Mariska Hargitay reveals shocking family secret about her biological father
Mariska Hargitay has been keeping a family secret for more than years At the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday the Law Order SVU star revealed at the premiere of her documentary My Mom Jayne that her biological father is former Las Vegas entertainer Nelson Sardelli She was raised by late actor and bodybuilder Mickey Hargitay The actress admitted to Vanity Fair that she struggled with the idea of knowing I m living a lie my entire life But the answer eventually became clear to her 'LAW ORDER SVU' STAR MARISKA HARGITAY'S REAL-LIFE HERO MOMENT DURING TV INTERVIEW I grew up where I was supposed to and I do know that everyone made the best choice for me she explained I m Mickey Hargitay s daughter That is not a lie This documentary is kind of a love letter to him because there s no one that I was closer to on this planet He was my everything my idol shared the -year-old about the patriarch who died in at age He loved me so much and I knew it I also knew something else I just didn t know what I knew Growing up Hargitay dependably felt she was different from her siblings the outlet shared It wouldn t be until her s that she learned why In Hargitay s mother Jayne Mansfield filed for divorce from Mickey She then embarked on a high-profile romance with Sardelli The actress went on to reconcile with Mickey several months before Hargitay s birth in When Hargitay was in her s someone indicated her a photo of the Italian entertainer According to the outlet Hargitay forthwith knew in her bones that Sardelli was her biological father It was like the floor fell out from under me she stated in My Mom Jayne CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTERMansfield died in from injuries she sustained in a car crash She was Hargitay was years old and asleep in the back seat of the car when it rammed into a truck After suspecting that Sardelli was her biological father she confronted Mickey He denied it According to the outlet the encounter was so shattering that she never mentioned Sardelli to Mickey again At age Hargitay went to see Sardelli perform in Atlantic City When she introduced herself he burst into tears telling her I ve been waiting years for this moment Hargitay suddenly became fiercely protective of her father the man who raised her and her siblings after her mother s death I went full Olivia Benson on him she notified Vanity Fair about her first meeting with Sardelli I was like I don t want anything I don t need anything from you I have a dad There was something about loyalty I desired to be loyal to Mickey Hargitay eventually forged a bond with Sardelli and his daughters But when it came time to tell her story she announced multiple people were hesitant about the film coming out But in time both families gave Hargitay their blessing The documentary features interviews with Hargitay s siblings Jayne Marie Zoltan and Mickey Jr LIKE WHAT YOU RE READING CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSThe Sardelli sisters wept and wept when they saw a private screening of the documentary in Las Vegas the outlet revealed These two women that I love so much I made them secrets explained Hargitay It s so heartbreaking to me I m not good with lies So I also made this movie to unburden all of us The film also helped Hargitay address the loss of her mother I don t remember the accident she reported I don t even remember being notified that my mom had died I looked at photos and I don t really remember anything until I was Mansfield born Vera Jayne Palmer was an aspiring actress who spoke several languages and played violin and piano A casting director suggested she bleach her hair wear tighter dresses and adopt a Marilyn Monroe-inspired voice The dumb blonde persona stuck and Mansfield skyrocketed to fame in Hollywood But like Monroe Mansfield struggled to be taken seriously as an actress WATCH QUEEN ELIZABETH FELT SORRY FOR MARILYN MONROE AUTHOR When I would hear that fake voice it used to just flip me out Hargitay recalled 'Why is she talking like that That s not real ' But my dad would dependably say She wasn t like that at all She was like you She was funny and irreverent and fearless and real '
