Mariska Hargitay Emotionally Reflects On Power Of Women Honor
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00:00 Congratulations. You look beautiful.
00:02 We all look beautiful.
00:03 Yeah, we all look beautiful.
00:04 We all look beautiful.
00:05 Especially that Glenn Close, that gorgeous woman honoring you.
00:09 She takes my breath away.
00:10 She takes my breath away.
00:11 You too on that carpet.
00:12 On so many levels.
00:13 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:14 Yeah, that was just a beautiful...
00:17 I'm so grateful that our paths crossed because she's...
00:21 I've never met anyone like her.
00:23 Somebody so filled with love and grace and generosity of spirit.
00:30 And she's a magnificent human.
00:34 She really is.
00:35 So today is so emotional for you because I know that your foundation is being honored
00:40 and the work you do is so near and dear to your whole heart.
00:43 So talk to me what it means to be here.
00:48 It is so profound and it is such an affirmation of sticking with it.
00:58 And that the...
01:00 That if we don't give up, that things change.
01:06 And when I started Joyful Heart, nobody wanted to talk about it.
01:09 Doors were closed and people were like, "We don't talk about that.
01:12 We don't talk about sexual assault."
01:13 And people were sweeping it under the carpet.
01:15 And the fact now here, 25 years later, and for Joyful Heart, 20 years later,
01:21 on our 20th anniversary, I have one of the most incredible platforms
01:25 to discuss the epidemic of sexual violence.
01:28 And that people want to know more and people want to hear about it.
01:32 And we are galvanizing to change this construct.
01:36 It is deeply meaningful to me and deeply exciting to me.
01:42 [Music]