Ice-T Responds to a Fan Who ClaimsLaw & Order: SVUHas Gone 'Woke': 'Like I Give a F---'

Mar. 15, 2025

Ice-T.Photo:Theo Wargo/Getty

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Ice-Tis reacting to recent claims aboutLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit’s storylines.On Aug. 27, the rapper-turned-actor, 66, responded to a fan who claimed the long-running police procedural had become too “woke” in its recent seasons onX (formerly Twitter).While reacting to a photo Ice-T posted on set, the fan asked, “Did they write ‘SVU’ back to normal yet? It started to go woke” to which he replied, “What the F is woke? Lol. Like I give a f—.”(L-R) Ice-T and Mariska Hargitay on ‘Law & Order: SVU’.Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC ImagesIce-T has been playing Sergeant Odafin “Fin” Tutuola onLaw & Order: SVUsince 2000 — the second longest-running character in the show’s tenure, only behind Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay).While speaking to PEOPLE in January, the “Colors” rapper called the NBC series “special” and admitted that he’s truly “hit the jackpot” with his spot on the show.“I thinkSVUis a special show because it’s the first time I’ve ever done something where people walk up in the street and say thank you,” he explained. “And I found out thatSVUis as much entertainment as it is therapy for a lot of women because a lot of women that watch the show are survivors — guys too. So it has a different feeling versus just normal entertainment.”Ice-T.Todd Williamson/NBC via GettyThough he originally only signed on to do a few episodes, Ice-T joked that the series became “a four-episode stint that ended up 25 years.“In March, NBC announced its decision to renewLaw & Order: SVUfor a record-breaking 26th season.The show — currently starring Hargitay, Ice-T,Peter ScanavinoandOctavio Pisano— previously set the record as the longest-running primetime live-action series in history, and continues to hold the title with the renewal.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Law & Order: SVUseason 26 premieres Thursday, Oct. 3 at 9 p.m. ET on NBC.

Ice-Tis reacting to recent claims aboutLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit’s storylines.

On Aug. 27, the rapper-turned-actor, 66, responded to a fan who claimed the long-running police procedural had become too “woke” in its recent seasons onX (formerly Twitter).

While reacting to a photo Ice-T posted on set, the fan asked, “Did they write ‘SVU’ back to normal yet? It started to go woke” to which he replied, “What the F is woke? Lol. Like I give a f—.”

(L-R) Ice-T and Mariska Hargitay on ‘Law & Order: SVU’.Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images

Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images

Ice-T has been playing Sergeant Odafin “Fin” Tutuola onLaw & Order: SVUsince 2000 — the second longest-running character in the show’s tenure, only behind Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay).

While speaking to PEOPLE in January, the “Colors” rapper called the NBC series “special” and admitted that he’s truly “hit the jackpot” with his spot on the show.

“I thinkSVUis a special show because it’s the first time I’ve ever done something where people walk up in the street and say thank you,” he explained. “And I found out thatSVUis as much entertainment as it is therapy for a lot of women because a lot of women that watch the show are survivors — guys too. So it has a different feeling versus just normal entertainment.”

Ice-T.Todd Williamson/NBC via Getty

Todd Williamson/NBC via Getty

Though he originally only signed on to do a few episodes, Ice-T joked that the series became “a four-episode stint that ended up 25 years.”

In March, NBC announced its decision to renewLaw & Order: SVUfor a record-breaking 26th season.

The show — currently starring Hargitay, Ice-T,Peter ScanavinoandOctavio Pisano— previously set the record as the longest-running primetime live-action series in history, and continues to hold the title with the renewal.

Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.

Law & Order: SVUseason 26 premieres Thursday, Oct. 3 at 9 p.m. ET on NBC.

source: people.com