‘KELLI IS MY HEART’ 

Law and Order: SVU’s Mariska Hargitay slams ‘wrong’ call to fire Kelli Giddish and is ‘fighting’ to bring her back

Kelli returned for the Season 25 premiere of the show despite reports it wasn’t her choice to leave

The 60-year-old actress was featured as a cover star in a popular magazine this month and discussed her 550th episode of Law and Order.

Law And Order: SVU star Mariska Hargitay recently spoke out in support of a cast mateCredit: Getty

Kelli was reportedly fired last yearCredit: Getty
Mariska celebrated her iconic role as Olivia Benson and said she was proud of her job.

“The world and the culture needed an Olivia Benson, needed somebody to talk about these things and fight for survivors and believe victims,” she told Variety.

“The inception of the show was so genius that way, because Olivia was the loving mother that we all want and Stabler was the angry, protective father.

“It was this beautiful, perfect construct of what an injured soul needed,” she concluded.