Arnold Schwarzenegger says heaven is a fantasy: ‘Anyone that tells you something else is a f-*-ing liar’

Arnold Schwarzenegger says heaven is a fantasy: ‘Anyone that tells you something else is a f-*-ing liar’

When asked what he believes happens after people die, Schwarzenegger replied ‘Nothing. You’re 6 feet under. Anyone that tells you something else is a f****** liar.’

Adding: ‘We don’t know what happens with the soul and all this spiritual stuff that I’m not an expert in, but I know that the body as we see each other now, we will never see each other again like that. Except in some fantasy.’

But, his comments about heaven show a change in his thinking, as just four years ago, the actor told Howard Stern he hoped there was an afterlife but that he was ‘pissed off’ by the thought of death.

Revealing that he’s lost “15 friends in the last 20 or so years” from within the bodybuilding industry, Schwarzenegger shared that he’s given a new definition to heaven.

“To me, heaven is where I put a person who I love dearly, who is kind, who is generous, who made a difference in my life and other people’s lives,” he said. “I keep them in a spot in my head, like that front row that you have of all of your friends. And you always have a good feeling when you think of them.”

“It reminds me of Howard Stern’s question to me. ‘Tell me, governor, what happens to us when we die?’ I said, ‘Nothing. You’re 6 feet under. Anyone that tells you something else is a f—ing liar,'” he said.

“I said, ‘We don’t know what happens with the soul and all this spiritual stuff that I’m not an expert in, but I know that the body as we see each other now, we will never see each other again like that,'” continued Schwarzenegger.

The former California governor explained when people talk about seeing loved ones in heaven that ‘it sounds so good, but the reality is that we won’t see each other again after we’re gone. That’s the sad part.’ 

‘I know people feel comfortable with death, but I don’t’ he confessed. 

The former bodybuilder revealed that he has lost around 15 friends in the last 20 years and the grief had altered his perspective. 

‘To me, heaven is where I put a person who I love dearly, who is kind, who is generous, who made a difference in my life and other people’s lives,’ he explained.

‘I keep them in a spot in my head, like that front row that you have of all of your friends. And you always have a good feeling when you think of them.’ 

In October 2019 Schwarzenegger was a little more optimistic on the subject, telling Howard Stern in an interview that ‘I’m not afraid of death, I’m just pissed off about it.’