Martin Short & Meryl Streep Fuel Romance Rumors Holding Hands at OMITB Season 4 Premiere
There's only adoration in this building when it comes to this friendship.
Days after Martin Short and Meryl Streep reignited rumors of their romance while walking to the Only Murders in the Building season premiere after-party holding hands, he reflected on what it's been like working with his longtime pal.
"It's been a friendship that always grows," he told Extra in an interview published Aug. 26, "if you work with someone and love that person."
As for what happens when it comes to his onscreen romance with the Devil Wears Prada star? Although he's keeping mum on the details, costar Selena Gomez chimed in, "It's so sweet."
Meanwhile, Steve Martin also gushed over having the opportunity to spend time with Meryl while filming the Hulu show's fourth season.
"Meryl is a friend to all of us," the 79-year-old added. "If I don't see her for two years, you get back together and you're already laughing and talking."
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Speculation that Martin, 74, and Meryl, 75, had taken their romance offscreen reached a peak on social media during the 2024 Golden Globes in January. It came months after a spokesperson for the Mamma Mia! actress shared she and her husband Don Gummer, who she married in 1978, had been separated for six years. As for the Inner Space actor, his wife Nancy passed away in 2010.
However, a spokesperson for Martin previously shut down rumors of their budding romance. "They are just very good friends," his rep told E! News in January, "nothing more."
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While Martin and Meryl have reaffirmed that they are only friends, he shared during a panel with his costars earlier this year that working with his pal has been “one of the great thrills of my life.”
“The first day of shooting,” he recalled, “which was rare because I’m not brand new, I was driving to work and I thought, ‘I’m nervous today. I’m working with Meryl Streep.’”
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Nonetheless, the duo did get to explore a romantic relationship during the third season—and seemingly the fourth—of Only Murders in the Building.
"It's pretty unexpected to imagine a pairing of Meryl Streep with Martin Short and watch them find this incredible connection together," the show’s co-creator John Hoffman told TheWrap last August, "and, as Meryl said, to not have it be twee or about the age or about any of that."
Now, keep reading for more costars who, despite sparking romance rumors, never actually dated.