Number of Divorces: 1
Settlements: +$40.0 million
Settlement Amount: $40.0 million
Oh dear friends, gather around as we delve into the thrilling archives of celebrity love snafus—top of the list, the exciting encounter between the big-shot Terminator, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and prominent journalist, Maria Shriver. It's a love story that covers typical Hollywood fashion: secret affairs, juicy scandals, fervoured discussions, eventual divorces, and massive settlements.
If you're sitting in your work cubicle and budgeting your paycheck down to the last dollar, prepare to swoon (or laugh) at the fat dividends of celebrity break-ups. Maria Shriver bagged a rather 'Terminator-esque' settlement amount from none other than...drumroll, please...Arnold Schwarzenegger. With $40,000,000, she sure showed Schwarzenegger she won't "be back."
So the moral of the story? If you're ever considering getting hitched with an action star accused of having a secret love life, just remember Maria Shriver: She metaphorically climbed over that uncaring robot, uttered a striking (imagine journalist-ish, superhero sound-effect here!) "Hasta La Vista, Baby," and weight-lifted a cool 40 million dollars out of that messy split. Well done Maria Shriver, your breakup game packs quite the pec-toral punch!