Arnold Schwarzenegger, longtime girlfriend Heather Milligan makes a rare appearance
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Arnold Schwarzenegger turned heads in Vienna on Tuesday when he was spotted with long-term girlfriend Heather Milligan, marking one of the couple’s rare public appearances together.
The 78-year-old star and former governor of California went out with Milligan, 51, on the Austrian World Summit together in the world.
Schwarzenegger and Milligan posed for photos at the event along with former Vice President Kamala Harris, Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen and Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger and his girlfriend of more than 10 years, Heather Milligan, pose for a photo at the Austrian World Summit of the Schwarzenegger Climate Initiative in Vienna on June 16, 2026. (Joe Klamar/AFP via Getty Images)
Although Schwarzenegger is often seen on red carpets, conferences and public appearances around the world, his relationship with Milligan has remained hidden even though the couple has been dating for more than a decade.
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Actor and former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, his girlfriend Heather Milligan, and former Vice President Kamala Harris pose for a photo at the Austrian Schwarzenegger Climate Initiative World Summit in Vienna, Austria, on June 16, 2026. (Joe Klamar/AFP via Getty Images)
In 2025, the couple was spotted at the Oktoberfest event together and in season 2 of Schwarzenegger’s Netflix show “Fubar.”
Arnold Schwarzenegger and Heather Milligan attend the 2025 Oktoberfest at Marstall on Theresienwiese in Munich, Germany, on September 26, 2025. (Gisela Schober/Getty Images)
Their recent appearance gave an unusual view of the woman who first entered Schwarzenegger’s life not through Hollywood, but through physical therapy.
Arnold Schwarzenegger and Heather Milligan attend the Netflix Los Angeles premiere of “Fubar” Season 2 at the Netflix Tudum Theater on June 11, 2025, in Los Angeles, Calif. (Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Netflix)
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Before becoming the actor’s long-term partner, Milligan was helping him recover from a shoulder injury.
The couple first met in 2012 after Schwarzenegger underwent shoulder surgery while preparing to film “Escape Plan” with Sylvester Stallone.
Stallone reportedly recommended Milligan, a successful physical therapist, to help get his partner back into fighting shape.
Arnold Schwarzenegger and his girlfriend Heather Milligan stopped in St. Peter’s Square as they arrive at the Holy See Press Office to attend the press conference “Raising Hope for Climate Justice” in Vatican City on September 30, 2025. (Franco Origlia/Getty Images)
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Years later, Schwarzenegger revealed that he still thanks Milligan for helping to keep him healthy.
“Heather Milligan is not only my girlfriend, she’s the best physical therapist in the world,” Schwarzenegger said during an appearance in 2024 on his Pump Club YouTube channel.
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“That’s how we really met. He fixed my shoulder, but we’re not here to talk about our relationship, we’re talking here about physical therapy. And since he treated people, thousands of patients: football players, basketball players, UFC fighters, boxers, track and field athletes, young kids, old kids, anyone and everyone, I’m talking about thousands, he knows how to take care of joints.”
The actor split from ex-wife Maria Shriver in 2011 after more than two decades of marriage. The former couple share four children: Katherine, Christina, Patrick and Christopher. Schwarzenegger is also the father of Joseph Baena, with whom he shares his former housekeeper Mildred Patricia Baena.
