ITV This Morning's Alison Hammond punched by Arnold Schwarzenegger during interview

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Alison Hammond was comically punched on-screen by bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger in a hilarious segment on today's ITV's This Morning.The bubbly presenter sat down with the Hollywood star to promote his new book 'Be Useful Seven Tools For Life'.Alison began introducing the former Governor of California by quoting his most famous phrase: "I'll be back."The 48-year-old quipped: "B is for bodybuilder, A is for action hero, C is for Californian Governor and K...

well next he could be a Koala Keeper, a Knitwear Designer or a Kilt Wearing Cable Tosser."The pair discussed the Austrian-American actor's new book, with the star admitting that he did not want to be on the cover of the novel.He said: "The funny thing is I didn't even want to be on the cover."I felt It's not a book about me, it's a book about what I want to teach others, how to make other people happier, it's about the people out there."Arnold, who is also affectionately known as Arnie, also revealed he hired an accent removal coach to land leading roles in Hollywood.What is now considered a USP of the actor was once something that was said to have the potential to ruin his career even before it took flight.Talking to Alison, he explained: "I went to stunt school, acting classes, English classes, speech classes, even accent removal classes."They said to me you will never be a leading man because you have an accent, forget about it, but you know I have a rule in my book."Don't listen to the 'naysayers', so I didn't listen to that."Despite the professional advice, the Hollywood icon has gone on to be extremely successful due to his distinct accent, with Canadian filmmaker James Cameron even admitting that Terminator was so successful due to Schwarzenegger's thick