Chris Meloni And Ice-T Team Up To Expertly Deny National Enquirer Story

When the National Enquirer went digging for gossip, Law & Order franchise stars Ice-T and Chris Meloni were quickly on the case Monday.

The actors preemptively shut down the tabloids allegation that they have feuded since Meloni returned to the franchise in Law & Order: Organized Crime.

The men tag-teamed on Twitter to deny the claim, which the Enquirer said it was preparing to publish. Responding to an Enquirer request for comment to the accusation that Ice-T was jealous of the attention that Meloni was receiving, the rapper-actor clapped back hard in a tweet accompanied by the email.

Clownass MFs trying to make up Drama outta thin air... WOW... MFs are really on that BS, wrote Ice-T, who forwarded the outlets note to Meloni.

Meloni joked that Ice-T was kind enough to let me know we were feuding.

Just sent this email over to my guy @Chris_Meloni Clownass MFs trying to make up Drama outta thin air... WOW... MFs are really on that BS. https://t.co/fhbglPPLs9

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Just sent this email over to my guy @Chris_Meloni Clownass MFs trying to make up Drama outta thin air... WOW... MFs are really on that BS. https://t.co/fhbglPPLs9
ICE T (@FINALLEVEL) January 16, 2023

The Enquirer didnt immediately reply to HuffPosts request for comment.

Meloni, as Detective Elliot Stabler, and Ice-T, as Sgt. Fin Tutuola, were regulars for more than 10 years together on Law & Order: SVU, TheWrap reported . Meloni left over a contract dispute in 2011 before returning to the franchise on Organized Crime in 2021.

Their two characters remained in each others orbit through SVU/Organized Crime crossover events, TVLine wrote .

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