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| | Mariska Hargitay helped raise the money to solve thousands of sex crimes | | Added 92 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Mariska Hargitay is a really, really good egg. Not only has she been delighting us as Captain Olivia Benson for 25 years on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, she?s spent that tenure bringing her work home with her in the most productive and impactful way possible. Moved by fans recounting their rape survival stories to her, Mariska established the Joyful Heart Foundation, through which she launched the End the Backlog initiative that discovered hundreds of thousands of untested rape kits in police stations across the country. In working to reform rape kit usage, Mariska met prosecutor Kym Worthy. In fact, Mariska helped secure the funding necessary to test 11,000 kits Kym had found in a Michigan evidence room, which led to solving thousands of sex crimes in that state alone. Dateline host Andrea Canning just appeared on the Today show to tout the latest Dateline podcast that focuses on Kym and Mariska?s work:
Mariska Hargitay hasn?t reserved her impressive detective skills for the TV screen ? she also solves some cases in real life too.
Recently, Dateline NBC?s Andrea Canning joined the Today show to discuss the newest episode of Dateline True Crime Weekly and revealed that Hargitay, 60, helped one Michigan prosecutor with thousands of sexual assault cases.
The Law & Order: Special Victims Unit star funded prosecutor Kym Worthy on her path to solving thousands of cases. Worthy first discovered that over 11,000 untested rape kits were sitting on a shelf in an evidence room. She took matters into her own hands and worked to get all of them tested.
However, money was needed to get all of these kits tested, and as Canning said, ?So, who stepped in? None other than Law and Order?s Mariska Hargitay.?
Canning, 51, explained that the actress ?helped them raise the money to get this done.? As a result, thousands of cases were solved and they discovered 22 serial rapists.
The Dateline broadcaster also noted that Worthy and Hargitay?s work is ?having a ripple effect across the country [and] is making changes everywhere ? for police departments and for prosecutors? offices.?
This isn?t Hargitay?s first time assisting real law enforcement. Earlier this year, in April, while filming one of the final episodes of season 25 of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, she was approached by a little girl who believed her to be a real police officer based on the badge she wore as part of her character?s outfit.
At the time, a witness told PEOPLE that the little girl had been separated from her mother in the Anne Loftus Playground in Fort Tryon Park and asked the actress for help. Hargitay obliged and then halted production for 20 minutes to help the child locate her mother and to console them both.
The witness noted that the young girl was both oblivious to the film crew and Hargitay?s scene partner, Ice-T.
[From People]
Everytime we get to cover Mariska Hargitay it is such a tonic. Her goodness is so authentic! There?s no inflated ego, or sense that she?s doing this for her own PR. By her own account, she felt like her acting job opened a door to work she had no prior intention of pursuing, but could not turn away from once it entered her life. She?s previously described it as ?I didn?t take this job on SVU to do this work. But I think I was meant to do this.? The older I get the more I see that as an art in itself: to be able to embrace a path that takes you by surprise. I?m also now really hoping that we see Mariska at the convention next week. She?s such a strong advocate for the biggest issues at stake in this election: women?s rights and reproductive rights. You know, normal things.
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| | Mariska Hargitay was mistaken for a police officer by a little girl who lost her mom | | Added 212 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Well here?s a sweet little tale of good samaritanship: last week Mariska Hargitay was on set in a New York City public park filming Law & Order: SVU, when a little girl who?d lost her mother ran up to her for help. The girl saw Captain Olivia Benson?s badge and thought Mariska was a police officer! And if your next question is, ?did the little girl find her mom?? Well then you don?t know Olivia Benson! Of course Mariska stopped production to reunite parent and child. Another case closed.
Mariska Hargitay doesn?t just star as a heroic detective saving people?s lives onscreen ? she also steps into those shoes in real life, too.
While filming one of the final episodes of season 25 of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in New York City on April 10, Hargitay, 60, was approached by a little girl who believed her to be a real police officer based on the badge she wore as part of her character?s outfit.
