Why 2026 Primetime Emmys Host Mariska Hargitay Asked to Hear This Taylor Swift Song During a Photo Shoot
The actress will be the first woman to host the Emmys in 15 years.
During a photo shoot for a Los Angeles Times story on Mariska Hargitay's upcoming role as host of the 2026 Primetime Emmy Awards, the award-winning actress revealed a specific request she made to her photographer. Hargitay, who will be the first woman in 15 years to host the prestigious event, asked the photographer to play a Taylor Swift song called "The Man."
The song, from Swift's 2019 album Lover, imagines how Swift's career and experiences within the music industry would have differed if she had been a man. Hargitay expressed her own thoughts on the matter, stating that while change is hard and progress can take time, she feels honored to hold the position of host.
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