Ice-T Responds to a Fan Who Claims ‘Regulation & Order: SVU’ Has Gone ‘Woke’theinsiderinsight

Ice-T is reacting to latest claims about Regulation & Order: Particular Victims Unit‘s storylines.

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

Whereas reacting to a photograph Ice-T posted on set, the fan requested, “Did they write ‘SVU’ again to regular but? It began to go woke” to which he replied, “What the F is woke? Lol. Like I give a f—.”

Ice-T has been enjoying Sergeant Odafin “Fin” Tutuola on Regulation & Order: SVU since 2000 — the second longest-running character within the present’s tenure, solely behind Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay).

Whereas talking to PEOPLE in January, the “Colours” rapper known as the NBC collection “particular” and admitted that he is really “hit the jackpot” together with his spot on the present.

“I believe SVU is a particular present as a result of it is the primary time I’ve ever accomplished one thing the place individuals stroll up on the street and say thanks,” he defined. “And I discovered that SVU is as a lot leisure as it’s remedy for lots of ladies as a result of a number of girls that watch the present are survivors — guys too. So it has a distinct feeling versus simply regular leisure.”

Although he initially solely signed on to do a couple of episodes, Ice-T joked that the collection grew to become “a four-episode stint that ended up 25 years.”

In March, NBC introduced its determination to resume Regulation & Order: SVU for a record-breaking twenty sixth season.

The present — presently starring Hargitay, Ice-T, Peter Scanavino and Octavio Pisano — beforehand set the document because the longest-running primetime live-action collection in historical past, and continues to carry the title with the renewal.

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 Regulation & Order: SVU season 26 premieres Thursday, Oct. 3 at 9 p.m. ET on NBC.