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"Thank goodness for girlfriends!\r\nIn the days since news broke that Arnold Schwarzenegger fathered a child with a former household staffer, the actor&amp;apos;s wife has sought solace in good friends Oprah Winfrey and Gayle King.\r\n\r\nIn fact, Shriver, 55, dined with the pair of Chicago BFFs Monday just hours before news of her husband&amp;apos;s indiscretions made national news. And it was at Chicago&amp;apos;s RL restaurant, King told Bravo Watch What Happens Live host Andy Cohen, where Shriver received an unsettling phone call that the scandal was about to break.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;She knew that it was coming out the day before,&amp;quot; King, 54, said of Shriver, her former coworker at Baltimore&amp;apos;s WJZ TV station. &amp;quot;She had gotten a call about it but she knew before she came to dinner.&amp;quot;\r\nInstead of going into hiding, Shriver made the brave decision to take part in Winfrey&amp;apos;s star-studded talk show send-off, held at Chicago&amp;apos;s United Center Tuesday night. Donning a teal blue gown to appear in a segment with King honoring Winfrey, Shriver praised the talk show legend for her love of education.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;Not only did she come, she came, she showed up, she did the part,&amp;quot; King told Cohen on his Thursday Watch What Happens Live broadcast. &amp;quot;At one point in the script, she&amp;apos;s thanking Oprah for wisdom and truth, and she paused a little bit. What was so great is the whole audience -- 13,000 people -- applauded. It was sort of like a lifting of Maria. It was an electrifying moment.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nKing is confident her pal will continue to hold her head up high as she plots her next move.\r\n&amp;quot;[Maria&amp;apos;s] a class act and she&amp;apos;s handling it with such grace, trying to figure out what to do&amp;#x2026;how to help the children through. It&amp;apos;s just a very difficult time and heartbreaking to see,&amp;quot; King told Cohen. &amp;quot;The more [I] hear about the story, the sicker I get.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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