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not going to be kept private, obviously at this point and they re speaking out this morning. that s right. we ve got new details on the confession from schwarzenegger that he fathered a child, a long time family staff member more than a decade ago. today s new york times reports the child is a boy, about 14 years old, and his mother is working in the schwarzenegger s home while she was pregnant. at the same time the paper says schwarzenegger s wife maria shriver was with the youngest four children. released a statement saying this is a painful and heartbreaking time. as a mother my concern is for the children. i ask for compassion, respect and privacy as my children and i try to rebuild our lives and heal. i will have no further comment. isolating herself appeared at the taping of oprah winfrey s farewell show in chicago. jessica yellen has been following the story and she talks about shriver s empowered woman who knows what she wants next. reporte . there s a lot