Mariska Hargitay channels viral Pamela Pupkin video for Halloween

Mariska Hargitay in a bright orange leotard recreating a viral dance is a hilarious and unexpected Halloween treat for fans everywhere!

On October 31st the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Legend took to social media to share an amazing video. If you like fun dances, costumed banana people, and feminist icons on imaginary witch broomsticks (and who doesn't?), then this is for you.

“Happy Halloween everyone. #thisisalan #HowDoYouRelieveElectionStress??? 🎃🧡🖤🧡🖤#yourwelcome😘,” she wrote.

The original dance video “Pamela Pupkin's Halloween Workout” was released in 2020 and quickly went viral, but Hargitay's version is superior in many ways. From her orange leotard to her unwavering commitment to entertaining her fans (not to mention her killer dance moves), this is a Hargitay Halloween treat we won't soon forget. Her Pamela Pumpkin impression is also spot on!

Fans and fellow stars flooded Hargitay's Instagram with messages of support for her Halloween-inspired dance session.

“I didn’t know I needed this. But I did it. 😂😂 🙏🏾,” commented actor Brian Michael Smith on behalf of all of us.

Mariska Hargitay looks back on 25 years of Law & Order: SVU

Hargitay's Halloween dance video was filmed in front of Union Theological Seminary in New York, reminding us of their long-standing love SVU For the city, Stern chose New York itself. In fact, Hargitay considers the city to be an entire character in the series!

NYC's iconic streets play as important a role in the show as Hargitay or Christopher Meloni have in the last two and a half decades, and in a January 2024 interview with Hemisphere Magazine, Hargitay revealed what New York City means to her in the context of SVU.

“I love it,” she said. “We always think of New York City as a sixth or seventh figure because it represents so much of our work. It was nice for me to shoot in so many locations and get to know the city so closely. I can hardly go anywhere without saying, “Oh, I did a scene with Sam Waterston there,” or having these memories of Chris [Meloni] and I do this beautiful scene in the New York Public Library. It’s also an incredible experience to be embraced so lovingly by the city.”