Steve Martin Reacts to Meryl Streep and Martin Short Romance Rumors

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Martin Short & Meryl Streep Fuel Romance Rumors Holding Hands astatine OMITB Season 4 Premiere

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Steve Martin poked immoderate amusive astatine the romance rumors involving his Only Murders successful the Building costars Martin Short and Meryl Streep.

The histrion took to Instagram Oct. 19 to stock a screenshot of a photograph of each 3 of them together, but helium added a elephantine reddish ellipse with a transverse done it implicit his face. Because Steve didn't caption the photo, it near galore fans wondering what precisely helium meant by the post.

"Are you confirming this relationship?!" 1 idiosyncratic commented, portion different asked, "Did helium conscionable hard motorboat the relationship?"

Someone other responded, "Oh boy, Steve! You whitethorn beryllium successful occupation for that."

"I'm taking this arsenic confirmation," a 4th idiosyncratic wrote. "I've ne'er been truthful invested successful personage mates rumors."

Steve's cryptic Instagram station came conscionable respective days aft Meryl and Martin renewed the buzz astir their narration by grabbing dinner astatine upscale celeb blistery spot Giorgio Baldi successful Santa Monica Oct. 16.

And portion his station was Steve's archetypal remark connected the speculation that Martin and Meryl are an item, Martin himself has antecedently addressed his dynamic with the Oscar-winning actress.

"It's been a relationship that ever grows," he told Extra in August, "if you enactment with idiosyncratic and emotion that person."

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The duo archetypal sparked romance speculation erstwhile viewers picked up connected their playful banter successful the assemblage astatine the 2024 Golden Globe Awards successful January.

While Martin's rep insisted to E! News astatine the clip that they were "just precise bully friends, thing more," they continued to substance the rumors erstwhile they were spotted holding hands astatine the Only Murders play 4 premiere after-party successful August.

In September, they besides shared a fewer saccharine moments unneurotic portion sitting side-by-side astatine the 2024 Emmy Awards.

While they've continued to enactment mum astir immoderate emotion transportation betwixt them, Martin precocious recalled getting tense to enactment alongside Meryl, who plays his emotion involvement connected their deed Hulu show.

"The archetypal time of shooting with her," helium exclusively told E! News successful September, "I was going to work, and—you know, I'm not caller to amusement business—and I thought, ‘I americium tense today. Why? Oh yeah, I'm moving with Meryl.’"

He continued, "Then we finished a two-person country astatine a piano, and they person to acceptable up for angle, and we went into a holding area, and she said, ‘Okay, my nerves are to half.’”

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Martin—dad to kids Katherine Short, 40, Oliver Short, 38, and Henry Short, 35, with precocious with Nancy Dolman—shared that the saccharine speech made him recognize thing important astir Meryl—mom to Henry Gummer, 44, Mamie Gummer, 41, Grace Gummer, 38, and Louisa Jacobson, 33, with ex Don Gummar—and her estimation arsenic specified a beloved, celebrated actor.

"I went, 'Oh, okay, that's, that's beauteous cool,’” helium recalled. “‘Maybe that's wherefore you're the top actress, due to the fact that you've ne'er taken thing for granted.’”

Keep speechmaking for much connected the Only Murders cast's romance history.

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Selena Gomez 

When it comes to her romance with grounds shaper Benny Blanco, Selena is the archetypal to admit she has occupation keeping her hands to herself. After all, the duo person had a penchant for showing disconnected their narration since confirming it implicit societal media past year. 

As she wrote to a instrumentality of Benny successful a December 2023 Instagram comment, “He is my everything successful my heart.”

At the time, Selena revealed the duo had been dating for six months, and Benny aboriginal opened up connected however their relationship blossomed into thing more.  

“I was the past 1 to know,” helium told the Wall Street Journal of processing feelings for Selena successful April 2024. “It’s brainsick however your spouse could conscionable beryllium sitting determination the full time, close successful beforehand of your eyes, and you don’t adjacent notice, and past you person that Clueless infinitesimal wherever you’re like, Wait, I’m successful love.”

And portion galore of the Wizards of Waverly Place alum’s fans reminisce connected her erstwhile relationships with Justin Bieber, whom she dated on-and-off until 2018, and The Weeknd, whom she dated successful 2017, Selena assures that Benny is not her aforesaid aged love.  

“I'd person to accidental wide it's the safest that I feel,” she told Zane Lowe of her narration with Benny (real sanction Benjamin Joseph Levin) successful February 2024. “It's been truly beauteous and I've lone grown done it, truthful it's awesome.”

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Steve Martin

Steve’s quality Charles whitethorn not person the champion luck erstwhile it comes to romance, but the comedian is doing conscionable fine. After all, the Cheaper by the Dozen alum has been happily joined to his woman Anne Stringfield since 2007.  

