Arnie elaborated: “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.’”

Unsurprisingly, his remarks sparked significant anger among many. Social media quickly filled with backlash, and Arnie later confessed in the interview that he considers the notion of heaven to be simply “fantasy.”

He stated: “When people talk about, ‘I will see them again in heaven’, it sounds so good, but the reality is that we won’t see each other again after we’re gone.”

Schwarzenegger added: “That’s the sad part. I know people feel comfortable with death, but I don’t.”