Mariska Hargitay Go to Dad Mickey Hargitay Discovering that he is not her biological father-they had an emotional conversation.
“I went to Dad’s house and I cried hysterically, in a state where he was-this metaphor, my father built my house on his body. “Call Her Dad” podcast Appears Wednesday, June 25. “He’s like, ‘What are you talking about? Are you crazy? That’s not true.'”
Mickey has been focusing on Mariska’s appearance, telling her that although she just discovered the truth, she is the “end” of the “end”. (Mickey raised Marisca and her two siblings – Xiaomi Michi. , born in 1958, Zoltanborn in 1960 – after her mother Jayne Mansfield‘ Death in June 1967)
“Ironically, I am more like my dad than anyone in the entire family. I am the mini Mickey, so it’s just a very painful moment.” “I said this was the moment I was adult and it was so intrinsic to me because I was in pain. I was overwhelmed.”
Mariska recalls the pain of seeing Mickey, which changed her approach to parenting.
“It doesn’t matter what I feel, I love him…we’re done here, we’re done here.” “I pretend I believe him, we never talk about it again.”
Mariska Hargitay and Mickey Hargitay
J. Countess/Wireimage by Universal TVMariska revealed The truth about her biological father,who Italian comedian and singer Nelson Sardelliin an interview Vanity Fair Published last month.
On Wednesday’s “Call Her Dad” podcast, Mariska recalls finding information about Nelson at the home of a collector who owns many mom souvenirs. The actress said she felt “shaking” when Nelson’s name first caught her attention.
“I know for a second.” “I don’t know [how]. I think my life, millions of moments…the little fragments of the moment I grasped in my memory have entered my subconscious. Then I said, “Who is Nelson?”
Mariska continued, “I saw blood on his face, he was a little panicked and turned white, and he said, ‘Oh, this may not be true, this may not be true.’ That was when I knew it. ”
Her parents were confirmed after seeing Sardelli’s photos.
“I really thought my life was over,” Malisca continued. “The one thing I do have, one thing I’m rooted in, that’s the one thing I’m unchanging, no longer mine. My identity is just shattered.”

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