A witness tells PEOPLE that the little girl had been separated from her mother in the Anne Loftus Playground in Fort Tryon Park and enlisted Hargitay for help. The actress obliged, halting production for 20 minutes to help the child locate her mother and to console them both.
The little girl was completely oblivious to the film crew ? and to Hargitay?s scene partner, Ice-T ? the witness notes, as she believed Hargitay to be an on-duty police officer.
Ahead of the premiere of the long-running drama series? 25th season in January, Hargitay spoke to PEOPLE about the show?s historic run as her character, Olivia Benson, became the longest-running character on a prime-time drama series. The show also became the longest-running drama series in TV history.
?We?ve been on a parallel journey,? she said. ?There?s a thing: WWOBD, ?What would Olivia Benson do?? The fans would always talk about it, and one day it hit me. I also have those moments where I?ve sort of slipped into her. If there?s a crisis, I just take over and lead like that. Being strong and fearless. It?s sort of this perfect feminist story.
[From People]
I don?t know about you, but this was exactly the kind of adorable, feel-good story I needed this week. That girl really couldn?t have done better than to enlist Mariska Hargitay for help. Not only has Mariska been playing Olivia Benson for years ? I didn?t realize it was 25 though, holy cow! ? she?s brought the best of Benson into her personal life. In 2004 she founded the Joyful Heart Foundation, a nonprofit that supports survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. Not that every actor should be setting up foundations connected to their signature characters, but with Mariska it seems like genuine passion and compassion. Through Joyful Heart she spearheaded a truly impactful campaign to end the rape-kit backlog. Whether we?re lost or not, we could all do with turning to Mariska for direction.
This is why I love her so much. She's a real life hero
Mariska Hargitay, Dressed in Her SVU Gear, Mistaken for Real-Life Police Officer By Young Girl Looking for Her Mom #svu #svu25 https://t.co/9VNXY5d16n via @people
Edina (@Edina87) April 17, 2024
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| | Mariska Hargitay misses her kids: 'There are days I go home and just cry' | | Added 6 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Mariska Hargitay has always impressed me, both with her work ethic and lending her voice to important issues. I hold a special place in my heart for her because of her past. I know she doesn?t remember it but even the knowledge that she was in the car when her mother died so tragically seems like it would be hard to shake. But she did and forged her way into becoming a successful actor on a long-running hit series. She?s happily married and raising three kids out of the spotlight, August, 11, Amaya, seven, and Andrew, six. She seemingly ?has it all.? But even Mariska says the balance of happy home and career life is too much sometimes and there are days she beats herself up just like the rest of us.
She?s a jack of all trades! Mariska Hargitay got real about the difficulties she faces balancing work and family.
?It?s hard. I?m not going to say it?s easy, it?s hard. I?m learning to [balance]. I try to be super present with where I am,? Hargitay, who plays Olivia Benson on the hit series, explained. ?When I?m at work, I?m at work. When I?m with my kids, I?m with my kids.?
?I have an incredible support system with my husband. He?s an actor so he also understands,? she gushed. ?I try to keep it organic. The kids come to set all the time. I?ve worked out my schedule a bit that I have a little more flexibility. I have a great time behind me.?
Even so, sometimes it can be great burden to bear. ?There are days I go home and just cry. There have been days when I didn?t see my kids. Those are the days I?m, like, ?Maybe I?m done,?? she recalled. ?But now, this is a gift of doing something for 20 years. We?re such a well-oiled machine. I go in there and I?m like, Guys, I?ve got a kids thing. I?m out.? They?re like, ?Got it, boom.??
[From Us]
I?m glad to hear that after 20 years, Law & Order: SVU (dun-dun) allows Mariska the flexibility she needs. I have a job but I work from home and my boss allows me a great deal of leeway (for which I am very grateful). So even though I work, I relate more to a stay-at-home parent. So, I really don?t know what it?s like to miss my kids and I think other ?always home? parents will understand when I say, I?d kind of like to. And yet, I still go to bed thinking I?ve failed my kids by not being there. My point is, parents will always feel they?ve let someone down but the occasional bake sale will get missed and life will go on. We tell our kids to work hard and give their all to school or baseball or whatever they?ve committed to, shouldn?t we lead by example? Mariska sounds like she?s figured it out, but I understand that even if that?s true, some demons are hard to kill.
