Mariska Hargitay has admitted that the adoption process was tough. The Law & Order: Svu star and her husband Peter Hermann adopted daughter Amaya Josephine and son Andrew Nicholas just months apart last year. Hargitay, who also has a 5-year-old son called August, has now admitted that there were "wrenching moments" during the process. "I say to everybody, 'Adoption is not for the faint of heart'," she told Good Housekeeping. Hargitay also revealed that she and Hermann were about to adopt one child but the baby's biological mother changed her mind two days after giving birth. "It was nothing short of (more)...
- 4/5/2012
- by By Catriona Wightman
- Digital Spy
Six months after Law & Order: Svu actors Mariska Hargitay and Peter Hermann adopted girl named Amaya Josephine to be a little sister to their biological son August, 5, they've brought home another child. It's a boy this time, and his name is Andrew Nicholas Hargitay Hermann. Aw.
Hargitay's best known for her role as Det. Olivia Benson on the procedural, though her screen time has diminished this season along with the departure of Christopher Meloni.
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Sources say that the adoption was quick because Andrew was a preemie, born early, but the couple is very happy with their complete family - albeit understandably tired and overwhelmed. Hermann and Hargitay have been married since 2004.
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Hargitay's best known for her role as Det. Olivia Benson on the procedural, though her screen time has diminished this season along with the departure of Christopher Meloni.
Emmy predictions!
Law & Order's Mariska Hargitay suing talent agency
Olivia Benson: Grown A*s Woman
Sources say that the adoption was quick because Andrew was a preemie, born early, but the couple is very happy with their complete family - albeit understandably tired and overwhelmed. Hermann and Hargitay have been married since 2004.
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- 10/19/2011
- by Anna Breslaw
- Celebsology
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