Maria Shriver open to love in her 70s after staying single 'my whole 60s': 'If a great man comes along'

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Maria Shriver is stepping into a new decade with an open heart.

As the former first lady of California approaches her 70th birthday in November, she shared candid thoughts about her single life and openness to love during a guest appearance on 'Today'.

Maria Shriver says she's has 'been single my whole 60s'

Shriver reflected on the past decade, noting she had been single throughout her 60s and enjoyed the experience.

“Your 60s are fantastic, and I was single in my 60s,” said Shriver. “I have been single my whole 60s. And now I’m ending my 60s. I loved being single, but other people had a big problem with it," she said on 'Today with Jenna & Friends' on Friday, June 27.  

The mother of four explained that while she has been “happily single,” many people around her seemed eager to see her in a relationship.

“I think other people are like, ‘You don’t have a boyfriend yet? What do you think that’s about?’ or ‘What’s wrong? What do you think you’re doing? Are you not open?’” said Shriver.

“I also think people want you to be happy and they want you to have love and they want you to be in a couple," she added as per People.

Maria Shriver is ‘interested in any great love experience’ at 70

When co-host Jenna Bush Hager asked whether she was currently “interested in dating,” Shriver responded, “I’m interested in any great love experience.”

Bush Hager pushed further, interpreting the answer as a yes, to which Shriver replied, “That’s a yes. I’m kind of trying to be open and yes to life in all its forms. How about that? I just made that all up.”

Shriver added that she believes love is possible at any age. “I think if a great man comes along, that’s great, at any age, by the way,” she said.

Maria Shriver says her kids want her on a dating app, but she says ‘absolutely not!’

Shriver’s most public relationship was her 25-year marriage to Arnold Schwarzenegger, with whom she shares four children — Katherine Schwarzenegger, 35, Christina Schwarzenegger, 33, Patrick Schwarzenegger, 31, and Christopher Schwarzenegger, 27.

The couple separated in 2011 following revelations that Schwarzenegger had fathered a child with their housekeeper. Their divorce was finalized in 2021, and since then, Shriver has not been publicly linked to anyone.

Speaking earlier this month on the 'Jamie Kern Lima Show', Shriver said, "I’m not looking, but I'm open to whatever God sends my way.”

She added that her children have joked about setting her up online. “My kids have kidded around going, ‘We should make you a dating app [profile],’” said Shriver. “I'm like ‘Absolutely not!’”