The mother and son posed for the magazine in one of the first published pictures of Joseph _ both with slight smiles, Baena perched behind her son with her hand on his arm.

Baena said she wasn't initially certain Schwarzenegger was the father but started to see a resemblance in her son as Joseph grew older.

``It became more apparent as time went on,'' the former housekeeper said. ``I knew Arnold was the father, and maybe as Joseph got older and began to look like him, he (Arnold) wondered. But he never said anything to me.''

She said Shriver also grew suspicious as whispers circulated in the household over the similarities between Joseph and her boss. Baena said Shriver finally asked ``point blank'' if the boy was Schwarzenegger's son, and was ``so strong'' when faced with the truth.

``She cried with me and told me to get off my knees,'' Baena said. ``We held each other and I told her it wasn't Arnie's fault, that it takes two.''

Schwarzenegger has put his Hollywood comeback on hold to sort out his personal life in the aftermath of the scandal, and Baena stressed that the former governor is ``a good man.''

``I know he's suffering too,'' she said. ``He loves Maria. I hope with time they work things out.''

Schwarzenegger spokesman Adam Mendelsohn and Shriver spokesman Matthew DiGirolamo said they had no comment on the report.