The pair’s conscionable cute really happened implicit the telephone portion Anne was moving arsenic a information checker for The New Yorker during the aughts. At the time, Steve was penning drama blurbs for the publication, and told AARP successful 2017 that helium and his woman “talked connected the telephone for a year” earlier they ever met. 

And portion Steve described Anne arsenic “shy” connected their archetypal introduction, the pair’s romance rapidly heated up. In fact, they ended up tying the knot successful a ceremonial that was a astonishment adjacent to their guests—which included Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels, Eugene Levy, Tom Hanks and Diane Keaton

Steve was joined to ex woman Victoria Tennant from 1986 to 1994, but helium welcomed his archetypal child, Mary, with Anna successful 2012.  

He aboriginal told AARP that becoming a dada astatine astir 70 was “fantastic.” 

“I deliberation if I'd had a kid earlier, I would person been a lousy begetter due to the fact that I would person misplaced my attraction connected my career,” helium told the publication. “She’s giving maine mode much than I’m giving her.”

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Martin Short

Long earlier helium was connected Only Murders, Martin met his lone one—late woman Nancy Dolman—on the acceptable of Godspell successful 1972. The couple—who stock kids Katherine, Oliver and Henry—was joined from 1980 until Nancy died aft a conflict with crab successful 2010.  

And portion Martin has much precocious sparked romance rumors with costar and longtime person Meryl Streep, helium has spoken earlier astir communicating with Nancy “all the time.” 

“Our matrimony was a triumph," helium gushed to AARP successful 2019. “It's 'Hey Nan,' you know? How would she respond to this determination oregon that, particularly regarding our 3 kids.” 

Still, Martin noted that aft his wife’s untimely decease helium has been capable to ascertain what helium holds astir beloved successful life.  

As helium enactment it to AARP, “To me, beingness is simply a applicable acquisition each day, with a coating of 'Be arsenic blessed arsenic you tin be' connected top.” 

At the moment, Meryl appears to beryllium making Martin rather happy—as the duo arrived to their Only Murders play 4 premiere together, holding hands. Still, they whitethorn person been playing into their characters, arsenic sources adjacent to the Santa Clause alum assured to E! News successful Jan. 2024 that the brace are conscionable “very bully friends.” 

“It's been a relationship that ever grows,” Martin told Extra of Meryl successful Aug. 2024. “If you enactment with idiosyncratic and emotion that person.”

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Meryl Streep

Prior to stirring romance rumors with her on-screen Only Murders emotion interest, Meryl was joined to ex hubby Don Gummer for astir 40 years. The couple—who stock big children Henry, Mamie, Grace and Louisa—separated successful 2017, but kept their interruption up backstage until 2023.  

“Don Gummer and Meryl Streep person been separated for much than six years," a spokesperson for the Mamma Mia! histrion told E! News successful 2023. “And portion they volition ever attraction for each other, they person chosen lives apart.” 

The couple’s past nationalist quality unneurotic was astatine the 2018 Academy Awards. And astatine an aboriginal Oscars ceremonial successful 2012, the three-time grant victor didn’t clasp backmost from gushing implicit her then-husband.  

“First, I americium going to convey Don,” she said during her Best Actress acceptance code for her relation successful The Iron Lady. “Because erstwhile you convey your hubby astatine the extremity of the code they play him retired with the music, and I privation him to cognize that everything I worth astir successful our lives, you've fixed me.”

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Paul Rudd

Paul whitethorn nary longer beryllium a nonmigratory of the Arconia, but his relation arsenic Ben Glenroy volition everlastingly beryllium infamous of Only Murders lore, and the Ant-Man star’s emotion beingness is conscionable arsenic notable.

After all, Paul met his woman Julie Yaeger, a screenwriter and producer, successful the precocious ‘90s. And, the histrion described, Julie was the archetypal idiosyncratic Paul ever met successful New York—literally. He met her successful a publicist’s bureau connected the heels of his Clueless breakout role. As if it could get immoderate cuter!  

“We started talking and determination was a maturity with her—she had experienced immoderate calamity successful her life, I had too,” helium explained of Julie to Marie Claire UK successful 2018. “The content I got was, ‘Wow, this is simply a woman. This isn't a girl.'”

Shortly aft their bureau meet-cute, Paul took Julie to lunch—a abbreviated fewer years later, they tied the knot successful 2003. Afterward, the mates welcomed lad Jack in 2006, who was followed by younger sister Darby in 2010. And portion Paul has made rather the sanction for himself arsenic a comedian and actor, it’s the beingness he’s created with his household that helium cherishes the most.  

“When I deliberation astir myself, I deliberation of myself arsenic a hubby and a father, similar I'm that," helium told People successful 2021. "I conscionable bent retired with my household erstwhile I'm not working. That's what I benignant of similar the most.”

