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After more than 30 years of uncertainty, Mariska Hargitay has revealed that her biological father is not Mickey HargitayThe man who brought her great, but a famous Italian singer and comedian.
In a new interview with Vanity Fair and in her documentary, ‘My Mom Jayne’, the ‘Law and Order’ star her biological father is Italian singer and comedian Nelson Sardelli.
She shared her mother, Jayne MansfieldHad a short relationship with Sardelli after separating Mickey. Mansfield later reconciled with Mickey before Mariska was born and he raised her as his daughter.
Hargitay says she discovered the truth in her 20s after seeing a photo of Sardelli and the notice of a strong resemblance. When she brought it to Mickey, he insisted that he was her biological father. She says that the subject was never discussed before Mickey died in 2006.
Mariska says that she still regards Mickey as her real father and says: “I am the daughter of Mickey Hargitay – that is not a lie.”
She met Sardelli when she was 30, but initially kept her distance. “I said to him,” I don’t want anything from you. I have a father. “She says over time that she has built up a relationship with him and his family.