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See Mariska Hargitay and Peter Hermann’s Rare Family Outing With 3 Kids on Red Carpet
Mariska Hargitay isn’t pulling out the cuffs for her kids.
The Law & Order: Special Victims Unit star shared insight into how she playfully handles her and husband Peter Hermann‘s sons, August, 18, and Andrew, 13, and daughter, Amaya, 14, when they misbehave.
“I would say humor and comedy has saved my life,” Mariska explained in the Oct. 21 episode of the Good Hang with Amy Poehler podcast. “I’m so grateful for that. When my kids do bad things, I call them losers, and then they say, ‘Oh, it’s not that bad if she’s calling us a loser.’ And we laugh through it.”
“We just rip on the kids,” she added. “I just say, ‘Don’t do that ’cause if you do that, you’re a hack and a loser. Is that what you want to be?'”
Indeed, the 61-year-old revealed that their dynamic has kept her family stronger than ever, thanks to Peter, 58, whom she married in 2004.