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Eva Longoria

It’s important to beryllium acquainted with Eva Longoria’s emotion life—as the Desperate Housewives prima plays herself successful the newest play of Only Murders. Indeed, on with Eugene Levy and Zach Galifiankis, the trio makes up the movie versions of Mabel, Charles and Oliver.  

While Eva was antecedently joined to the precocious Tyler Christopher from 2002 to 2004, and Tony Parker from 2007 to 2011, she recovered her everlastingly successful José “Pepe” Bastón, whom she joined successful 2016. And the Young and Restless star—who present shares lad Santiago with the producer—has said the hold was worthy it.  

"I learned to beryllium contented connected my own," she told People successful 2016. “I deliberation I needed that to beryllium acceptable for what I person with Pepe.”

Of course, Eva’s different existent emotion is her son.  

“Laying successful bed, falling asleep—those are my favourite moments,” she gushed of Santiago to E! News successful 2024. “My bosom melts. That's my favorite—when helium conscionable wants to beryllium with me.”

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Eugene Levy 

The Schitt’s Creek star’s emotion communicative is simple. He met his woman Deborah Divine—with whom helium shares kids Sarah Levy and Dan Levy—in the 1970s, earlier the mates tied the knot successful 1977.

Unlike the remainder of her family, Deborah prefers to enactment down the camera and has worked arsenic a shaper and screenwriter connected assorted productions implicit the years.  

But the American Pie star assures that without her, his family—nor he—would beryllium wherever they are today.  

"You can't person your sanction enactment connected a prima connected Hollywood Boulevard without idiosyncratic having your back, and Deb’s had excavation for 47 years,” the histrion explained during his Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony successful March 2024. “There would beryllium nary prima contiguous without you.”

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Zach Galifianakis 

Zach rounds retired play four’s Hollywood faces successful Only Murders by playing Oliver’s personage counterpart. The Hangover prima has been joined to Canadian businesswoman Quinn Lundberg since 2012.  

Together, the mates stock lad Rufus Emmanuel Lundberg, whom they welcomed successful 2016, E! News exclusively confirmed astatine the time. They besides stock different son, calved successful 2013.

"I deliberation fatherhood is conscionable the top thing,” Zach told Jimmy Fallon connected a 2014 appearance of The Tonight Show. “It really, truly is.” 

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Ashley Park

As chap aspiring histrion Kimber, Ashley got to witnesser Oliver (Martin) and Loretta (Meryl) on-screen romance blossom up-close, but her ain emotion communicative occurred connected the acceptable of different show. 

 Indeed, Ashley is presently dating her Emily successful Paris costar Paul Forman. In fact, she hard-launched their narration aft months of speculation successful a heartfelt Jan. 2024 Instagram post amid a wellness scare. 

“You calmed my fears and held maine done ambulances, 3 overseas hospitals, a week successful the ICU, scary ERs, countless scans and tests and injections, excruciating pain, and truthful overmuch disorder each portion we were unsocial connected the different broadside of the satellite acold from those we know,” Ashley wrote. “I emotion you Paul. More than I tin ever say.” 

To which Paul—who besides plays Ashley’s emotion involvement successful the Netflix series—wrote backmost with a reddish bosom emoji, “My love.”

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Jane Lynch 

Jane Lynch’s Sazz is astatine the forefront of play 4 arsenic Charles, Mabel and Oliver effort to find retired who killed her.

Behind the scenes though, Jane’s beingness is simply a batch sweeter with woman Jennifer Cheyne, whom she joined successful 2021. And contempt their happily ever after, it wasn’t precisely a fairytale proposal.  

“Jennifer and I person been unneurotic everlastingly and we were buying for security for her and I said, ‘Let’s conscionable get married.’” Jane recalled to Today successful 2022. “So that’s however romanticist it went." 

In fact, the wedding itself, lone included Jane, Jennifer and a curate successful the courtyard of a courthouse.

As Jane recalled, “It was lovely.” 

Previously, Jane joined Lara Embry successful 2010, earlier separating 3 years later. 

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Jesse Williams 

 Jesse may person confirmed his clip connected Only Murders is done, but his narration with woman Ciarra Pardo—whom helium started dating successful 2022—is inactive going strong.  

The mates thin to support things lowkey, but they person shared updates present and there, including Ciarra—who works successful the manner manufacture and is the laminitis of N4XT Experiences—sharing a selfie of the duo successful her day solemnisation photograph dump successful April 2024.  

She captioned the post, which included a drawback of her cuddling into Jesse’s shoulder, “Italian BDay Archives.” 

Before igniting a romance with Ciarra, Jesse joined ex-wife Aryn Drake-Lee successful 2012. The mates welcomed kids Sadie successful 2013 and Maceo successful 2015, earlier Jesse filed for divorcement successful 2017. (The mates finalized their divorcement successful 2020).  

After their split, helium was besides linked to actresses Minka Kelly and Taylour Paige.

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