Ice-T received his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Friday, Feb. 17, and among those on hand to pay tribute was his long-time “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” co-star Mariska Hargitay.

“I am just so beyond, beyond, beyond, thrilled to be here for my friend,” said Hargitay in her speech. The Hollywood Walk of Fame means so many things to so many people. It’s a place to visit, it’s a place to celebrate, a place to remember, and of course, a place to take millions and millions and millions of selfies.

But I hold the Hollywood Walk of Fame so deeply and dearly in my heart for another reason. Because here I am and, forever will be, right next to my mother. Our stars shine side-by-side, and that makes this place unspeakably sacred to me,” Hargitay said, referring to her mother, late actress Jayne Mansfield.

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After inviting Ice-T to join her at the podium, she continued.

“I want to tell you that it is so profoundly right that your name is now here, forever commemorated in this place.

Because there is something else that I hold sacred, and that is friendship. Your achievements and your artistry and your whole verbal judo, your whole story, runs so deep,” Hargitay said.

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