Joseph Baena doesn't use his father Arnold's Schwarzenegger surname
The young man, like his father, is a bodybuilder and actor. He is 24 years old and chose to keep his mother's last name despite the advantages that being named after the star could provide him.
His name is Joseph
Baena and he could be "Joseph Schwarzenegger". In a recent note to
Men's Health magazine, actor Arnold Schwarzenegger's son Joseph
explained why he doesn't use his father's last name.
And it has
been observed that, despite the facilities that the star's last name
could grant him in his career, the young Baena, a 24-year-old
bodybuilder and actor, has decided to take his mother's name.
The young man considers that, like his father, he believes in the value of hard work, and not in obtaining favors that would not bring him any "honor".
In addition, he assured that he "nurtures the advice" of his father to progress in the world of acting and 'fitness'.
As is known, Joseph was the product of an extramarital affair between Schwarzenegger and his then-housekeeper, Mildred Baena.
And, at the time, the acknowledgment of paternity by the famous actor, several years later, sparked a stir in the world's media.
