In her documentary "My Mom Jayne," Mariska Hargitay explores her mother Jayne Mansfield's life while uncovering her own significant familial discovery—it reveals her biological father, Nelson Sardelli, is not Mickey Hargitay, as she had believed for decades. After finding out the truth 36 years ago, Hargitay described the impact as life-altering, likening it to the floor falling out beneath her. She met Sardelli later and expressed her loyalty to her father, Mickey, during their emotional encounter, while her half-sisters also participated in the documentary.
"It was like the floor fell out from underneath me," she said of learning the truth, stating that she was "living a lie" for decades. "Like my infrastructure dissolved."
"I've been waiting 30 years for this moment," the actress recalled him saying during an interview with Vanity Fair.
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