Maria Shriver says sexual harassment allegations against her husband led her to move her children from California and shield them from learning of the story.

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Shriver said she kept the television off, did not read newspapers and escaped to Cape Cod to protect her four children, the San Jose Mercury-News reported Wednesday, citing a cover story in the January issue of Vanity Fair.

And her husband, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, says stories that he groped women "helped my campaign," but taught him a some facts about harassment.

"I now know what can be said and what can't," Schwarzenegger said. "Now I would not even tell someone I like their outfit. It could go south."

A week before the Oct. 7, 2003, recall election, The Los Angeles Times reported 16 women claimed Schwarzenegger had groped or harassed them during a 25-year period.

What did Shriver think about the groping allegations?

"You have to know your own truth," she said. "You have to know the person in front of you. You have to be able to separate what your reality is, what other people's perceptions are. You have to go on with your life. It is your life, your marriage, your experience."