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Actress who plays Olivia Benson on Taylor Swift's new cat: 'Naming it after my character was cool'

Mariska Hargitay, who plays the character of Olivia Benson on 'Law & Order: SVU', has opened up about the fact that Taylor Swift named her new kitten after her. 

The 'Shake It Off' sensation called her new cat Olivia Benson and Hargitay appeared on The Meredith Vieira show this afternoon (September 24) where she spoke about the cute honour. Hargitay confessed that after learning about the namesake kitty, she posted a photograph of herself to Instagram (shown left) wearing a cat collar and explained why she did it:

"We have an online relationship, it's what the kids are doing. She named her kitty after me so it was the least I could do. It was so great and she posted this tweet in either May or June (about the cat and the name she had chosen), and we had just wrapped the show [...] I thought if she's going to name her cat after me, I have to do something!"

Back in 2011, Swift told Teen Vogue that she loves the character of Olivia Benson and watches the show as much as she can: "I sit in my apartment and watch hours of that show. So I sort of feel like me and Olivia are BFFs."

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Watch footage of Swift and her cat Olivia Benson below: