Arnold Schwarzenegger: Fan takes out heckler at statue unveiling in Ohio Reporting from Columbus, Ohio - Fans of former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger are willing to make sacrifices for the politician and bodybuilder: They use their military leave to attend the Arnold Sports Festival, wait in the cold and rain to request autographs on glossy photos of him, and even apparently take care of his hecklers. At an unveiling Friday in Columbus of a 600-pound bronze statue of a 8-foot-tall sinewy and flexing Schwarzenegger, a heckler interrupted the outdoor proceedings by repeatedly shouting, "Arnold! How's your wife and kids?" as the crowd of onlookers and guests, including Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman, looked on uncomfortably. Police were at a loss -- the man was on a public sidewalk, ostensibly practicing his right to free speech. But when the man continued to yell as Schwarzenegger got up to speak, fans took the matter into their own hands. One burly older man shoved the heckler so hard that he fell to the ground and stopped yelling. Police then escorted both men away, dragging the heckler by his elbows as he folded up his legs to resist being relocated. "He pushed him hard," said Mike Pelli, a ticket scalper who watched the scene unfold in back of the scrum of cameras and fans all focused on the statue. They should have taken that man to jail. If that would have been me who shoved him, I would have gone to jail. Columbus police said the man was being questioned and they were not sure if the heckler was planning to press charges. In the meantime, Schwarzenegger was thanking the city of Columbus for hosting the festival, a multisport competition that attracts 175,000 spectators to ogle at athletes from 25 sports, including weightlifters, fencers and bodybuilders who look like they might have fallen asleep in a tanning parlor overnight. This is the 24th Arnold Sports Festival, which Schwarzenegger founded with Columbus native and ex-FBI employee Jim Lorimer. Lorimer and Schwarzenegger showered praise on each other Friday morning at a breakfast at the Columbus Athletic Club, where Arnold received a standing ovation just for showing up. Schwarzenegger called Columbus "my second home" and also opened up about his family. He hasn't talked much about his family since the Los Angeles Times revealed in May 2011 that he'd fathered a child with his housekeeper. The couple then separated. When asked by Lorimer about his goals for the next five years, Schwarzenegger, who is 64, said that his family was a high priority. "Most importantly, I want to work on my personal life," he said. I want to make sure that we have a family that really loves each other and that we have a great relationship. Maria and I show our kids that we never fight, that we love each other, they can see that -- so this whole thing doesn't have an effect on them. In the question and answer period of that event, an active duty soldier got up to tell Schwarzenegger that while his friends had taken their leave to see loved ones, he'd used his leave to attend the Arnold festival. Schwarzenegger spent the afternoon with controversial Ohio Gov. John Kasich, celebrating the expansion of after-school programs in Ohio at a local elementary school. Kasich aroused ire in the state after pushing a bill to limit collective bargaining for public employees. That law was voted down in November. The event that unveiled the Arnold statue was supported in part by the AFL-CIO. After the Arnold statue was revealed and the crowds had followed the governor into an archery competition inside Columbus' Veterans Memorial, professional bodybuilders stripped down to their bikinis and posed with the statue. Though their muscles were as big as most people's heads, the Arnold statue still dwarfed them. It might have had Arnold beat on one thing, though: The bodybuilders were more bronzed than even the bronze statue.