Mariska Hargitay Makes Hilarious Quip at “SVU ”Costar Christopher Meloni: 'You'll Never Have That' Emmy

Mariska Hargitay has plentifulness of jokes for her longtime costar Christopher Meloni.

In an Instagram station shared to Meloni's relationship aft nan 77th yearly Emmy Awards connected Sunday, Sept. 14, nan 64-year-old Law & Order: Organized Crime star showed disconnected footage of himself and Hargitay, 61, celebrating nan ceremonial together.

"Shenanigans and typical group astatine @theemmys.tvwith @therealmariskahargitay @jennifercoolidge," Meloni captioned nan post, which included a selfie of him and Hargitay, on pinch different photograph of nan duo pinch White Lotus alum Jennifer Coolidge.

Another video successful nan station showed nan brace goofing astir backstage, arsenic Meloni filmed a array afloat of Emmy Awards fresh to beryllium handed out, Hargitay is heard telling him from off-camera: "You'll ne'er person that."

He quickly reveals that he's filming, and Hargitay bursts retired laughing.

"You spot what I spell through?" Meloni jokes arsenic Hargitay continues laughing, adding an "Oh s---."

Meloni past quips, "And she curses!"

Meloni and Hargitay besides appeared connected shape astatine nan yearly grant ceremonial to coming nan grant for Outstanding Drama Series.

Stepping retired alongside their costars Ice T, Tony Goldwyn and S. Epatha Merkerson, nan group poked nosy astatine 1 different arsenic they celebrated 35 years of nan franchise.

"We are your Law and Order dream team, icons, veterans, survivors of truthful galore rooftop chases," Meloni began.

"And we're each present coming pinch 1 clear mission," Merkerson, 72, said earlier Goldwyn continued, "To punctual you that Mariska Hargitay has virtually resolved much fictional crimes than astir existent precincts."

"She's been on SVU for 27 years," Merkerson noted. "That's longer than immoderate of you person been successful therapy because of SVU!"

Goldwyn past quipped of Hargitay's character, "And don't fto nan compassion fool you. Olivia Benson will hug a unfortunate and sound retired a perp each earlier lunch."

"Alright, alright, alright. Everyone settle, that's enough," Hargitay chimed in. "I emotion you all. I earnestly do. But this isn't nan Mariska Lifetime Achievement roast."

"Wait a minute — this isn't nan Mariska Lifetime Achievement roast?" Ice-T, 67, joked.

The duo first met connected an audition for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, wherever they played partners Olivia Benson (Hargitay) and Elliot Stabler (Meloni). Although Meloni near nan bid successful 2011, he later returned to nan franchise pinch his spinoff series Law & Order: Organized Crime.

Over nan decades, nan 2 person go adjacent friends and reunited on SVU and Organized Crime for crossover episodes. Hargitay is moreover nan godmother of Meloni’s daughters. 

Hargitay precocious said about her narration pinch her erstwhile costar in a June section of Call Her Daddy.

“We are conscionable connected,” she said of her relationship pinch nan actor. “We are truthful close. It's for illustration we've been done nan conflict together. We cognize each different truthful well. We emotion each different truthful much. We respect each different truthful much.”

Hargitay said nan brace of actors person “a very akin consciousness of humor” and a “shared perspective” that gives them “shorthand” pinch each other.

“We are truthful comfortable pinch each other, we profoundly spot each different ... Whatever he needs, I will ever beryllium location for him, and that's mutual. And we person grown together, we've known each different 27 years,” she said.