Hargitay and Meloni’s friendship stretches back to 1999 when they started working together on “SVU.”
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“Law & Order: SVU” co-stars Mariska Hargitay and Christopher Meloni are BFFs.
The former co-stars sat court-side together for the New York Knicks’ home game against the Cleveland Cavaliers at Madison Square Garden on Friday.
Hargitay and Meloni, who portrayed Olivia Benson and Elliot Stabler together on the long running NBC crime show, held hands in a photo posted by the Knicks official social media accounts.
“DUN DUN,” a caption shared by the Knicks’ social team read, in reference to the legendary sound of all “Law & Order”shows. USA TODAY reached out to reps for Hargitay and Meloni for comment.
The duo donned casual looks as Hargitay wore a gray long-sleeve “L.A. Strong” crewneck sweatshirt while Meloni wore a black jacket and matching black t-shirt with blue jeans.
Hargitay and Meloni’s friendship stretches back to 1999 when they started working together on “SVU.” The pair starred as detective partners Stabler and Benson for 12 seasons on “SVU” before Meloni left the show in 2011.
Meloni’s character Stabler, whose wife and five children became part of the show’s storyline, retired from the force as a way of writing the character off the series at the start of Season 13.
Since “SVU,” Stabler and Benson have reunited briefly for the “SVU” spinoff series “Organized Crime,” in which Meloni returns as Stabler to head up an organized crime unit in the New York Police Department.
Are Mariska Hargitay, Chris Meloni dating?
While some fans have long speculated about a romance between the former co-stars, Hargitay and Meloni have respective spouses. Meloni, 64, has been married to Doris Sherman Williams since 1995. Hargitay, 61, is also married – to “SVU” co-star Peter Hermann since 2004.
But in 2021, Meloni tweeted a steamy photo of himself and Hargitay coming in for a near-kiss teasing fans and sparking a playful social media exchange between the actors.
(This story has been updated to add new information.)
Contributing: Bill Keveney and Amy Haneline, USA TODAY
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