Now, let?s talk about why Mariska really hates being away from home ? her husband Peter Hermann (that?s a joke, please don?t come for me on that). Oh my stars, I find him so attractive. He plays Charles on Younger and may be the main reason I continue to watch that show. To hear that he not only adores his wife but works to make the balance at home just *swoon*. And I think hes just as lucky to have Mariska by his side.
Photo credit: WENN Photos and Getty Images
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| | Mariska Hargitay on national rape kit testing backlog: 'I?m beyond outraged' | | Added 11 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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I used to be a huge Law & Order: SVU fan-girl. Like, I was obsessed with it. I?ve probably seen all of the SVU episodes up until? I don?t know, Season 7 or 8? I stopped watching it when they were doing too much stunt-casting and the shenanigans with the revolving ADAs was terrible (ugh, Sharon Stone). Then Christopher Meloni left and I was glad I was no longer watching. Still, I have an abiding love and admiration for Mariska Hargitay/Detective Olivia Benson. What I love in particular about Mariska is that she completely owns the role of Det. Benson and she?s used that role and her position to speak for real-life victims of sexual violence and rape. She founded a charity to support victims of sexual violence called The Joyful Heart Foundation. And now she?s using her fame to bring attention to an urgent and important criminal issue: the backlog of untested rape kits.
?Law & Order: Special Victims Unit? star Mariska Hargitay is helping victims of rape off-screen, too. Hargitay was spotted at restaurant Sienna in East Hampton saying she?s campaigning for law-enforcement agencies to deal with a national backlog of untested ?rape kits.?
?There are hundreds of thousands of untested rape kits in police and crime- lab storage facilities,? she wrote in a recent column online. ?Every year, thousands of individuals take the courageous step of reporting their rape to the police . . . The evidence is then collected in a ?Sexual Assault Evidence Collection Kit? ? a rape kit . . . And yet, hundreds of thousands of times, a decision is made not to process the evidence. Too difficult to prosecute, too murky, too expensive ? not a priority.?
A source said Hargitay will shoot a documentary on this subject in two months. She has a producer for the project and is meeting with directors. The actress was overheard further explaining, ?When you don?t test a rape kit, it sends the message that?s it?s not a serious crime, and I?m beyond outraged.?
[From Page Six]
God, how admirable. What an important issue and what a great spokesperson for the issue. I LOVE HER!! Seriously, I remember reading about the rape kit backlog a few years ago, and I believe that one of the pressure points of the Violence Against Women Act reauthorization (which was left unauthorized for a whole year in 2012 before being reauthorized this year) was dedicating funding to work through the rape kit backlog. Still, this is a vital issue that needs more attention and I love that Mariska is doing her part.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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| | Mariska Hargitay talks adoption struggles: 'Adoption is not for the faint of heart' | | Added 12 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Mariska Hargitay covers the new issue of Good Housekeeping, and the interview excerpts from the cover story are pretty good. We haven?t talked about Mariska much since she adopted two babies within six months last year – she welcomed daughter Amaya and son Andrew into her family, which includes husband Peter Hermann and her oldest child, August. In this piece, Mariska talks about her babies and the adoption process:
Mariska Hargitay is used to dealing with heart-stopping situations on Law & Order: SVU, but nothing on-screen compares to her harrowing experience adopting two children. In the span of six months last year, Hargitay and her husband, actor Peter Hermann, adopted both daughter Amaya Josephine, now 13 months old, and son Andrew Nicolas, 9 months.
Hargitay and Hermann have a biological son, August, 5, whom Hargitay says is feeling ?pretty good and pretty powerful? about his younger siblings.
?August thinks this was all his idea,? Hargitay tells Good Housekeeping in their May issue. ?He said, ?I want a baby sister,? and Amaya came. Then he said, ?I want a baby brother,? and Andrew came.?
