Arnold Schwarzenegger via his Instagram on Oct. 2, 2023.Photo:Arnold Schwarzenegger Instagram
Arnold Schwarzenegger Instagram
Arnold Schwarzeneggerrelied on an iconic prop to unveil his new book.
On Monday, Schwarzenegger, 76, shared a video toInstagramshowing himself using the sword from his 1982 movieConan the Barbarianto break open the seal on a package containing copies of his bookBe Useful: Seven Tools for Life.
“I got the first box of my books, so I brought the whole team to inspect them,” he wrote in the caption to his post. The video also included Schwarzenegger showing off copies of the book tohis beloved pets, including miniature pony Whiskey, donkey Lulu and pigSchnelly.
“Fantastic. Yes,Be Useful, it’s out!" Schwarzenegger said in the video clip. “The first package full of boxes [of]Be Useful, it’s out!”
“Look at this Lulu, isn’t it exciting? Whiskey, look at this,” he then said, showing a copy of the book to the animals gathered around him. “Even I need a cookie for that one,” he added, feeding the animals — and himself — cookies from the table the box was set on.
Schwarzenegger’sBe Useful: Seven Tools for Lifehits bookshelves next Tuesday. The book takes its title from a phrase Schwarzenegger’s father frequently said while he was growing up in Austria — an edict he also shared while parenting his five children.
Arnold Schwarzenegger poses with copies of his book ‘Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life’.Arnold Schwarzenegger Instagram
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“Today they have very humorous stories,” Schwarzenegger recently told PEOPLE, when asked how his kids —Katherine, 33,Christina, 32,Patrick, 30, andChristopher, 26, with exMaria Shriver, andJoseph, 26, withMildred Baena— felt about being told to “be useful” as kids.
Arnold Schwarzenegger with his pet miniature pony Whiskey (left) and donkey Lulu (right).Arnold Schwarzenegger Instagram
“The same as with Patrick. The first story he would tell you is [when he didn’t make his own bed], I opened up the door to the balcony, picked up the mattress and threw it down with the bedsheets, the pillows, everything,” he added. “So there were certain moments that I did the discipline. Maria brought in the balance, but she was also very disciplined, especially with school. Funny enough, those kind of things are what they bring up all the time [now] with tremendous laughter and telling other people as a joke.”
Be Useful: Seven Tools for Lifeis out Oct. 10, and available for preorder now onamazon.com.
source: people.com
