Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maria Shriver Reconciling?

Are Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver reconciling?

According to TMZ, Schwarzenegger was photographed wearing his wedding band over the holidays. The photos come amid reports that Shriver is reconsidering the split for religious reasons.

Late last month, People magazine reported that the former couple spent Christmas together with their children at their Brentwood home.

Shriver filed for divorce in July 2011, nearly two months after revelations surfaced that Schwarzenegger had fathered a child with former household staffer Mildred Baena.

UPDATE: Shriver was photographed in Beverly Hills Tuesday wearing something on her wedding ring finger -- though it's unclear from TMZ's photo if it's a wedding band or not.

If the pair do ultimately call off their divorce, they wouldn't be the first celebrity couple to do so. Here, five other celebrity couples that separated... and then gave marriage another shot.

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Stephanie Seymour and Peter Brant

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Stephanie Seymour filed for divorce from her billionaire husband Peter Brant in March 2009, accusing him of harassing and intimidating their three children. Brant fired back, claiming that the former supermodel "frequently drinks" while popping pills to treat an opioid addiction. According to the New York Times, the case "generated more than 12,000 pages of public divorce documents (with thousands more sealed), paid millions of dollars in lawyers' fees, and fractured an already delicate cadre of family and friends forced to take sides." What was expected to be the “knockdown, dragout celeb divorce trial of the year,” ended abruptly in September 2010 when the pair reconciled. They were recently spotted enjoying a family vacation in St. Barts.

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Stephanie Seymour filed for divorce from her billionaire husband Peter Brant in March 2009, accusing him of harassing and intimidating their three children. Brant fired back, claiming that the former supermodel "frequently drinks" while popping pills to treat an opioid addiction. According to the New York Times, the case "generated more than 12,000 pages of public divorce documents (with thousands more sealed), paid millions of dollars in lawyers' fees, and fractured an already delicate cadre of family and friends forced to take sides." What was expected to be the “knockdown, dragout celeb divorce trial of the year,” ended abruptly in September 2010 when the pair reconciled. They were recently spotted enjoying a family vacation in St. Barts.

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[TommyBoy07]

07:05 PM on 01/29/2012

If she thinks he'll be a devoted husband after they get back together she's not as smart as she looks. "He'll be bach" to playing the field sooner rather then later.

[miamiitalian]

04:22 PM on 01/25/2012

Like Arnold says, "I'll be back"!

[brachm5]

09:41 AM on 01/22/2012

How do you come back from a broken heart? Never.

[LaTonya Davison]

07:22 PM on 01/19/2012

Maybe it's just me....but I don't think it's really anyone's business what Maria wants to do. We have the freedom to do whatever we feel is right for us in life. I think that they truly do love each other. Arnold might be nonmonogamously wired, but it's possible to learn to live a monogamous existence. But basically, not one of us is fit to judge the decisions of another person, as I'm sure we all have made some others might find questionable. Our level of respect for them, really doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things. We all have to do what makes us happy in life. My .02.

[Theanswer007]

08:53 AM on 01/24/2012

Absolutely! If she finds happiness is this relationship let her be happy.

[TommyBoy07]

07:10 PM on 01/29/2012

Let me ask you, LaTonya......would you take your man back if a half dozen "ugly" women came out and said they had relations with him? Be honest now! And especially if you found out he fathered a child with one of them. B.S. ....you and your lawyer would take take a dump truck and remove half his bank account. But then "LaTonya"...you probably have gone thru this 3-4 times already with out the possibly of a $$$$ settlement.

[Carolyn Bonnett]

12:34 PM on 01/09/2012

Kennedy women are SPINELESS!!!

[Jim281]

06:54 PM on 01/07/2012

While it is a romantic possibility (in a way), cynic that I am, I can't help but smell a book / movie collaboration on the horizon.

[palmtree2811]

05:44 PM on 01/07/2012

I dated a divorced man he told me cheated at his ex-wife, i thought he can open tells me, so he might changed, nooo. late he cheated on me tooo. so if you think cheaters can change, think it again.