But in actuality, the process was not that easy. In fact, Hargitay says the building of their family was, at times, heartbreaking.
?I?m not gonna lie,? Hargitay admits. ?There were wrenching moments. I say to everybody, ?Adoption is not for the faint of heart.??
Because Hargitay was 42 when she gave birth to August, she and Hermann were concerned about being able to have additional children, she admits.
?August wanted siblings, and Peter and I both envisioned this big family because we both come from that,? she says. ?I really did think that down the line, Peter and I would adopt a child. That was always part of the plan.?
She and Hermann began the process two years ago, meeting with an adoption lawyer and going through home inspections to get the ball rolling.
After a couple of failed attempts to connect with a birth mother, Hargitay says, they found someone not far from New York City. After Hargitay and Hermann met the woman, finalized the adoption plan, were present in the delivery room, named the newborn and parented her for two days, the birth mother changed her mind, according to Hargitay.
?It was nothing short of devastating,? Hargitay explains. ?But ? it was probably the greatest, happiest ending. I mean, it was so painful for us, but it was deeply joyful and deeply right for her.?
Hargitay says she still keeps in touch with the woman and, though she has not seen the baby again, feels that she is ?forever connected to her.?
Then, just over a year ago, she and Hermann were connected with the woman who gave birth to Amaya. Though Hargitay says they were initially told the baby would be a boy, they were thrilled to find out they would be having a little girl. Hargitay even helped to deliver Amaya in the hospital.
?Peter and I held her, and then the birth mother and I hugged for a long time,? she recalls. ?That was profound. That was one of the most meaningful moments I?ve ever had in my life.?
Though they had wanted to wait about 18 months before adopting a second child, as fate would have it, they received word just half a year later that there was a premature baby boy awaiting adoption.
?It was a no-brainer,? Hargitay says. ?It was like ? a miracle. And I don?t use that word lightly. I?ve never made a bigger decision so quickly.?
They decided to name the infant Andrew, after a dear friend of theirs who had recently passed away. Andrew still struggles with health issues, and the family has a private nurse living with them to tend to him, but Hargitay says she wouldn?t change a thing about how her family was formed.
?Adoption was a bumpy ride ? very bumpy,? she notes. ?But, God, was it worth the fight.?
[From People]
Okay, am I the only one who teared up? My eyes are still welled with tears about the part about ?Peter and I held her, and then the birth mother and I hugged for a long time. That was profound. That was one of the most meaningful moments I?ve ever had in my life.? And the story about the birth mother changing her mind two days later? GAH. Mariska just made me cry. I?ve heard that Mariska?s husband is a deeply religious man (their first date was going to church), and I have no doubt that this journey has been deeply spiritual for both Mariska and Peter.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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| | Mariska Hargitay will miss her BFF Christopher Meloni | | Added 13 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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As we heard last week, Christopher Meloni is closing down his private gun show on Law & Order: SVU. Meloni has had a long rumored desire to leave the successful show, and I guess he was just asking for too much money during his contract renegotiations, because Meloni and the producers have now established that Meloni isn?t coming back next season. Many of us wondered if they should just discontinue the series instead of forcing them to limp on, Meloni-less. Mariska Hargitay is good, but it she good enough to go it alone? Well, if I was in charge of the show, I would simply put Mariska in more episodes with Belzer and Ice-T, because she has chemistry with both men and that could totally be a watchable show. Unfortunately, it looks like Mariska already has one foot out the door, and they?re probably going to cast Jennifer Love Hewitt and the Lollipop Guild.
Anyway, Hargitay has now released a statement about Meloni?s departure:
One of TV’s longest-running ? and hottest-looking ? couples are to be no more.
This week brought the official announcement from NBC that Christopher Meloni, who has played Detective Stabler on Law & Order: SVU since the series began in 1999, will not be back for a 13th season this fall. Contract talks reportedly broke down.
That leaves his costar, Mariska Hargitay, partner-less. But the week also brought the unsettling news that the actress will be not be appearing in all of next season’s episodes.
