Ice-T was certainly feeling the birthday love as he turned 66 on Friday, February 16, with Mariska Hargitay and his wife Coco leading the tributes.
Longtime Law & Order: OG Original Gangster Special Victims Unit co-star Mariska took to his Instagram page and shared a special birthday message from the set of her hit crime drama series.
“Hey guys, I’m on set, a very glamorous set, super glamorous on a Friday,” the actress, 60, said as she looked directly into the camera, while other cast and crew members worked on a scene just a few feet away. meters. far.
“We’re filming in the morgue, but today is a special day,” he continued. ‘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 her right and puts her right arm around Ice-T (born Tracy Lauren Marrow), who was smiling as they proceeded to address their audience together.
Mariska Hargitay, 60, took to her Instagram page to wish her 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.
‘And guess what? I’m going to be with one of my favorite guest stars,” she said while pointing in the direction of the Law & Order: SVU scene.
After playing with the camera and moving it a few feet from where they were about to film another take, the two actors moved out of the way of the cameras, actors and producers.
“Don’t traumatize people,” they both said almost at the same time, as they left 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 wish everyone would join me in wishing him a happy 87th birthday,” he jokingly said of the 66-year-old.
‘Happy birthday Icey! #ICEingOnTheCake #ICETakesTheCake #ILoveIceT #IceColdFacts #TeamAquarius #OG,” Hargitay would write in the caption of his 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 a Friday,” the actress, 60, said as she looked directly into the camera, while other cast and crew members worked on a scene just a few feet away. meters. far
“We’re filming in the morgue, but today is a special day,” he continued. ‘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 lady gave her fans and followers a look at the set, which was being filmed in a morgue.
Ice-T joined the cast of the crime drama series in the second season in 2000.
Hargitay gushed about Ice-T in the caption, calling him ‘ICEingOnTheCake’ and ‘OG.’
Wife Coco Austin (born Nicole Natalie Austin), 44, wrote “happy birthday Big Daddy,” in a video showing photos of the couple together over the years, some of which include their daughter Chanel .
“Happy birthday to the love of my life,” she gushed in the caption. ‘You are the perfect man for me… I hope you get everything you want in life because you deserve it!’
He added: “Chanel loves you and thinks you’re the best Big Daddy of all time lol.” I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!’
Eight-year-old Chanel also participated in the love fest for her father in the comments section.
‘Dear dad, thank you for being the best dad!… I’m not a good writer, but I know I love you! Happy birthday, Chanel,” the girl said about 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, highlighted 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! I LOVE you BabyGirl ❤️ and your Mom.. The Video Editor,’ she responded with obvious emotion in her words.
Ice-T first became a father in 1976 with the birth of his daughter, LeTesha, 47, whom he shares with his high school sweetheart 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 his daughter Chanel, Ice-T has a daughter, LeTesha, 47, whom he shares with his high school sweetheart Adrienne, and a son, Tracy Jr., 32, with his ex-girlfriend Darlene Ortiz in 1991.
The rapper and actor highlighted his daughter’s post as “the favorite photo video of all time.”
He then welcomed a son, Tracy Jr., 32, with ex-girlfriend Darlene Ortiz in 1991.
The Body Count frontman met his future wife on the set of a music video in 2001, one day when he was not in a good mood, so his friend brought Coco to cheer him up.
Normally, rapper Gotta Lotta Love doesn’t like being introduced to new people because “it makes you feel comfortable being nice,” but he found it difficult to maintain his composure that day when he first saw Coco, according to People.
‘Would you ever consider dating a gangster rapper?’ he asked the model, to which she responded that she would do it if he was nice. “I said, ‘Well, honey, if you take the ‘n’ out of ‘good,’ you get ‘Ice,'” she recalled.
The phrase made Austin laugh. “I couldn’t believe he came out of nowhere with that phrase,” she later wrote on her blog. “I thought it was cute, a little cheesy in a cornball kind of way, but from then on it got my attention.”