Can you imagine if a provincial Premier or Prime Minister were divorced while in office? They could then simply reach for a can of spray paint to "touch up" their portrait hanging in the Legislature or House of Commons. Hummm, good idea/bad idea?
Sincerely,
Clare L. Pieuk
Tara Palmer
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
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He scrubbed her from his heart!
Arnold Schwarzenegger was so hot to erase any memory of his marriage to Maria Shriver that he had her face scrubbed from his official portrait as governor of California — and he didn’t even care that the hastily done job was a sloppy mess, The Post has learned.
California Capitol insiders were shocked to see that a small picture of the former first lady that had been part of the ex-governor’s 6-foot-high oil painting was no longer visible when the work was unveiled Monday at the Sacramento statehouse.
Shriver’s face originally had appeared on a small lapel pin that Schwarzenegger wore as he sat for the painting in 2003.
The Shriver picture was covered over by an ugly smudge of blue paint, which was so poorly applied, it couldn’t be ignored by statehouse staff.
“Whoever touched it up did not do a very good job,” Capitol tour guide Richard Granis told The Post. “It was softball sized, right there on his left lapel.”
It is easy to see the sloppy removal of Maria Schriver from Schwarzenegger's lapel when the portrait is under direct light. (Photo: Associated Press)
Another Capitol staffer pointed out that the “splotch” lacked the matting of the rest of the portrait, which was done by renowned Austrian artist Gottfried Helnwein. “That’s what makes it especially noticeable,” said the staffer.
Many in Shriver’s and Schwarzenegger’s orbit had been holding their breath before the unveiling ceremony Monday — anxious to see if he would keep her smiling mug on the painting.
The concern came after The Post broke the news last week that she’d had an affair with her husband’s campaign strategist Matthew Dowd.
It’s not clear when the Governator terminated Shriver’s face from his portrait, but the amateurish nature of the touch-up make some staff think it was done recently — and in haste.
Schwarzenegger’s marriage to Shriver — a Kennedy family member and former TV journalist — imploded when she discovered in 2010 that he fathered a love child with their maid.
Meanwhile, The Post reported Shriver — whose divorce from the action-movie hero is not yet finalized — also strayed, by openly carrying on with Dowd when he was working on the Governor’s 2006 re-election campaign.
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Maria Shriver Schwarzenegger laughs during Arnold's inauguration in 2007. (Photo: Associated Press)
Shriver was recently seen with the political aide at cousin Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s wedding to actress Cheryl Hines in Hyannis Port, Mass.
A rep for Schwarzenegger didn’t return a request for comment.
Additional reporting by Emmett Berg in Sacramento
Another Capitol staffer pointed out that the “splotch” lacked the matting of the rest of the portrait, which was done by renowned Austrian artist Gottfried Helnwein. “That’s what makes it especially noticeable,” said the staffer.
Many in Shriver’s and Schwarzenegger’s orbit had been holding their breath before the unveiling ceremony Monday — anxious to see if he would keep her smiling mug on the painting.
The concern came after The Post broke the news last week that she’d had an affair with her husband’s campaign strategist Matthew Dowd.
It’s not clear when the Governator terminated Shriver’s face from his portrait, but the amateurish nature of the touch-up make some staff think it was done recently — and in haste.
Schwarzenegger’s marriage to Shriver — a Kennedy family member and former TV journalist — imploded when she discovered in 2010 that he fathered a love child with their maid.
Meanwhile, The Post reported Shriver — whose divorce from the action-movie hero is not yet finalized — also strayed, by openly carrying on with Dowd when he was working on the Governor’s 2006 re-election campaign.
Shriver was recently seen with the political aide at cousin Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s wedding to actress Cheryl Hines in Hyannis Port, Mass.
A rep for Schwarzenegger didn’t return a request for comment.
Additional reporting by Emmett Berg in Sacramento
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