Regarding the departure of her costar, Hargitay ? who plays Detective Olivia Benson ? said in a statement released late Friday:
“For the past 12 years Chris Meloni has been my partner and friend, both on screen and off. He inspired me every day with his integrity, his extraordinary talent and his commitment to the truth. I love him deeply and will miss him terribly ? I’m so excited to see what he’ll do next.”
[From People]
Aw. Has anyone else seen Mariska?s E! True Hollywood Story? She and Meloni have always been tight, ever since the first time they auditioned together. They simply have great chemistry, and they make for a great on and off-screen partnership. I do think she?s going to miss him quite a bit, to the point where it might not even be fun for her to work on the show anymore.
I really feel like this next season of L&O: SVU will be the last. Or SHOULD be the last. Fingers crossed.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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| | Mariska Hargitay adopted an American baby girl, named her Amaya | | Added 13 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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I no longer watch Law & Order: SVU (the Christina Lahti-Sharon Stone story lines finally killed the series for me), but I still have residual goodwill for Mariska Hargitay, just because she seems like an awesome person. So I?m really, really happy for her news: Mariska confirmed to People Magazine last night that she and her hottie husband Peter Hermann have adopted a baby girl. They named her Amaya Josephine! You can see the photo of Mariska and Amaya here, at People.
Mariska Hargitay has a big surprise to share. The Law & Order: SVU star and her husband, actor Peter Hermann, have adopted a baby girl, she tells PEOPLE exclusively.
Baby Amaya Josephine was born about a week ago and is from the United States.
“I’m deliriously happy,” Hargitay, 47, tells PEOPLE. “From the minute she was born, she was just surprisingly alert and so full of love.”
“We were considering both international and domestic adoption and we’re thrilled that this is the way our prayers were answered,” she adds. “We talked a lot about mixed-race adoptions, and we are very excited that we are now a multi-racial family. We’re just so happy she’s here.”
And there’s one family member who’s more excited than anyone: Hargitay’s 4-year-old son, August.
“He is over the moon,” says the actress. “He calls her his baby because he says the whole thing was his idea. He always talks about how he’s going to protect her. He’s going to be a great big brother.”
[From People]
Any thoughts on Mariska?s open discussion of her now multi-racial family? Is it even a big deal at this point? I don?t think so. If she didn?t mention it, I wonder if anyone would have even brought it up. I also think it?s interesting that she ended up adopting domestically, like Sandra Bullock. Although, unlike Bullock, it sounds like Mariska isn?t disrespecting international adoptions in general, she makes it sound like all options were on the table, and this is just their experience. Anyway, congratulations to Mariska, Peter and August on the new addition to their family!
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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| | Mariska Hargitay on Jay Leno: he 'ruined' Law Order: SVU | | Added 14 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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My girlfriend Mariska Hargitay is the February cover girl for More Magazine, and OK! Magazine has some lovely interview excerpts. Mariska talks about being a size 8 in a size zero world, the time some a-hole told her to get a nose job, and how much she hates Jay Leno. Not really on the last one, Mariska just blame Leno and the boneheads at NBC for killing Law & Order: SVU?s original 10 p.m. timeslot, and she also blames them for the decline in ratings this season. Now, here?s the thing: I?m a loyal SVU watcher, and while I hate that SVU comes on at 9 p.m. now, I also think this season sucked (especially the first episodes) because they cast Christine Lahti as a raging alcoholic paleo-feminist who treated men like crap under the guise of ?girl power? - and who was, coincidentally, terrible at her job as a prosecutor. While that plotline might have been realistic, it sucked the life out of the first part of the season, and even throwing Lahti off the show wasn?t enough to make it better.
Mariska Hargitay is one of the most respected actresses on primetime TV, and her success on Law & Order: SVU has also made her one of the highest-paid stars on network TV.
?The only reason I have the career I have is that I didn?t quit,? the actress admits in the February issue More magazine. The cover girl opened up about her thoughts on The Jay Leno Show bumping SVU, living in the shadow of her iconic mother, Jayne Mansfield, her financial worries and the constant pressure on actresses to be beautiful.
