“My Girlfriends…Frowned on Him”: Arnold Schwarzenegger Embarrassed His Ex Due to His ‘Pitiful’ Fashion Choices in 1969

Arnold Schwarzenegger was born and brought up in Austria. He moved to America with the dream of becoming a world-famous bodybuilder and an extremely successful person. It never mattered to him what people opined. He was clear and confident about his goals.

He has said several times, whenever he pursued something, people tried to pull him back, by saying he can’t do it. However, Arnold used it as his fuel and achieved whatever he aimed for. However, he certainly didn’t have a good dressing sense. His ex-girlfriend, Barbara Outland Baker, recalled one of her memories about Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2003 when he became the governor of California.

Arnold Schwarzenegger embarrassed his ex-girlfriend

A young aspirational boy who wanted to conquer everything he eyed. This was Arnold Schwarzenegger when he came to America. Interestingly, his attitude has remained constant even after achieving so many goals. He is still very clear regarding what he wants from his life. However, one thing that has changed is his dressing sense. He is nothing like what Barbara spoke about in 2003.

In an interview with Oliver Poole in 2003, Barbara talked about Arnold, who just arrived in the crowd of America. Barbara said, “That was the thing about Arnold. He did use to wear that pitiful little European clothing. Polyester pants and pointy shirts and those awful ‘under’ T-shirts. It was an embarrassment to me at the time.”

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Indeed, a newcomer from the European shores didn’t have the fashion sense of an American. But he possessed the acumen of a conqueror and a businessperson. His thoughts were clear and his execution was even better. He took no time to win the world with his mind and body as well. What were his thoughts like? Let’s have a look at what Barbara said.

Schwarzenegger was always clear about his vision

Arnold was pretty clear about what he wanted to achieve in his life. Although he had issues with the language and general things, looking at the big picture, he was already a champion in his mind. Barbara said, “At first, he could barely speak more than 200 words of English. My girlfriends, with their lawyer and doctor husbands, frowned on him.” 

Contrarily, Arnold always had the foresight to look at the larger aspect of life. Arnold said to Barbara, “What do they know, they are just traditional. I am going to be famous beyond anything they know.” 

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Arnold took his time to learn about the outfits and language of America. However, from the onset, he knew the language to reach the epitome of success. He didn’t take too long to get on that track and now he is a legendary bodybuilder, the greatest action hero, entrepreneur, investor, and a former governor.