Why so many midlife women have fallen for Arnold Schwarzenegger

Oh Arnie! Forget Brad Pitt, says SAMANTHA BRICK, why midlife women like me are lusting over The Terminator

• The California-based actor, 75, is now even hotter than George Clooney
• READ MORE: Arnold Schwarzenegger reveals how his mother ‘cried’ when she found posters of male boxers wrestlers and bodybuilders on his bedroom wall

The cost of living crisis and mortgage interest rates might be sending normal folk to doom scroll. Not me! I’d rather get to the important question of the day: who on earth is there to fancy for us midlife women in 2023? Yes it seems superficial but what better way to stay Zen and keep those vibes high?

Now that the justification is out of the way let’s crack on. All those actors who flock to those god awful superhero movies can do one. It’s a big fat no to Ryan Gosling. 

Inexplicably channelling his inner Ken doll and looking about as beddable as a Thunderbirds puppet. Brad Pitt is still faffing around flogging distinctly unsexy coffee machines. And as for portly Russell Crowe? Well the less said, the better really.

Instead step forward Arnold Schwarzenegger. For this is the behemoth that is making my heart beat that bit faster. I know! You read that correctly. As a 52-year-old married woman what I’ve learned over the decades is that the world doesn’t give us the hunky heartthrob we desire. Instead it lands us with the one we really need.

I know perfectly well that most men, millennials and Gen Zers will not get the appeal of the 75-year-old Austrian dad of five and former governor of California. But let me enlighten you. Arnold is hot.

Middle-aged women are waking up to what a good guy Terminator actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, 75, truly is

Until the pandemic I’d have agreed with the opinion that oiled beefcakes who star in films called Conan the Barbarian and Commando are heroes only to teenagers and blokes who insist on wearing t-shirts and hoodies into their 40s.

Arnold’s bodybuilding physique never ever appealed to mainstream women. Instead those teak coloured thighs and walnut shaped biceps were only ever idolized by the same blokes who fangirl over the likes of Ronaldo’s Greek god physique.

I first had my head turned by Mr Schwarzenegger during lockdown. Arnold didn’t just trot out the statesman talk about staying home and protecting lives. (We’ll overlook the fact that this speech was given in a hot tub while puffing on one humongous stogie cigar) 

Three musketeers: Arnold Schwarzenegger was joined by his donkey Lulu and dog Dutch for a social media snap as he worked on his newsletter 

Quarantined: Arnold Schwarzenegger battened down the hatches at home with his miniature horse Whiskey and pet donkey Lulu during Covid 

He also started posting videos on Instagram of his donkey Lulu and mini pony Whiskey who have the run of his house. After all the boring celebrity love in videos – Gary Barlow singing with anyone who’d have him springs to mind – Arnold was quite the revelation. 

Here was a down to earth human. One that was generous and kind and fun with his pets. 

Show me a man with his animals – Arnold also has adorable dogs called Snitzel and Dutch – and that’s all you need to know about how he treats women. Quite simply they are the centre of his world.

What sane woman would agree to admitting to fancying the pants of Arnold? Well, I’m not the only one who thinks the former Mr Universe and Mr Olympia is now hotter than George Clooney. 

Sneak a peek online at women discussing the recently released documentary series about his life on Netflix and you’ll see what I mean. 

Yes it’s taken him until he’s in his 70s to grow into his looks, but we are finally waking up to what a good guy he is.

The actor and former governor of California is generous and wise, and kind to his pet German Shepherds, according to Sam 

Samantha wrote that, up until the pandemic, she struggled to see the appeal of the Conan the Destroyer star

What most men don’t get is that beefcake bodies do nothing for us women. Those oily muscles? Nope. You can flex all you like and we’d still prefer a dadbod or a bloke who makes us laugh. 

Samantha reveals how the Austrian actor has won her over 

I’d be the first to say that men who shave, tan and then oil up their muscles to pose and pout during contests reeks of narcissism. 

But bodybuilding requires immense discipline and it’s this wisdom that Arnold has started to share via his Monday-Friday motivational emails. Or as Arnold likes to call them, ‘the positive corner of the internet.’

And to be honest it helps that he’s morphed into one very attractive silver fox. The hair? Check. Ditto the closely trimmed beard. The biceps are just on the right side of muscle head. 

Of course Arnold keeps in shape. But it’s the how and the why he keeps in shape which ensures his social media posts don’t just appeal to blokes who pump iron – they appeal to the fairer sex who want to give it a go too.

We all know about his unlikely yet popular political career, his grim childhood at the hands of someone who redefined what it means to be a strict father. 

After over two decades of marriage he owned up to fathering a son with his housekeeper (and didn’t hide his love for his love child unlike some politicians we can all think of).

He was propelled to international fame thanks to his role in the Terminator in 1984, a role he’s reprised many times throughout his acting career

At the age of 75, Arnold has entered his ‘silver fox’ era and has won the praise of midlife women (pictured in LA in May) 

In April this year, the 75-year-old former governor took matters into his own hands regarding a neighborhood pothole that had plagued residents for weeks

His wise words about the Ukraine situation struck home with many – including me. He knows from personal experience (or rather his late father’s) the folly of war and the shadow it casts over the human psyche. 

Arnold is one of life’s doers. He really does get things done. He recently fixed potholes in his local neighbourhood – footing the bill for the cost.

When it comes to spouting off about kindness online Arnold really does walk the talk. His daily Goop style wellness newsletter is frankly inspiring. Yes it’s tough love about reminding us to work out with science backed inspo bullet points but as a planet we bl**dy need it.

It’s no surprise to me so many girlfriends are giddily recommending the Netflix documentary series about him – and secretly talking about how hot he is too.

That’s why I’m going public in my admiration of Arnold. He’s a brilliant dad, done the Mea Culpa to his ex and kids for his (back then) untamed libido and today is an all-round older wiser (hotter) bloke.

While I’ve never seen a Terminator film – and don’t intend to – I will always keep a close eye on Arnie. Quite simply he really is the hero us women of the world needs right now.

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