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Meryl Streep & Martin Short Fuel Dating Rumors At The Emmys
The pair were seated together at the star-studded ceremony.
Meryl Streep and Martin Short were seen getting cozy at the 2024 Emmy Awards. The actors attended the annual ceremony on Sept. 15 in support of Only Murders in the Building, which received eight nominations and secured two wins. Short and Streep opted to sit together inside the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, further fueling rumors of a romance.
“Wait, is this Martin Short and Meryl Streep thing for real?” one fan wrote on X, formerly Twitter, referring to the speculation, which began circulating online earlier this year.
“Congratulations to Martin Short and Meryl Streep for winning my heart yet again,” another fan commented under a photo of the pair, while one user joked, “I’ve had to explain to my mom why it’s so important that Meryl Streep and Martin Short are sitting next to each other at the Emmys.”
Short And Streep’s Dating Rumors
The rumors began around the Golden Globes in January 2024, where fans thought the two actors appeared especially close. Their Only Murders characters, Oliver Putnam (Short) and Loretta Durkin (Streep), fall in love, which only fueled the speculation.
In January, Short’s rep quickly dismissed the rumors, telling People that they “are just very good friends, nothing more.” Later that month, Short also addressed the speculation on Bill Maher’s podcast Club Random. “We’re not a couple,” he said. “We are just very close friends.”
The co-stars got fans talking again on Aug. 22 at the Only Murders Season 4 premiere, where they were photographed holding hands on the red carpet. Streep and Short were joined by co-stars Steve Martin and Selena Gomez for photos, but also took several snaps on their own.
While Short has consistently shut down the rumors, he confessed to People in May that he’s a big fan of the Oscar winner. “She’s fabulous,” he gushed. “There’s no one who doesn’t adore her.”
He also shared how Streep landed her Only Murders role, revealing that she asked to be cast.
“The story with Meryl is she phoned me and said, ‘I want to be on it,’” Short said. “They already planned that I would have a theatrical experience and there would be a love interest. ... She didn’t know about [the love story].”
