Mariska Hargitay may have some apologizing to do to her husband, Peter Hermann, after revealing the experience that was better than their wedding.
The Law & Order: SVU star has been married to the actor since 2004, but according to Mariska, there was one event that topped their wedding night.
The 62-year-old admitted that watching the New York Knicks' spectacular comeback win in Game 4 of the NBA Finals on Wednesday, June 10, was the "greatest" night of her life.
"I love my husband, and our wedding night was great and all, but I think it might have been the greatest night of my life," the Knicks superfan told the Hollywood Reporter after the Knicks' 107-106 victory over the San Antonio Spurs at Madison Square Garden.
"The game was so brutal, down 29 at the half, but I'm telling you, to watch this team fight and claw their way back — to see that look in Jalen's [Brunson] eyes — there are just endless life lessons in there," she added of the game.
© WireImage"And then OG [Anunoby] comes flying in, his orange and blue cape fluttering behind him, and then it's just pandemonium.
"And all I could think was 'THAT JUST HAPPENED!!!' And 'OH MY GOD, I LOVE THIS TEAM!!!' And 'OH MY GOD, I LOVE THIS CITY!!!'"
© Getty ImagesMariska and Peter will celebrate their 22nd wedding anniversary in August. They married in Santa Barbara, California, on August 28, 2004, after meeting on the set of Law and Order: SVU in 2001 when he guest-starred on the police procedural drama.
Speaking about the first time they met on set, Mariska told InStyle: "I just about passed out when I saw him there. I thought: 'That's my husband.'"
After filming wrapped on Peter's guest appearance, the actor invited Mariska to a church service, and she knew there and then that he was 'the one.'
© Instagram"He asked me to go to church with him. And I was moving, and I said, 'Peter, I would love to but not today," she said on The Drew Barrymore Show in 2022.
"And he goes, 'Oh come on, it's an hour. It's an hour.' It was so funny; I just couldn't resist, so I went to church, and I am crying, and he thinks I am so moved by the sermon, and I am crying because I am like, 'I know I am going to marry him. I found my husband. I love him.'"
© WireImagePeter popped the question on Mariska's 40th birthday. Reflecting on the joyous moment, he told People in 2019: "I actually saw Mariska with all of the people that she loved around her, it was like seeing this person who was now in the soil… which was this abundance of people and this abundance of love and I thought, 'I want to be part of that soil.'"
In 2006, they welcomed their first child together, a son named August, now 19. Five years later, in 2011, they decided to grow their family again, this time choosing to adopt a baby girl named Amaya, now 15. Within six months, they adopted another child, a baby boy named Andrew, now 14.
© InstagramMariska previously revealed that it was "always part of the plan" for her and Peter to adopt, telling Good Housekeeping: "August wanted siblings, and Peter and I both envisioned this big family because we both come from that. Plus, we just had so much love to give."
