Did Stabler and Benson ever date in real life?

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Christopher Meloni
Law & Order: Organized Crime is an American crime drama television series that premiered on April 1, 2021, on NBC. The seventh series in the Law & Order franchise and a spin-off of Law & Order and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, the series stars Christopher Meloni as Elliot Stabler, reprising his role from SVU.
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talk Benson and Stabler's 'SVU' reunion. The two were asked if they ever dated in real life. "For four years, and we just broke up two months ago," Hargitay cracked. "Don't tell our spouses," Meloni said.
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Are Stabler and Benson together in real life?

Mariska Hargitay

Olivia Benson actress Mariska and her husband Peter Hermann have the sweetest love story! The couple, who have been married since 2004, met on the set of Law and Order: SVU all the way back in 2001 when Peter, best known for his role on Younger, guest-starred on the police procedural drama.
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Are Elliot and Olivia together in real life?

Though their characters haven't gotten the love story right just yet, Hargitay and Meloni are close friends in real life. In November, Meloni presented Hargitay with Glamour's 2021 Woman of the Year Award. "You know he, after my husband, he knows me pretty well," Hargitay, 57, told Entertainment Tonight of Meloni.
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Was there romance between Stabler and Benson?

However, despite years of speculation and teasing, Benson and Stabler have never explored a romantic relationship together.
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What episode does Elliot and Olivia kiss?

"Zebras" is the twenty-second episode and season finale of the tenth season of the police procedural television series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and the show's 224th episode overall.
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Is Christopher Meloni and Mariska Hargitay dating?

While many fans believed that they were making their romance official, the two debunked the rumors in an interview on the Today show. Chris and Mariska have previously teased that they were an item only to confirm that their relationship is strictly platonic.
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Are Mariska and Chris friends in real life?

Mariska Hargitay and Christopher Meloni are super close

Speaking in previous interviews, the "Law & Order" leads have each described having a deacdes-long "meaningful" friendship with one another outside of television.
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Did Elliot and Olivia ever sleep together?

He melted down in front of Benson, and it turned out the pair did sleep together when she was just 16 (in case you weren't sure).
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Did Olivia kiss Elliot?

Many of the tweets that mention the Olivia/Burton kiss — most likely posted before the truth about Burton was revealed later in the episode — were from fans upset that Olivia was kissing somebody other than Detective Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni), who is no longer on the show.
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Why did Benson and Stabler stop being partners in season 7?

Upset with Stabler after a violent altercation with a pedophile, Benson briefly transferred to computer crimes in season 7, and Stabler worked with a new partner (Dani Beck, played by Connie Nielsen) while Benson was undercover in Oregon in season 8 — but in the end, the two always came back together.
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Why did Olivia Benson leave SVU in season 8?

But once her belly was no longer small enough to hide, the writers decided to send Olivia "away on assignment" while the actress took a much-needed maternity break from the show.
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Who is Mariska Hargitay's best friend?

For over 10 years, Debra Messing and Mariska Hargitay have forged a touching friendship that's become a favorite amongst Hollywood BFFs.
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Who is Olivia Benson married to?

On Law & Order: SVU, star Mariska Hargitay's alter ego, Olivia Benson, has weathered several short-term romantic relationships over the course of the show's 22 seasons. But in real life, Hargitay's lucky in long-term love with her husband of 15-plus years, fellow actor Peter Hermann.
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Why did Elliot leave SVU?

In an interview with The New York Post in July 2020, Meloni also revealed that he left SVU simply because he wanted “new adventures.” As fans remember, Stabler, who was married with five kids, left the series after retiring from the police force following a self-defense shooting in the season 12 finale.
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How old was Olivia Benson when she started SVU?

Mariska Hargitay (Olivia Benson)

Mariska Hargitay has appeared in every single season of Law & Order: SVU for the past 20 years. From the ages of 35 to 55 she portrayed Olivia Benson as she rose up the ranks of the SVU from a junior detective to a lieutenant.
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Why did Olivia leave SVU in season 7?

Hargitay temporarily left Law & Order: SVU to welcome her first child. Filming on "Law & Order: SVU" began while Mariska Hargitay was already well into her pregnancy.
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Who did Olivia Benson have a baby with?

Noah Porter-Benson is the biological son of the late Ellie Porter and the late Johnny Drake. His adoptive mother is Olivia Benson.
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Is Ali Wentworth related to Mariska Hargitay?

One of Hargitay's best friends is actress and comedian Ali Wentworth. The pair are so close, in fact, that Wentworth starred on an episode of "Law & Order: SVU" back in 2019, according to Express. Throughout their friendship, the pair have gone on trips to celebrate their birthdays, which are just one day apart.
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Are Brooke Shields and Mariska Hargitay friends?

Mariska Hargitay enlisted Brooke Shields to play Noah's grandmother. It turns out that Hargitay and Shields are good friends, and Hargitay even got her friend a unique role in the series.
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Are Mariska Hargitay and Ice T friends?

Ice-T and Mariska Hargitay are sticking together

Since then, the pair have become close friends.
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How did Mariska Hargitay leave ER?

Hargitay made her last appearance as Cynthia Hooper in Season 4 Episode 16 titled "My Brother's Keeper." When Greene returns to Chicago, he finds out that his now ex-girlfriend has moved and quit her job at the hospital. He tries to win her back at her new apartment, but Cynthia turns him down. They break up for good.
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Has Mariska Hargitay ever missed an episode of SVU?

Mariska Hargitay has only missed nine episodes of SVU

She missed a handful of episodes in season 7 because she was pregnant with her first child (per Distractify). Once Hargitay returned from maternity leave, she jumped right back into the role and the rest is history.
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Why did Munch leave SVU?

And if you want to know why Belzer left the series, it seems the actor's age forced an earlier retirement than some may have expected for his fan-favorite "SVU" character.
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