is gearing up for her 24th season of , but it’ll be a bittersweet one as she prepares to say goodbye to co-star .
Giddish from the NBC procedural in August, confirming that she would be leaving as a full-time cast member during the upcoming season. The actress joined “SVU” as Detective Amanda Rollins at the start of season 13 alongside Danny Pino following Chris Meloni’s unexpected departure at the end of season 12.
ET spoke with Hargitay on the “Law & Order” carpet in New York on Monday, where she spoke about Giddish’s departure from the show.
“Oh god, Kelli. I love Kelli, she’s my girl,” Hargitay, who is also an executive producer on ‘SVU’, told ET’s Rachel Smith. “She is one of my favourite actors that I’ve ever worked with and we got to build something really beautiful together and really earned together because our characters had quite a journey.
“That was a hard one. I will miss that because she was my go-to, my right hand, the woman that I could talk to,” she said. “Olivia Benson’s out there taking care of everyone else and she was somebody that really took care of me and had my back. Even though Fin has my back and Stabler has my back, it’s different to have a woman have your back because it’s a different perspective.
“I’m gonna miss her a lot, but she’s a lifelong friend and I’m just glad that our paths crossed, and I know they’ll continue to cross,” Hargitay promised.
At the time of her announcement, Giddish on Instagram explaining her decision to leave ‘SVU’.
“I wanted to address the chatter I’ve seen online and let everyone know that this will, indeed, be my last season on ‘Law & Order: SVU’,” Giddish wrote at the time.
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