Law & Order: Special Victims Unit fans rejoiced in late March when it was revealed that Christopher Meloni will return as Elliot Stabler in a new SVU spin-off called Organized , reuniting with 's Olivia Benson.

Meloni, 59, set the Internet ablaze when he shared a selfie with Hargitay, explaining on 's The Jess Cagle Show how the reunion selfie came to be.

He also shed some light on how his Elliot Stabler character has changed, since he was last seen on SVU in 2011.

Elliot returns: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit fans rejoiced in late March when it was revealed that Christopher Meloni will return as Elliot Stabler in a new SVU spin-off called Organized Crime, reuniting with Mariska Hargitay's Olivia Benson

Selfie: Meloni, 59, set the Internet ablaze when he shared a selfie with Hargitay, explaining on Sirius XM 's The Jess Cagle Show how the reunion selfie came to be

When Cagle asked where Meloni and Hargitay were when they took the selfie, the actor said he was simply in the neighborhood.

'She has some digs out in the country there, so I was out there visiting and doing other stuff and I thought, "Why not just drop by for a spot of tea?"' he said.

'So that’s what we did. We broke bread, we had some laughs,' he said, adding they can be 'away from each other' for many years and 'just pick up where we left off.'

Visiting: When Cagle asked where Meloni and Hargitay were when they took the selfie, the actor said he was simply in the neighborhood

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