?A guy at ABC told me to change my name and get a nose job. I said, ?You get a nose job,?? Mariska reveals in her More interview on not having the conventional movie star looks. ?I think I?m a very attractive person, but I don?t put myself in the realm of the beauty. That?s not where I get my esteem. I?m a size 8, and I feel proud of that, because it?s healthy. I?ve never felt compelled to be a skinny actress.?
Even though she is one of the highest-paid primetime actresses, Mariska still stresses about money.
?I constantly worry about money. I make a lot now, but I don?t feel that way, because I was poor and had no money for a lot longer than I?ve had it,? she said. ?As an actor, if this show ends next year, then what? As an aging woman, then what? I?m saving money to live on, for the future. There are not that many roles for women, and I?ve been blessed with one of the great ones.?
SVU was affected by the late night shift when Jay Leno? came on the scene for his 10 p.m. primetime talk show. The drama was forced to move into the 9 p.m. slot because of The Jay Leno Show.
?It ruined our numbers. The first four episodes, we were considerably down because nobody knew when the show was on. Finally, we?re starting to find our audience again.?
As a result of Jay?s low ratings, and the changing late night lineup, Mariska wishes the network would reconsider moving SVU back to its original time slot.
?I hope we go back to where we belong. It was doing so well. Why mess with it??
Mariska opens up on being compared to her mother Jayne Mansfield, an iconic sex symbol and Hollywood? star in the 1940s and ?50s.
?I can never compete, so I don?t try. It?s mega ber, it?s legendary, it?s iconic. Being a sex symbol is not my thing; it?s not where I shine.?
Mariska comments on ?losing her home too early? after the death of her mother.
?I?m getting it back through Peter and August, and, strangely, through the foundation. It?s about following the signs, listening to your inner voice. I?m living my life, and I know that this is what I?m supposed to be doing.?
Playing detective Olivia Benson is a hard job, and in October, Mariska landed awkwardly during a stunt and didn?t realize until months later that she had suffered a collapsed lung.
?I thought it was a pulled rib. I?m pretty tough. When I couldn?t breathe anymore, I got an X-ray, and they couldn?t believe I was walking? I was doing stunts when I was pregnant. I?d fall, jump on guys. Now there are scenes when I have to run, and I?ll only take a few steps. Everyone is super-careful of me.?
Mariska started the foundation Joyful Heart, which helps survivors of sexual assault and is an important cause in her life.
?Doing something about it takes away some of my sadness. We can get closer to cures by shining a light on [the abuse]. I liken it to what happened with AA 15 years ago, where there?s not a stigma to it. We?d love to see that happen to sexual assault.?
Mariska?s full cover story can be found in the February issue of More Magazine on newsstands January 26th.
[From OK! Magazine]
Sigh? I love Mariska. I find her very ?real?. Maybe this isn?t who she really is, but give me my fantasy that she?s this cool and down-to-earth. I was really worried about her last year when she went into the hospital repeatedly, and I honestly thought it was something more serious than a collapsed lung - although that is serious, I just thought my girl was dying or something. Anyway, I?m glad that she?s doing well, I hope SVU returns to 10 p.m. and I hope they lose Christine Lahti?s number permanently.
More Magazine cover courtesy of Pop Crunch, additional photo courtesy of More online.
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| | Mariska Hargitay talks about lung problems, but not pregnancy rumors | | Added 15 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Mariska Hargitay is finally clearing the air about her repeated hospitalizationso ver the past several months. As Mariska went in and out of the hospital and on and off the set of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, the rumors have been everything to near-death pneumonia to some sort of contract negotiations with SVU producers. Mariska spoke out Monday night, telling People Magazine that as she was doing a stunt during SVU filming, she ?fell wrong, basically? and collapsed her lung. As for the repeated hospitalizations, Mariska?s rep still claims that those visits were only for repeated tests and check-ups. Oh, well. If she?s out and about, that?s a good sign. Hopefully she?s feeling a lot better:
Since January, when her rep announced Mariska Hargitay had suffered a partially collapsed lung, information about the nature of the Law & Order: SVU’s star condition has been scant, until now.
