Arnold Schwarzenegger is pushing his new, aptly-titled memoir, Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story, in a PR blitz of damage control following his infidelity ordeal, and he’ll be in Toronto on Thursday for a book signing. Sure, his cheating scandal was super embarrassing, but that’s not the only cringe-worthy moment Ah-nold’s experienced over the years. Below, five totally awkward moments from the athletic Austrian.
He was pregnant
Arnold’s performance in Junior as a male doctor who impregnates himself is one of the most embarrassing roles anyone has ever done in cinematic history.
He was on a dating show
One would think that being an actor and Mr. Olympian himself would help land Arnie a date. But, alas, times were tough for the wispy-haired Austrian in the ’70s, and he took part in a dating show to help land a lady.
He was a partner in Planet Hollywood
The multi-celebrity-owned restaurant franchise was a huge hit in the ’90s when it first opened, but now the dissipating (and near-empty) restaurants are just sad examples of Hollywood self-indulgence and gluttony that are filled with cheesy props and posters of has-been stars like Brooke Shields, Sharon Stone and, uh, this dude named Schwarzenegger.
He shilled Jim Beam
We’re pretty sure Arnold’s making a funny here (it’s hard to decipher, with his deadpan-all-the-time tone) but this vid of him promoting bourbon as a muscle-enhancing supplement is still pretty corny.
He went to Rio
Where do we even begin? It’s embarrassing enough that someone even dispatched Schwarznegger to Rio as a Carnival correspondent for some kind of cheesy travel video. It’s equally embarrassing to have him teach English by eating a carrot. But what’s most embarrassing is that the whole thing is obviously a ruse for Arnold to hit on Brazilian women, all in the name of his favourite body part, “the ass.”
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Indigo Manulife Centre, 55 Bloor St. W., 416-925-3536. Oct. 4, 12 p.m.