[Gilraenn29]

05:11 PM on 01/07/2012

they deserve each other

[Gilraenn29]

04:50 PM on 01/07/2012

Religious reasons? Ridiculous. After he humiliated her and the entire family the way he did , if she goes back to him, any respect I ever had for her will be out the window . Her children, who are now teenagers and young adults will deal w/it as thousands of children of divorce before them. The difference will be that they have the money and resources which will help. Maria has her own money, of course, not as much as Arnold's, but at the same time, maybe his earnings will not be as much as his name is MUD right now in the public eye. This isn't a very good lesson for her daughter. My congratulations to Sandra Bullock who put her money where her mouth is, and left that disgusting Jesse James. I guess all that hype about strong Kennedy women stopped with Maria's mother's generation.

[Edogg62]

09:33 AM on 01/06/2012

The initial reaction (it seems PARTICULARLY from "wronged" women) is to cut off one's nose to spite one's face. "I'll show you! You're OUTTA here!" cue applause from conditioned audience in local multiplex...

Sometimes... someone makes an isolated mistake... sometimes a couple goes through the proverbial rough patch and someone reaches out to someone to meet a need...

I have a friend who likens transgressions to withdrawals from a mutual equity account... if said individual has been great 99% of the time in your relationship (friend/spouse/lover)? Don't they DESERVE a little slack? Aren't they ALLOWED to be human? Or is it more important to have your little predictable Oprah-moment and throw someone's clothes out of an upper story window like some bad rom-com?

You make the choice... I'll go with accepting human error provided it's not a repeating pattern of abuse myself. I love my spouse/marriage more than I do getting childish in-the-moment "revenge."

[Gilraenn29]

05:01 PM on 01/07/2012

A little slack? Transgression? Do you read much? There were plenty of other women. While he was governor, there were plenty of other women (one night stands) before, during, and after their separation. This guy has a pattern of womanizing and then to top it off, he fathers a child w/the maid? He does it in their bedroom? Do you have any respect for marriage or yourself? What if Arnie brought home AIDS or some other sexually transmitted disease to Maria? Arnie's lack of love and respect for her and the children is appalling. Why would any mom or dad hurt their children this way, or each other?

[mzrecycle]

06:39 AM on 01/08/2012

A one time transgression that he owns up to immediately, well then, yes, I can see giving a guy the chance to prove his sincerity and commitment to the marriage. But, come on! Arnold was a skirt chaser long before he married Maria, there were hints of his inappropriate behavior all along and then we learn he carried on this affair IN the family home. He bedded her down in the marital bed. It was ok with him that the woman wore Maria's jewelry while they were carrying on.

There is absolutely NO respect. This seems to be a character flaw that isn't going to change. We'll see her in divorce court in a few years.

[dave dbo]

02:47 AM on 01/06/2012

Usual childish tantrums: "He cheated; I'll get a divorce." Whatever happened to clearheaded deliberations?
Kudos to this family for coming back to their senses. Someone like Oprah should not be the one telling couples how to handle their challenges, knowing that she is never married anyway.

[Theanswer007]

08:55 AM on 01/24/2012

BINGO!

[Sidley]

09:40 AM on 01/31/2012

W e l l l l l . . . . . Oprah lives like she's married. Isn't that sweet?

[MaryfromIL]

11:21 PM on 01/05/2012

I understand it, my ex and I were married twice. No matter what happens, there are still feelings.

Watch Igmar Bergman's "Scenes from a Marriage", DVD? Most realistic movie, shows them going thru a marriage following cultural norms, cheating, physically fighting, remarrying others, and occasionally sleeping together throughout this whole period.

The point of the movie was, no matter what happens with their situation, part of them will be married in heart for years, sometimes forever.

Shriver was married 30 years. It's difficult to start over at age 55, many never manage it.

