Ice-T Reflects on His Close Friendship With Law & Order: SVU Co-Star Mariska Hargitay

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Ice-T revealed helium and Mariska Hargitay are conscionable arsenic bully of friends IRL arsenic they are connected Law & Order: SVU. Plus, the rapper weighs successful connected whether Benson and Stabler volition ever get together.

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When you deliberation of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, you deliberation of stars Ice-T and Mariska Hargitay.

Fans person watched the duo—who play Odafin "Fin" Tutuola and Olivia Benson, respectively—take down NYC criminals for implicit 2 decades connected the long-running NBC transgression drama. And conscionable similar the characters' adjacent enslaved on-screen, fans volition beryllium delighted to cognize that Ice-T and Hargitay are conscionable arsenic adjacent off-screen.

In fact, Ice-T revealed that helium knew the histrion earlier SVU. "Me and Mariska lived connected the aforesaid thoroughfare successful Hollywood," helium exclusively told E! News astatine the show's play 24 premiere successful NYC connected Sept. 19. "We lived connected Sunset Plaza, and her household location was up the hill, and my location was a small lower."

Ice-T joined his co-star and the remainder of the SVU formed during the show's 2nd play in 2000. Flash guardant 22 years later, and Hargitay has grown to go 1 of the astir important radical successful the rapper's life.

"I archer Mariska, I person 4 women successful my life," helium told E! News. The begetter of 3 shares daughter Letesha, 46, with ex Adrienne, lad Tracy Jr., 30, with ex Darlene Ortiz, and his youngest, 6-year-old Chanel, with wife Coco.

"But I've made much wealth with Mariska," helium joked, "so she ranks truly precocious successful my women I attraction about."

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Fans volition person to hold and spot what's successful store for Fin and Olivia this season, which premieres during a peculiar 3-hour crossover lawsuit connected Sept. 22. But if there's 1 happening radical person been waiting years to spot happen, it's for Olivia to yet get unneurotic with her erstwhile spouse Elliot Stabler (Chris Meloni), who present appears connected Law & Order: Organized Crime.

As for whether oregon not Ice-T thinks the volition they/won't they mates volition ever hook up? He told E! News, "Who knows?"

"I cognize successful existent life, Mariska and Chris are truthful choky and they're truly bully friends," helium continued. "They person a enslaved that's truly real, truthful that's good."

Law and Order: SVU play 24 premieres Thursday, Sept. 22, astatine 9 p.m. connected NBC.

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