Mariska Hargitay honors the “hero” Mickey Hargitay after revelation, he is not his biological father

Mariska Hargitay will always consider Mickey Hargitay His father, and moreover, his “hero”.

The law and the order: the star of SVU recently revealed the bomb that the late actor and bodybuilder, who would be his father, is not his biological father, but rather Nelson Sardelli, with whom his mom Jayne Mansfield had a brief relationship.

The actress first learned that it is rather the artist of Las Vegas – who is still alive today – who is her father when she was about 25 years old, but did not share her publicly until the first of her beginnings as a director, a documentary on her mother, My mom Jayne.

In honor of Father’s Day in the United States on Sunday, June 15, Mariska went to Instagram and shared a tribute to Mickey, who died in 2006, almost 20 years after Mariska learned that he was not his father.

She shared three photos of return with Mickey, one of her when she was a child, another at her marriage in 2004 with her husband Peter Hermann, and a third of the two during the Glacie Allen prices the same year.

“Happy Father’s Day to my first hero, my cheerleader and the man who taught me love, strength, sweetness, commitment and devotion,” wrote Mariska in his legend.

She continued: “Mickey Hargitay was not only M. Universe – he was my universe. Thank you, dad, for your love. Your strongest muscle was your heart,” and I concluded: “I miss you every day. I wear you with me. Always and forever.”

The fans were then quick to take the comments section under the post and to flood it. “I have a whole new deep respect for Mickey Hargitay after seeing your film !!! and even more for your courage !!” One of them wrote, as others have followed suit with: “Happy Father’s Day to your father, I am sure he was an incredible father” and: “Happy Father’s Day! I sent you an additional love today”, as well as: “Beautiful. I love that you have this wonderful man who loved you unconditionally whatever the circumstances.”

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In the documentary on Jayne, who died in 1967 when Mariska was three years old, Mariska remembers having realized that Nelson could be his father. “It was as if the ground fell from me,” she said, adding, “As my infrastructure has dissolved.”

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Although Mickey denied him when he was asked, and they continued not to talk about it, Mariska finally went to meet Nelson while he was performing at Atlantic City, New Jersey.

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He was moved to tears and she told Vanity Fair that he had said to her: “I have been waiting for 30 years for that time.”

They have since maintained a close relationship, and she is also close to her two other daughters, who all appear in My mom Jayne.