[mzrecycle]

06:43 AM on 01/08/2012

I finally left my abusive husband after 24 yrs. at the age of 50. SO glad I did. I did my work at resolving my anger, grief, etc. Now I'm married to a VERY sweet, loving guy. I tell him frequently that "he's the BEST!" when I first said that, he thought I meant the best guy in the whole world. I told him he might be, but I haven't met them all, so I don't know. I only know he's the best for me...

[MaryfromIL]

05:11 PM on 01/08/2012

You are so lucky, I'm very happy for you.

[JesusEsEl Senor]

09:13 PM on 01/05/2012

♥♥♥Love conquers hate ♥♥♥

[mtknibbesr]

01:53 PM on 01/05/2012

WHILE I WILL STICK BY MY ORIGINAL ASSESSMENT OF I WOULDN'T SPIT ON THE ARNOLD IF HE WERE ON FIRE, TO MARIA IF WOULD SAY, "MY DEAR, WE WOMEN MUST DO, WHAT WE MUST DO". LOVE IS HELL. IF YOU LOVE A MAN, YOU SIMPLY CAN'T HELP IT AND YOU MAY FORGIVE HIM ANYTHING IF YOU ARE FOOL ENOUGH TO DO SO OR IF YOU LOVE HIM ENOUGH TO FORGIVE HIM. IT'S HER CHOICE AND ONLY HER CHOICE TO MAKE. WE CAN'T MAKE IT FOR HER AND SHOULDN'T JUDGE HER, REGARDLESS OF HOW SHE MAKES IT. SHE IS A WOMAN OF GRACE AND NORMALLY GOOD JUDGMENT. HER ONLY LAPSE HAS BEEN IN MARRY THAT MAN. MARIA, I WISH YOU THE VERY BEST OF LUCK AND HAPPINESS. MAY YOU GO WITH GOD.

[Edogg62]

09:34 AM on 01/06/2012

TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK KEY.

"God." Oh sweet Vishnu...

[mtknibbesr]

10:55 AM on 01/06/2012

EDOGG62, HOW I WISH I COULD ACCOMODATE YOU, BUT I CANNOT SEE. I DO NOT WANT TO MAKE YOU UNHAPPY BUT I HAVEN'T ANOTHER FOUND ANOTHER WAY TO SEE JUST YET TO SOLVE MY PROBLEM. IT HASN'T ALWAYS BEEN THIS WAY AND I WOULDN'T WISH THIS PROBLEM ON ANYONE. I'M SORRY, I TRULY AM. I CAN ONLY TELL YOU THAT WHEN YOU SEE MY NAME TO AVOID MY POSTS. I'M ALMOST READY TO GIVE UP POSTING. IT MAKES ME SO SAD AS I TRULY LOVE IT. PLEASE TRY TO FORGIVE ME.

[mzrecycle]

06:48 AM on 01/08/2012

ALL THE BEST TO YOU. I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO HAVE A HEALTH ISSUE THAT IS NOT UNDERSTOOD BY OTHERS. (DONE IN CAPS SO YOU CAN READ IT).

[Sanarae Brachelle]

10:44 AM on 01/05/2012

If Maria wants to work it out, more power to her and I am glad that she is not one of those celebrity that allows the public to dictate the direction of her life and she is choosing her own path.
Whats so sad are the postings I am reading. What is wrong in trying to save her marriage, its her decision and everyone should respect it. If she forgives him and he is truly sorry and changed his ways then more power to them, let them keep their family together. As far as an example for her daughters, she is probably telling them that every situation is different because Maria and Arnold have been together since 1977 and that is a heck of a long time so maybe she feels its worth it. I will say that what he was disgusting and I have no compassion for a woman who lays down with a married man and lets just be honest probably got pregnant on purpose becuase she was no spring chicken and she knew how not to get pregnant, so nope no pity for her.

[transe]

03:46 PM on 01/05/2012

well, she didn't stand in front of god and make a vow to maria shriver like arnold did. both are to blame of course, but i'd blame my husband more than i would the other party.

[Sanarae Brachelle]

08:25 AM on 01/06/2012

I agree, I just don't feel pity for the other woman.