Arnold Schwarzenegger, George H.W. Bush's Broken Leg and Barbara Bush: What did it really go by sled in 1991?

In an interview granted Sunday to CNN's "The State of the Union", Jake Tapper interviewed Schwarzenegger about a photo of him and the 41st president on a toboggan. At the presidential retreat, the actor and former governor of California told the story in the following way: "There was snow there, and we had that slide, and (Bush) was trying to m & # 39; I learned slipping because I only knew tobogganing, and with Austrian snowmobiles that you steer with your feet, we fell completely out of control and, of course, we crashed into Barbara Bush, who broke the leg after that, that's why he sent me this photo. "

But in 1991, the Washington Post and the New York Times both reported that the first lady had broken her leg when she had struck a tree after slipping on an icy hill on a sled with saucer. The two newspapers announced that Schwarzenegger, who was president of the President's Council on Fitness and Sports, was present at the time.

At the time, Anna Perez, Barbara Bush's press secretary, told The Post and the Times that the president had shouted "Bail out! Bail out!" when he saw Barbara Bush go down the hill. "She does not know why she did not bail out." She just held up and the next thing she knew, was that there was a tree, "she said. Perez told the newspapers.

Schwarzenegger wrote about this incident in his memoir: "Total Recall: My Incredibly True Life Story".

"The president and I went down the hill too fast and we crashed against Barbara, she was injured in the leg at the hospital," he said on page 397 "I still have the picture that President Bush sent me later."

Later Sunday, Fredricka Whitfield, presenter of "CNN Newsroom," asked Neil's son Neil Bush, clarify Schwarzenegger's comments and provide his own memories of the events of the order.

"About the concept of the accident and your mom, you're breaking your leg, so is he saying that it caused the fracture of your leg? mother, or did she break her leg in a different way? " Whitfield asked. "Because there are different stories out there, what is your – what do you remember?"

"Well, she broke her leg running – I was not there, but she broke her leg running in a tree," he said.

CNN asked Schwarzenegger for clarification, but he was in Europe and did not answer Sunday night.

During his interview Sunday morning, the actor and seven-time winner of Mr. Olympia remembered his experiences with the former president of Camp David and elsewhere.

"We had a great time at Camp David," says Tapper. "And as I said, it was a great learning experience, you know, hanging out around him, he was both a mentor and a kind of father figure."