IJs-T turns 66! Mariska Hargitay leads stars in wishing longtime Law & Order: Special Victims Unit co-star a happy birthday — and wife Coco also pays a sweet tribute
Ice-T was certainly feeling the birthday love as he turned 66 on Friday, February 16, with Mariska Hargitay and his wife Coco leading tributes.
The OG Original Gangster's longtime Law & Order: Special Victims Unit co-star Mariska took to her Instagram page and shared a special birthday message with him from the set of their hit crime drama series.
“Hey guys, I'm on set, a very glamorous set – super glamorous on Friday,” said the actress, 60, looking straight into the camera as other members of the cast and crew worked a scene just a few feet away. worked remotely. away.
“We're filming at the morgue, but today is a special day,” she continued. 'Do you want to know why? It's a happy day, a day to celebrate, because it's Ice-T's birthday.”
It's at this point that Hargitay takes a step or two to the right and wraps her right arm around Ice-T (born Tracy Lauren Marrow), who was all smiles as the two of them addressed their audience.
Mariska Hargitay, 60, took to her Instagram page to wish her longtime Law & Order: SVU co-star Ice-T a happy 66th birthday from the set of their hit crime drama series
Dressed in black with a gray shirt, the New Jack City alum was quick to point out all the action happening behind them.
'Guess what? I get to be with one of my favorite guest stars,” he said, pointing toward the Law & Order: SVU scene.
After getting frisky with the camera and moving it a few feet from where they were about to shoot a new take, the two actors once again moved out of the way of the cameras, actors, and producers.
“Don't traumatize people,” they both said almost in succession, daring to leave the room.
“Anyway, I just want to tell the world how much I love Ice-T, who quickly reciprocated his love for her.
“And I'd like you all to wish him a happy 87th birthday,” she said jokingly of the 66-year-old.
'Congratulations Ice Cream! #ICEingOnTheCake #ICETakesTheCake #ILoveIceT #IceColdFacts #TeamAquarius #OG,” Hargitay wrote in the caption of her post.
The two closest people in the birthday boy's life also took to social media to share their love and tributes on his special day.
“Hey guys, I'm on set, a very glamorous set – super glamorous on Friday,” said the actress, 60, looking straight into the camera as other members of the cast and crew worked a scene just a few feet away. worked remotely. away
“We're filming at the morgue, but today is a special day,” she continued. 'Do you want to know why? It's a happy day, a day to celebrate, because it's Ice-T's birthday
Hargitay and Ice-T are currently filming their 24th season of Law & Order: SVU
The leading actress gave fans and followers a glimpse of the set, which was shot in a morgue
Ice-T joined the cast of the crime drama series in 2000 in its second season
Hargitay gushed about Ice-T in the caption, calling him “ICEingOnTheCake” and an “OG”
Wife Coco Austin (born Nicole Natalie Austin), 44, wrote “happy birthday Big Daddy” on a video of photos of the couple together over the years, including some of their daughter Chanel.
“Happy birthday to the love of my life,” she wrote in the caption. 'You are the perfect man for me…I hope you get everything you want in life because you deserve it!'
She added, “Chanel loves you and thinks you are the best “Big Daddy” ever lol. LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!'
Chanel, eight, also joined in the love fest for her dad in the comments section.
'Dear dad, thank you for being the coolest dad! I'm not a good writer, but I know I love you! Congratulations – Chanel,” the little girl said of her father.
Touched by the birthday message from the youngest of his three children, the Newark, New Jersey, native, who also grew up in Los Angeles, mentioned the photo they posted showing Chanel on Ice's lap as they both gave a thumbs up.
'This has to be my FAVORITE photo video ever! I love you BabyGirl ❤️ and your mom.. The video editor,” he responded with clear emotion in his words.
Ice-T became a parent for the first time in 1976 with the birth of his daughter, LeTesha, 47, whom he shares with his high school girlfriend Adrienne.
Wife Coco Austin, 44, called her husband 'the love of my life' on his birthday
His eight-year-old daughter Chanel called her father “the coolest dad!”
Along with daughter Chanel, Ice-T has a daughter, LeTesha, 47, whom he shares with his high school girlfriend Adrienne, and a son Tracy Jr., 32, with ex-girlfriend Darlene Ortiz in 1991.
The rapper and actor called his daughter's post 'favorite photo video ever'
He then welcomed a son, Tracy Jr., 32, in 1991 with ex-girlfriend Darlene Ortiz.
The Body Count frontman first met his future wife on the set of a music video in 2001, on a day when he wasn't in the best of moods, so brought along his friend Coco to cheer him up.
Normally, the Gotta Lotta Love rapper doesn't like being introduced to new people because “you feel like you're being nice,” but on this day he found it hard to keep calm when he saw Coco for the first time, thus People.
“Would you ever consider dating a gangster rapper?” he asked the model, to which she replied that she would if he was nice. “I said, 'Well honey, if you take away the 'n' from 'nice,' you get 'Ice,'” he recalled.
The sentence made Austin laugh. “I couldn't believe he just came up with that line out of nowhere,” she later wrote on her blog. “I thought it was cute, kind of cheesy in a cornball kind of way, but from then on he had my attention.”