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Maria Shriver may have felt unnoticed in her marriage to Arnold Schwarzenegger but she took it as a lesson.
Shriver never should’ve faded into the background in the first place, however.
She separated from Schwarzenegger, though their divorce was not finalized until 2021.
The only man that Shiriver has been linked to since she left Schwarzenegger is political analyst Matthew Dowd.
By November 2013, Shriver and Matthew Dowd were rumored to have been seeing one another for several months.
Dowd even happily posed for photos alongside Shriver and her family.
As of May 2016, the couple looked to be still happily, albeit quietly, together.
Sadly, insiders close to Shriver told theNew York Postthat she and the MSNBC contributor split in 2017.
An insider revealed to the outlet, “There was a lot of flirtation.
They frequently spent time alone, and Arnold was rarely, if ever, around when they were together.
She had a unique banter with [Dowd] and lit up when he was around.
He was comfortable poking fun at her, and she would slap him teasingly.”
Dowd shot down the gossip completely, confirming, “There was no affair.
We were good friends.”
There’s probably no person in the world that doesn’t need forgiveness."
But Shriver has not gone on her journey of self-discovery alone.
That’s due in large part to my faith, my friends, my family, my work."
