Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Bodybuilder Son Wishes His Bella Hadid Doppelganger Girlfriend a Happy Birthday: “Time to Celebrate You”

Arnold Schwarzenegger‘s youngest son, Joseph Baena, is dating Dutch model Mel. The 26-year-old is now in the news for wishing his girlfriend on her birthday in the cutest manner. Baena and Mel were first spotted together at the 81st Golden Globe Awards. Fans were quite surprised as it was the couple’s first public appearance. However, they are even more surprised by Mel’s resemblance with Bella Hadid.

Since their first appearance together, the couple has made another public appearance. However, the couple is content with keeping things mostly under wraps for now. Although bodybuilding enthusiast often comments on Mel’s social media posts, they’re keeping the PDA limited. Hence, Joseph Baena didn’t disclose any plans the couple might have. Instead, he posted some unseen pictures with Mel.

Joseph Baena shares some unseen moments

The 26-year-old actor shared three photographs with his model girlfriend. However, neither Baena nor Mel had previously shared the images. In his first Instagram story, the bodybuilder posted a picture where he and his girlfriend were on horseback. “Happy birthday, beautiful,” wrote Joseph Baena and tagged his girlfriend. “Time to celebrate you,” the actor wrote in the following story.

It was a solo photograph of Mel inside a restaurant that the actor had clicked. The final story was a snap from their latest public appearance. The couple had recently attended an event themed after the critically acclaimed film Poor Things. “Had a great time at the @poorthingsfilm event last night!” Banea had written in his post. They posted a bunch of images from the event.

However, Joe hadn’t uploaded the one he posted in his final story earlier. Joseph Baena didn’t caption his third story with Mel. Instead, he playfully put a birthday hat emoji on his girlfriend and put Drake’s ‘Ratchet Happy Birthday’ in the background. However, Arnie’s son didn’t disclose where or when the couple took the first two photographs.

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Who is the 26-year-old’s girlfriend?

While fans said that Mel looked a lot like Bella Hadid, they share more in common. The 26-year-old real estate agent’s girlfriend is a professional model. According to the information on her Instagram profile, two modeling agencies, WILHELMINA and OPHELIA MODEL MANAGEMENT, manage her gigs.

However, nothing is known about her origins besides the fact that she is Dutch. However, the couple probably have been dating for only a few months because up until October 2023, Joseph Baena was rumored to be dating Instagram influencer Nicky Dodaj.

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While Joseph Banea and Mel have made their relationship public, the couple doesn’t want too much attention. Hence, Joe’s birthday wish for his girlfriend was subtle yet heartfelt.