Arnold Schwarzenegger Regrets His Breakup With Maria Shriver; Talks About His Love Child Joseph and Other Children With His Wife

Arnold Schwarzenegger opens up about his personal life and talks about issues that haunted him and his family.

In an interview with Howard Stern in the SiriusXM radio show on Wednesday, the action star did not hesitate to announce in the airwaves that he deeply regretted his divorce with wife Maria Shriver back in 2011, People said.

"Without any doubt. Not only failure, but you feel like, 'I'm to blame for it. It was me that screwed up," he admitted.

The interview was scheduled in the heights of the promotion of his new action film, Terminator Genysis.

Back then, he said that they have considered seeking the help of a marriage counsellor but it did not save his marriage.

"He said more crap and more nonsense. It was absolutely counterproductive to our future relationship ... I don't have to go through anyone to have to explain to me anything ... I apologized to Maria. I apologized to the kids," he said.

Despite what happened, Shriver and their kids-- Patrick, 21, Christopher, 17, Katherine, 25, and Christina, 23 showed their all-out support for the actor in promoting the recent Terminator movie, US Weekly said.

"I walk into the room and I see the room full of balloons... It was from all four kids and from my wife," he shared. "There was a note - 'You're the greatest dad, the greatest man, we love you dad' - Each one sent a card. Each one sent a gift. That's the relationship we have."

The veteran actor also acknowledge his love child, Joseph with former housekeeper Mildred.

"It is fantastic including my fifth child with Mildred. He's terrific and he totally understands the situation. So, it all has worked out ... It's a very tough situation for him. It's a very tough situation for my kids, very tough situation for my family. It was tough for everybody. But it has happened and now we have to figure it out, right?"

Meanwhile, though Arnold Schwarzenegger had a bad experience with a marriage counselor, he still advised other couples to try and find out if it works for them, E! Online reports.

"I think that people should get help when they need help. We are not against that. But in my particular case, it was not helpful," he told Stern.