Ali Wentworthis reminiscing on a particularly adventurous “girls trip” she took withMariska Hargitayand another friend.
While stepping in forKelly Ripaon Monday’s episode ofLive with Kelly and Ryan,the actress told co-hostRyan Seacrestabout their hiking trip in Tennessee, which ended with some unintentional wildlife spotting.
“We decide to go hiking in Tennessee, which is out of my comfort zone because I like a nice beach and a hot dog,” said Wentworth, 56. “It’s beautiful, except we stupidly went on a hike without a guide and we don’t know how to read trail signs. So we started out, we thought we’d go for like, 45 minutes because, you know, we’re not in tip-top shape.”
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“Let me tell you something, you can throw me a copperhead or a rattlesnake any day, but when you see a black bear, your heart jumps,” she said, noting that she couldn’t remember if the correct protocol was to make noise or hide, so she did both.
“I had a complete personality disorder with the bear,” she joked. “He was pretty close and I was doing, screaming and then rolling, screaming and then rolling, and he literally looked at me and was like, ‘You’re a crazy person’ and kept going and left.”
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Wentworth then shared that she was with Hargitay, 57, and referenced her friend’s role as Detective Olivia Benson onLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit.
“I’m dropping that name because I kept saying, ‘You’re Olivia Benson, do something, go fight the bear!'” she said. “And she wouldn’t fight the bear.”
“We got back because this really sweet couple in their 80s picked us up, it was like, Tim and Joanne, and we were like, ‘help, help!'” Wentworth said. “We got in the car — I was sitting on Mariska’s lap — they drove us back to where we were staying.”
When they returned, Wentworth recalled telling the couple, “You can go home and tell all your friends that you saved Olivia Benson.”
source: people.com
