Is the story of Arnold Schwarzenegger true, who slept on the street under his bronze statue?

For several years, a story has been going on the network according to which the actor once defiantly went to bed at the entrance to the hotel, which he opened during his stay in the post of Governor of California. We checked whether everything was really so.

In 2003, Schwarzenegger was elected For the post of Governor of California from the Republican Party and stayed in this position for eight years. If you believe the viral posts, at that time the politician opened a certain hotel, where several years later the actor arranged a kind of single protest. In social networks, history is often entitled with the words “nothing forever” and retold in this form:

“The famous actor Arnold Schwarzenegger posted a photo where he sleeps on the street under his bronze statue, and sadly wrote:“ How the times changed. ” When Arnold was the governor of California, he personally opened this hotel. Then the hotel administration told Arnold: "At any time you can come and take a number reserved for you." When Arnold left the governor’s post and came to the hotel, the administration refused to provide him with a room, demanding payment, since their hotel is in great demand. He brought a sleeping bag and slept under the statue, explaining that he wanted to convey the following to people: "When I was in an important position, they always praised me. When I lost this position, they forgot about me and did not fulfill their promises. Do not believe your posts or amounts of money, neither your strength, nor your intelligence - nothing forever."

This story spread widely on VKontakte. For example, since 2019, the public "Dokins" has placed 14 similar postswho gained 765,000 views and more than 21,000 likes in total. There are several thousand similar records on VKontakte in total; Some of them appeared in May 2024, and among the most viral - public posts "Prohibited story"(206,000 views),"The cult of will | Self-development"(154,000),"Fedor Emelianenko - all about a fighter and martial arts"(129,000) and"Healthy+ | Home training program"(126 000). According to the TGSTAT service, Telegram posts more than a hundred similar publications (examples here, here, here And here), also this story is found in the social network X (here And here), V "Classmates", On" Picabu "(here And here) And YouTube.

Using a reverse search for an image in the service Tineye You can find out that a photograph that later became viral, Schwarzenegger Published In social networks on January 15, 2016. In the picture, the actor really seems to doze in a sleeping bag on the street under a statue with the inscription "Arnold". The signature in the actor’s post reads: “How the times have changed.” However, the former governor did not write anything about the promise broken by the hotel to provide him with a number for free.

In the summer of 2015 it became It is knownthat Schwarzenegger will play in the film under the working name "478" (as a result, the picture was released as "Consequences"). The actor got the role of the protagonist, whose wife and daughter died in a plane crash. The plot is partially based on real stories About the clash of two aircraft over the Boden lake and the case of Russian Vitaly Kaloev, who lost his family in the disaster and later killed the Swiss air traffic controller. Taking the tape Passed in the American city of Columbus and lasted from the middle December 2015 to the second half January 2016. In an interview with the local television channel Executive Director toldthat Schwarzenegger personally chose the capital of Ohio, because he loves her and has been in it many times, but never starred in the cinema there.

In Columbus located The 2.5-meter bronze statue of Schwarzenegger, depicting the actor at the peak of his bodybuilder career. Initially, sculpture Installed In the spring of 2012, on the lawn at the memorial of Veterans of the Franklin district (using the Google Street View, the monument can still be seen on Tom Place).

However, then the statue was postponed in connection with the demolition of the memorial hall of veterans - it repeatedly Installed At one of the entrances to the Greater Columbus Convention Center (GCCC) in the fall of 2014. At both opening ceremonies, Schwarzenegger was personally present, and in both cases he no longer held the post of Governor of California.

The GCCC conference center was Open In 1993 and in subsequent years, he expanded twice: for the first time in late 90s, and then in 2017. The complex of buildings of the center Connected aboveground transitions With several buildings of the hotel, but Schwarzenegger did not open them. Both the current and the past place of installation of the statue are associated with the actor for another reason.

In 1970, sports promoter Jim Lorimer invited Young Schwarzenegger in Columbus to participate in the contest "Mr. World" (Mr. World), which Spended Organization of Amateur Athletic Union. Competitions were held in the memorial hall of veterans, where the future performer of the role of the Terminator I took it The first place among professionals in the category "High". By recognition The athlete himself, then the most important event in his life occurred, since this was the first contest in bodybuilding, at which he defeated an important competitor - Sergio Oliva. Schwarzenegger promised Once return to Columbus to develop bodybuilding there with Lorimer. Subsequently with them support The city was six times chosen by the place for holding the contest "Mr. Olympia" (Mr. Olympia), and in 1989 they founded ARNOLD SPORTS Festival multi -sports event, which is now taking place in the GCCC annually.

Thus, the story of how Schwarzenegger slept under his statue at the entrance to the hotel is almost completely invented. Apparently, the actor took a joking photo during the filming of the film and laid it out in his social networks, and then the publication began to grow with false details and quotes. In fact, Schwarzenegger lay down under a statue near a conference center, where the sports festival organized he organized annually. It was not possible to establish who and when supplied the photo about the deception of hotel employees, “verified”.

Photo on the cover: @Schwarzenegger (X)

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