After Olympic Medalists Geeked Out Over Law And Order: SVU’s Mariska Hargitay, Here’s What Christopher Meloni Told Us About His Fan Encounters In Paris

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Mariska Hargitay and Christopher Meloni walking as Benson and Stabler in Law & Order: SVU Season 4x22

(Image credit: Peter Kramer/NBC)

The late summer months are usually when the stars of the Law & Order franchise are too busy filming new seasons to be spotted out and about far from New York City, but that wasn’t the case this year thanks to the 2024 Olympics in Paris. Both Christopher Meloni and Mariska Hargitay crossed the pond to cheer on Team USA, which involved everything from hanging out with Snoop Dogg to meeting emotional medalists.

I was fortunate enough to speak with the Law & Order: Organized Crime Season 5 star about his other summer project, so keep on scrolling to see two gymnasts having an extremely relatable reaction to Mariska Hargitay and what Chris Meloni shared about encountering SVU fans in France.

Jordan Chiles And Suni Lee Met The SVU Star

Following her milestone 25th season as Olivia Benson on Law & Order: SVU, Mariska Hargitay stepped away from filming Season 26 to cheer on Team USA. After thanking Ice-T in a caption for “holding down the fort” while she was away, she posed with Snoop Dogg for a photo with the men’s rowing team and their gold medals and shared a sweet photo of her daughter with gymnasts Suni Lee and Jordan Chiles.

While both medalists were composed when they posed for a pic with Mariska Hargitay’s daughter, they were still in the “geeking out” stage of meeting the SVU legend in a sweet video posted by Peacock. Take a look:

Anybody who watched the gymnastics events on NBC or streaming with a Peacock Premium subscription saw how happy the two gymnasts were when they won their individual and team medals, but it’s fun to see them get so excited about something entirely different. Hargitay also had a surprise for somebody else: Jordan Chiles’ sister. See for yourself:

While we have footage of athletes/fans reacting to Mariska Hargitay at the 2024 Olympics, Christopher Meloni opened up to CinemaBlend about his encounters with Parisians that didn’t happen in front of a camera.

Christopher Meloni Opened Up About Fan Encounters In France

While Christopher Meloni is undoubtedly best known for playing Detective Elliot Stabler for twelve seasons of SVU and four seasons of Law & Order: Organized Crime so far, he branched out this summer with the release of the Catch a Cat Burglar: Purry Duty podcast, which is currently available on Spotify, Apple, and all major platforms.