Christopher Meloni teased a imaginable Stabler and Benson (Mariska Hargitay) buss connected the Jan. 26 occurrence of Law & Oder: SVU, arsenic good arsenic whether helium thinks the characters should extremity up together.
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Just similar fans, Today co-hosts Hoda Kotb and Savannah Guthrie can't hold for this week's occurrence of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
That's due to the fact that a promo for the NBC drama's Jan. 26 episode teased a imaginable buss betwixt longtime will-they-won't-they mates Captain Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Detective Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni). And though helium couldn't corroborate oregon contradict what goes down during the episode, Christopher did stock his thoughts connected whether helium thinks "Bensler" should and volition extremity up together.
"I deliberation there's a world," helium said connected the Jan. 25 episode of Today. "I utilized to not, but I deliberation we're each trying to inactive fig retired what the nonstop steps are and what that endgame is." And a buss could beryllium the nonstop happening that sets Benson and Stabler down the way to romance.
According to the Law & Order: Organized Crime star, the occurrence volition spot Stabler halt by SVU aft Benson calls successful a favor. As for what that favour is? Christopher said, "Just to prime up her son."
But based connected the preview's steamy moment, Savannah hilariously noted, "It looks similar you picked up thing else."
Christopher went connected to tease Benson and Stabler's seemingly intimate infinitesimal successful a Today Twitter video, stating however the cardinal to preparing for their close-up changeable was each astir being professional.
"When you've been friends and co-workers and the benignant of narration that we have," the 61-year-old shared, "you're presented with what the scene's about, and you get successful there."
"We're coworkers, we don't clasp each others faces this mode ..." -@SavannahGuthrie and @hodakotb grill @Chris_Meloni astir a steamy tease representation of Stabler and Benson from an upcoming episode. pic.twitter.com/2Jy313WLaW
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) January 25, 2023But arsenic helium went connected to describe, "At slightest connected my part, it was an absorbing scene, a delicate scene, a hard scene, awkward, but that's each bully 'cause I deliberation those were each elements that were portion of the scene."
Putting a cherry connected apical of Bensler buss speculation, the prima said that successful bid to acceptable the temper for the scene, helium "popped a enactment mint."
Will the pair's 20 years of pining yet wage off? Fans volition person to tune successful to Law & Order: Special Victims Unit tomorrow, Jan. 26, astatine 9 p.m. connected NBC to find out.
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