Superstar Arnold Schwarzenegger has revealed that he was proud when his son, Patrick, started dating songstress Miley Cyrus because she is very authentic, hardworking and honest. 

During a new interview with Howard Stern, the movie icon explained that he has a lot of respect for Cyrus after spending time with her and thinks she is a "fantastic person":

"Under normal circumstances maybe I would be nervous, but I'll tell you the two reasons why not. One is my kids are very strong. They have had their upbringing. They know exactly how far they can go and they should be adventurous, they should venture out and meet different people, so I was not worried about that."

"The other thing is when I did meet Miley Cyrus, when she came up to Sun Valley skiing during the holidays, I found out that she was a fantastic person."

Schwarzenegger went onto add that he was happy with his son dating the 'We Can't Stop' sensation and thought it was a shame when they eventually broke up:

"She has this career side where she has to be a little bit out there and maybe is a little bit different because she grew up in a music family. So what? It didn't bother me. I think Patrick had a wonderful experience, he had a great relationship, and then the whole thing eventually fell apart."

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Watch Cyrus performing a duet with Ariana Grande below: