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Housekeeper's husband speaks out

Los Angeles - The estranged husband of the woman identified by some media as the mother of Arnold Schwarzenegger's out-of-wedlock son says he feels betrayed by the former governor.

In an interview broadcast on Tuesday on Entertainment Tonight, Rogelio Baena said he learned last week he was not the boy's biological father.

He says he will always regard the boy as his own and was "very, very angry" when he found out the Terminator star was the child's real father.

'I feel betrayed'

Speaking in broken English, when asked how he felt when he first heard the news, he said: "No believe."

Mildred filed for divorce from Rogelia in 2008, citing irreconcilable differences, and Rogelia admitted he hadn't seen the boy in a year, but insisted: "That is my son."

He also said if he met him again, he would tell him: "I am your father. That's all."

He added: "Arnold Schwarzenegger is, for me (...) was my hero. Now, I feel betrayed."

Meanwhile, Patty's family members have claimed she never told them or her son who the true father was, and they are upset with her for not telling them, especially as her mother, Evelyn Pena, was also employed by the Schwarzenegger family and her sister, Miriam Pena still is.

Attention

The family are even sympathetic toward Schwarzenegger's wife, Maria Shriver, whom is expected to file for divorce from the star, whom she split from earlier this month, shortly before the revelations were made public.

A Pena family source told the New York Post newspaper: "Maria would always make sure to help us, even with little things, gifts, Christmas stuff, things like that, and now we end up making her go through this crap because of Patty. It's not cool.

"The family is not happy with Patty right now because she never told us or warned us and now we have to deal with all this attention."

Shriver gave birth to the youngest of her four children with Arnold Scwarzenegger, Christopher, 13, just days after Patty's son was born.

The couple also have also have children Katherine, 21, Christina, 19, and Patrick, 17, together.

Praise
 
The Insider also broadcast video on Tuesday of Maria Shriver praising Mildred Baena at a 2001 celebration for one of Baena's relatives.

Shriver said she was proud of Baena for being a single, hard-working mother.

Schwarzenegger can be heard echoing her praise, saying the housekeeper did "an incredible job".

Mildred Baena has been identified as the mother of Schwarzenegger's child by The New York Times and other media. The Associated Press has not independently verified she is the mother.

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