Mariska Hargitay loves her karma. While celebrating the recent premiere of its 25th season Law & Order: Special Victims Unit on TODAY With Honda and Jenna On Thursday (January 18), the actress opened up about adopting her new cat and naming the feline after a Taylor Swift song.
“I love my cat,” gushes the Emmy winner. “I wasn't a cat person, I'll be honest. And I love lions – I see myself as a lion – and I saw this cat and I was crazy about it.”
Hargitay made headlines in November when she revealed that her new kitten was named Karma, an homage to Swift's song of the same name that contains the line “Karma is a cat purring in my lap because she loves me.” The gesture was especially sweet considering the pop star named one of Olivia Benson's cats after the actress. SVU character years ago.
“You serious?!!!!” Swift commented at the time. “Nothing has ever been closed more ⭕️ I LOVE IT SO MUCH!! 😻”
According to Hargitay, her family didn't even think of another name for their new addition. “Her name was Karma from minute one, that was her name,” he told hosts Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager before quoting Swift's lyrics, “Karma is a cat! Me and Karma look like this.”
Beyond their intertwined cat names, Hargitay and Swift go way back. In 2015, the 12-time Grammy winner called it Jocks actor to appear alongside Ellen Pompeo — whose Grey's Anatomy The character Meredith Gray inspired the name of Swift's first cat — in the “Bad Blood” music video. In June of that year, Hargitay walked the runway with Swift as a guest on her 1989 World tour.
Watch Hargitay open up for Karma below.
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