For over 20 years, Mariska Hargitay has been playing the iconic role of on NBC's "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit." There have been hundreds of episodes featuring Benson in all her SVU glory, often tackling subjects that are too difficult or personal for some viewers to bear. In fact, there's one episode in particular that even Hargitay can't bring herself to watch, but not for reasons that you'd think.
"They sent me the link so many times and I was actually too nervous to watch it," Hargitay explained on back in October. The episode in question was filmed earlier this year and left a deeply emotional mark on Hargitay. "I was so nervous coming to work this day," she recalled.
So what could be causing the legend to avoid watching this specific "SVU" episode? And why did it have such an emotional toll on her?
While some people avoid watching
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