Why Law & Order: SVU’s Mariska Hargitay Thought She Was ‘Getting Fired’

Why Law & Order: SVU’s Mariska Hargitay Thought She Was ‘Getting Fired’

Image credit: NBC Mariska Hargitay revealed during an appearance on The Today Show that she feared she was losing her job on Law & Order: SVU when she received a recent call. Hargitay has portrayed Olivia Benson since the very first season of the iconic series. What happened when Mariska Hargitay got a call to host the Emmys? Hargitay recently appeared on The Today Show and discussed with Savannah Guthrie her reaction to the offer of hosting the…

Mariska Hargitay Reveals How She Decided to Host the Emmys: “Why Not?”

The 'Law & Order: SVU' star joked that she was worried she was getting fired when she received a surprise call from NBCUniversal exec Pearlena Igbokwe.

Mariska Hargitay Thought She Was ‘Getting Fired’ When She Got the Call to Host Emmys: ‘I Couldn’t Understand It’

Mariska Hargitay was very surprised to be asked to host the 2026 Emmy Awards, so much so that she at first thought it was a joke, and even wondered if she was “getting fired” when the call came in. The ‘Law & Order: SVU’ star will be the first woman to host the awards show in 15 years.