Meryl Streep and Martin Short hold hands at ‘Only Murders’ premiere after dating rumors
They’re playing it coy.
Months after Meryl Streep and Martin Short denied rumors that they’re dating, the two actors were spotted holding hands at the Season 4 premiere of “Only Murders in the Building” in LA on Thursday.
Streep and Short first sparked dating rumors after they looked extra cozy at the 2024 Golden Globes in January.
Following that event, fans took to social media to enthusiastically wish the potential couple well.
“Are Meryl Streep and Martin Short dating … because if that’s true … that’s like Gene Wilder and Gilda Radner multiplied by Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft …” one fan posted on X, formerly Twitter.
“I need someone to talk to about these meryl streep/martin short dating rumors, this is truly my roman empire I swear,” another fan wrote.
A rep for Short, 74, later told TMZ that the actor and Streep, 75, are “just friends.”
The “Father of the Bride” star reiterated that sentiment in an episode of the “Club Random with Bill Maher” podcast that same month.
Nevertheless, Short and Streep have still been spotted out and about together on numerous occasions. In March, they were photographed taking in the Broadway show “Merrily We Roll Along” at the Hudson Theatre in New York City.
And now, they’ve been spotted holding hands.
The comedian and the “Devil Wears Prada” actress play love interests in the hit Hulu show, which also stars Steve Martin and Selena Gomez.
The show follows semi-retired actor Charles (Martin), Broadway director Oliver (Short) and artist Mabel (Gomez), who all share an interest in true-crime podcasts. They become friends while investigating suspicious murders in their building.
Streep joined the cast in Season 3 as Loretta, a struggling actress who is Oliver’s love interest.
Short and Streep were looking cozy together and linking hands on Thursday evening while strolling with Martin at the Paramount Lot.
Short is a widower, having been married to Canadian actress Nancy Dolman – with whom he had three kids, Katherine, 40, Oliver, 37, and Henry, 34 – from 1980 until her death from cancer in 2010.
“Our marriage was a triumph,” Short told AARP magazine in 2019. “So it’s tough. She died in 2010, but I still communicate with her all the time. It’s ‘Hey Nan,’ you know? How would she react to this decision or that, especially regarding our three kids.”
Sources told Page Six in October that Streep and Don Gummer – whom she married in 1978 and had four children with, singer-songwriter Henry Wolfe, 44, actresses Mamie Gummer, 40, Grace Gummer, 37, and Louisa Jacobson, 32 – have been quietly “separated for more than six years.”
“Only Murders in the Building” Season 4 premieres Aug. 27 on Hulu.
