VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-08-19
“My dad was an athlete,”
Mariska Hargitay · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-19
Hargitay discusses how her father, bodybuilder Mickey Hargitay, shaped her competitive mindset.
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