Arnold Schwarzenegger once famously proclaimed, “I’ll be back” – now, he’s hoping ex-wife Maria Shriver feels the same.

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Arnold told Germany’s Bild newspaper he spent the holidays with his ex-wife and their kids, and continues to hold a good thought about the prospects of reuniting.

“We’re not fighting a war,” the former California governor told the paper. “I still hope for reconciliation… I still love Maria.”

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver, shown here in 2006, announced their separation in May.

The couple’s 25-year marriage ended in shocking fashion nearly two years ago, when news broke he’d had a love child with their former housekeeper, Mildred Baena.

In his 2012 book Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story, the 65-year-old recalled with regret how he broke the news to Maria during a therapy session.

“The minute we sat down, the therapist turned to me and said, ‘Maria wanted to come here today and to ask about a child – whether you fathered a child with your housekeeper Mildred,'” he wrote. “I told the therapist, ‘It’s true.'”

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In his memoir, Arnold said he bedded Mildred in 1996 while Maria was away on vacation and he was in Southern California filming Batman & Robin.

Arnold’s currently making his first leading man turn in a decade in The Last Stand, in theaters now.