SVU_ Ice-T Reacts to Mariska Hargitay's Sexual Assault Reveal (Exclusive)
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00:00 It's great to see you two here for this part, Tay.
00:03 Longest live action series in television history.
00:07 That's incredible. 25 seasons.
00:10 What do you attribute the long running streak to, Ice-T?
00:14 I have no idea. I mean, I think the only thing I thought about it is that this show
00:20 is part entertainment and also it's part like therapy for a lot of people.
00:24 Because a lot of women are victims, they've been through it.
00:28 And in this show they might see the justice that they didn't see in their real life.
00:32 So I think it's a little bit more than entertainment.
00:36 It has another level.
00:39 In our show, the victims are still alive.
00:42 So I think this reaches a lot of people a little bit differently than just basic entertainment.
00:47 And even in music, when you can reach somebody with something that they feel,
00:51 it grabs them. So I think it has that layer.
00:54 We were open to some insight from Mariska Hargitay recently.
00:58 She just revealed a very personal story of her own sexual assault that she experienced.
01:02 So how have you, the cast, the crew, how have you all rallied and supported her during this time?
01:06 I haven't really because she just let me know the day before the thing came out.
01:13 That she told the story. I haven't gotten into the details with her.
01:17 She's just like, "I did this in People Magazine."
01:20 I'm like, "Okay, wow." I told her I'm really lost for words. I don't know what to say.
01:23 It happened so recently, we haven't talked about it.
01:26 But sometimes it's okay not to know what to say.
01:28 But just having someone like Mariska, I can only imagine the increased impact she'll have on other survivors.
01:35 Right, right. Well, it's powerful. It's powerful for her to say it.
01:38 But it's one of those types of things that she'll tell me when she's ready to, if she's ready to.
01:44 It's not really for me to pry into something that's that sensitive.
01:49 You guys are family and you'll love each other through everything that you all experience in life.
01:54 I'm curious, Coco, do you tune in and watch SVU?
01:59 He DVRs it every week.
02:01 And you watch with the eyes?
02:03 Probably not on the actual day, but we wait for the right appropriate time.
02:07 Chanel watches it.
02:08 Oh my gosh.
02:09 Yes, she watches it.
02:10 What does she think of Papa's skills?
02:11 Oh, there's Kelly! There's Mariska!
02:14 Yeah, she sees it in a totally different way.
02:16 I think she's so used to seeing Daddy on TV, though.
02:18 Yeah.
02:19 She's like, "Oh, there's Daddy again. Oh, he's on a commercial. Oh, there he is again."
02:23 My favorite, best compliment I got from Chanel was that she wants to be like me on TV.
02:28 That's incredible.
02:29 Incredible.
02:30 Might she have the acting bug in her?
02:32 She's got some kind of bug.
02:35 She's very much a performer, though. She's an entertainer.
02:38 She will sit there and entertain you for hours.
02:41 Yeah, she's a fun kid.
02:42 Congratulations on a success.
02:44 And our interview we did that's on the internet is dope.
02:48 I tell you.
02:49 Isn't it?
02:50 It was pretty fly.
02:51 Thank you very much.
02:52 It was a great conversation.
02:53 Yeah, it was a great conversation, but I liked it.
02:55 Thank you.
02:56 I like y'all.
02:57 Wait, hold on. You can't move on without saying vote for him, People's Choice Award.
03:03 Go online. He's up for it. Again.
03:07 He's got to win.
03:09 Hype Lady, his personal lint roller.
03:11 Exactly.
03:12 I know.
03:13 Why is he for life?
03:14 I know. He keeps you around for something.
03:16 Keeper.
03:17 Yeah.
03:18 You have to be assets, not liabilities. Teammates, not opponents.
03:23 Absolutely. I'm into that.
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