During a dinner in Manhattan for the American Ballet Theater on Monday, Hargitay, 45, told PEOPLE: “I’ve been doing my own stunts on the show for 10 years. I fell wrong, basically. I collapsed my lung doing a stunt.”
Hargitay underwent surgery in January, then returned to work on her NBC series soon after ? only to check back into the hospital on March 3, at which time her rep said: “She is undergoing routine tests and expects to be feeling better soon.”
A March 9 statement said, “Mariska is recovering well and is expected to return to SVU in the next couple of weeks.” On March 23, PEOPLE reported she was back on the set.
And now? “I’m 100 percent,” a spectacular-looking Hargitay, in a long gown by Caroline Herrera, told PEOPLE at the dinner, where Caroline Kennedy introduced Michelle Obama, who in turn introduced the young performers of the ABT’s Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School.
Added Hargitay: “I’m back to my old self.”
[From People]
Yes, Mariska is already back to shooting Special Victims Unit, even though this has been the worst season ever. Well, there have been a few exceptions. That episode about child soldiers immigrating to New York was really good - and they even filmed a scene at the United Nations! That was exciting. But perhaps for Mariska?s return next season, they should get some more interesting sex crimes.
The National Enquirer has a theory this week on Mariska?s illness and her new-found health - they claim that now that she?s feeling better, she?s really wants to try to get pregnant again. Her son August turn three next month - and he?s one of the cutest babies ever. Good gene pool!
?Mariska is happily telling close friends her collapsed lung issues are over and all she can think of is giving her son August a little baby brother or sister - and soon!? a source revealed to The Enquirer.
[She] and husband Peter Hermann, 41, whom she married in 2004, began making effort again to expand their family, says another insider. August was born in June 2006.
?It?s her dream to have a second child - it?s almost as if it?s all she can think about,? said the insider.
And while her publicist denies she?s pregnant now, the baby buzz is already swirling on the ?SVU? set, maintains the insider.
[From The National Enquirer, print edition, May 25, 2009]
I was thinking about reporting on this story last week, but it didn?t seem like there was much to go on. They?re not claiming Mariska is pregnant, only that she would like another child. Which I?m sure she would - although she?s already given some quotes about how much she?s missing from August?s childhood by being on the SVU set so much. So either she?s trying to get pregnant, or she?s signed on for another few years on SVU. Who knows?
Mariska Hargitay is shown 5/18/09 at the Metropolitan Opera for opening night. Credit: Fame Pictures
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| | Mariska Hargitay is back to work after second hospitalization | | Added 15 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Mariska Hargitay isn?t taking her Law and Order: SVU co-star Ice-T?s advice to take some time and heal. Her rep confirmed that she?ll be back to filming episodes of SVU for the rest of the season. So far, Mariska has only missed one episode due to her mystery lung ailment. It?s unknown exactly what?s going on with her health, but she?s been hospitalized twice, the second time just last week. OK! has more:
Despite rumors speculating that Law and Order: SVU star Mariska Hargitay would be missing the entire rest of the season due to health concerns, the actresses’ rep tells OK! not to believe the buzz.
“Not true,” says the rep of the report. “Mariska is recovering well and is returning to the show this season. She is only missing one episode.”
Mariska’s had a bumpy few months after being hospitalized for a collapsed lung in mid January. The star returned to work and seemed to be doing well, but had to visit the hospital again after experiencing some discomfort relating to the lung condition.
[From OK! Magazine]
I?m a huge fan of Mariska?s, and I feel very strongly that if my girl needs to rest and recuperate, that?s what she should be doing. SVU can?t have that many more episodes to film, so why all the drama about her coming back to work so soon? There?s obviously something wrong with her, or she wouldn?t have needed to be hospitalized a second time. There?s even a rumor going around that she needs surgery, but that hasn?t been verified by anyone close to Mariska.
Here?s Mariska and Christopher Meloni on the set of Law and Order SVU filming in SoHo on October 10th. Images thanks to BauerGriffinOnline.
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