Patrick Schwarzenegger Says His Parents Were 'Very Strict' and 'Frightening'

Patrick Schwarzenegger was recently put in the hot seat by his mother, Maria Shriver.

On Tuesday, the 30-year-old The White Lotus actor whose father is 77-year-old Arnold Schwarzenegger, was a guest on The Drew Barrymore Show.

Shriver, 69, made a special appearance through prerecorded video and asked her son questions about his childhood. More specifically, the journalist wanted to know what Patrick "got away with as a kid."

"I didn't do anything ... I didn't want to do anything against Maria and Arnold," the younger Schwarzenegger said, according to People, adding that his parents were "frightening."

"Wait, I kind of want to know what did they do because I want to do that to my children," replied Barrymore, who has two daughters.

The actor said that he and his siblings—the now-divorced Arnold Schwarzenegger and Shriver share four children—had "a lot of rules."

"They were very strict parents," he explained. "I'm worried I'm gonna get grounded if I say something now."

But Patrick Schwarzenegger's parents have loosened up as he's gotten older, in time for his brief nudity in the latest White Lotus season. Shriver asked Schwarzenegger what episode of the hit HBO show he was "most nervous" for her to watch, and apparently, the most suggestive is to come.

"I think some upcoming episodes I'm going to watch without them," Patrick told Barrymore, also joking that he'll take a "bathroom break" if there's a viewing party.

But the elder Schwarzenegger doesn't mind his son's nudity and even congratulated him on his White Lotus scene.