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Mariska Hargitay Says Birth Father Was 'Thrilled' About 'My Mom Jayne' Doc

Mariska Hargitay revealed Nelson Sardelli as her birth father in 'My Mom Jayne' while exploring Jayne Mansfield's life in her HBO documentary

“My birth father … was thrilled because he’d been living with this secret, too, all these years,” the Law & Order: SVU star, 61, said on the Thursday, June 26, broadcast of Today. The Law & Order: Special Victims Unit star, 61, confirmed to Vanity Fair in an interview published on Saturday, May 17, that her biological father is Italian singer and comedian Nelson Sardelli — not bodybuilder and actor, Mickey Hargitay, […] That’s so not true,’” Mariska recalled of a confrontation she had with Mickey, who died in 2006, on the Wednesday, June 25, episode of the “Call Her Daddy” podcast.

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