LAW and Order: SVU star Mariska Hargitay has opened up about her and Christopher Meloni’s characters’ “love” in a new interview.
Today’s Savannah Guthrie has interrogated the 59-year-old actress about Benson and Stabler on the morning show, flat out asking, “Do they do it or not?”
While appearing on Today on Thursday, Mariska sat down with Savannah to chat all about playing Olivia Benson for more than two decades, as well as about the show’s upcoming new episodes.
Most important to Savannah, and fans at home, was finding out more about the relationship between Benson and Meloni’s character Elliot Stabler.
Law and Order fans have longed begged for the two characters to move their relationship from platonic to romantic, and the switch almost happened in a recent episode.
Though Benson and Stabler still have not gotten together, viewers are not losing hope, and neither is the morning show host.
Toward the end of her interview with Mariska, Savannah flat out asked: “All right, just tell us real quick, do they do it or not?”
The SVU star laughed and joked: “Oh OK, I’ll just tell you right now!”
She then added on a serious note: “All you need to know is Benson and Stabler love each other. Deeply.”
“How deeply,” Savannah wanted to know.
“There, it’s right there,” Mariska says, pointing to a photo of Benson and Stabler almost kissing in a recent episode. “It’s so deep.”
Fans loved hearing the actress discuss Benson and Stabler’s feelings for one another and couldn’t help but gush on social media.
One Twitter user wrote: “My heart is exploding honestly!”
Another insisted: “I’m dead,” along with crying emojis.
“I am just opening my eyes to the text BENSON AND STABLER LOVE EACH OTHER DEEPLY. Thank you east coast fandom friend for knowing how to properly start a day,” tweeted a third.
Last month, SVU fans were left fuming after a show promo teased a possible romantic moment between Benson and Stabler, only for it to never come to fruition in the episode.
During an emotional episode in late January, the pair were seen nearly kissing before Olivia stopped it, saying: “Elliot I want to. I want to but I can’t.”
She explained her reasoning, saying: “Because what if it doesn’t work out?” adding, “I’m not ready for this.”
Following the almost-kiss, many viewers were enraged, noting that the show held out on showing the highly anticipated moment until the final seconds of the episode.
One user wrote: “I’m over it at this point. Like the drag along is ridiculous.”
Another tweeted: “Well that was some bull s**t! Cant say I didn’t call it (to myself cuz y’all scare me).”
Someone else chimed in: “Liv is not ready. cheated by a promo once again.”
A fourth fan tweeted: “Why are yall playing with my feelings? Either they are together or not stop playing with me.”
Another viewer added: “I knew it would be a tease. I knew it.”
