Christopher Meloni Rocks Biker Look While on SAG-AFTRA Picket Line in N.Y.C

Christopher Melonimade a quick pit stop while picketing with SAG-AFTRA.

On Tuesday, the actor, 62, joined the New York CitySAG-AFTRApicket lines in a biker-inspired ensemble.

TheLaw & Order: Organized Crimestar joined his fellow union members in a black leather moto-styled jacket, with an American flag pin and a blue, red and gray American flag-printed scarf.

Christopher Meloni joins SAG-AFTRA members on strike during Halloween.Raymond Hall/GC Images

Raymond Hall/GC Images

He styled his ensemble with dark blue jeans, a pair of camel brown leather lace-up boots and a black SAG-AFTRA beanie. Meloni is seen in his picket line outfit while transporting his bicycle alongside the union members picketing.

Christopher Meloni is seen at is seen on the SAG-AFTRA strike picket line in New York City.Raymond Hall/GC Images

While fans can’t catch Meloni in a new season ofLaw & Order: Organized Crimedue to the strike, the star recently professed how important his friendships with his costars are to him.

During a conversation with Ellen Burstyn, who plays his on-screen mother, forInterview Magazine, Meloni told the Oscar winner shehas become like a mother to him in real life.

“You know what I was thinking about yesterday?” Burstyn, 90, said. “One day on set [ofOrganized Crime] you said, ‘Why do you do this to me, Dimi?’ It’s a line fromThe Exorcist. And I was so stunned because my son in real life says that line to me. When you said it, it was like I was in two realities at once."

“That’s very funny,” theLaw & Order: Special Victims Unitalum said. “Afterwards, I was like, “Since I’ve lost my mother a couple of years ago, you—in my life, in our work— you’re my mother.”

The actress also shared the ease of their relationship. “It’s like slipping into a pair of old shoes,” she said. “I slipped into being your mother.”

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hristopher Meloni joins SAG-AFTRA members on strike during Halloween on October 31, 2023 in New York City.John Nacion/Getty

John Nacion/Getty

Meloni’s real-life mother also made an impact on theLaw & Orderfranchise. During an episode ofLate Night withSeth MeyersalongsideMariska Hargitay, Meloni saidSVUwas first titledSex Crimeswhen he was cast. When he told his mother the news, she asked, “‘You got what?'” He explained, “[I said,] ‘I’m onSex Crimes!’ She’s like, ‘Can they change the name?'”

Hargitay, 59, confirmed Meloni’s mom was so passionate about changing the title that she eventually called Wolf herself, and “he did change the name!”

“Witnessing the ones you love more than anything in the world being relentlessly tortured before your eyes… it gets really dark," Meloni said. “There’s no other light that I see, it’s the bleakest thing to either experience or to witness.”

source: people.com