Actor Martin Short recently addressed his friendship with Meryl Streep, highlighting their close bond and dispelling any rumors about them dating.
In a recent interview with Extra, the 74-year-old actor discussed his relationship with his Only Murders in the Building co-star. Additionally, he was joined by his castmates Selena Gomez and Steve Martin during the interview.
“I think it’s been a friendship that always grows,” he said. “If you work with someone and love that person.”
Short didn’t “want to reveal too much” about what happened between his and Streep’s characters – Oliver Putnam and Loretta Durking. However, Gomez chimed in to say that the onscreen romance is “so sweet.”
Steve also weighed in with: “Meryl is a friend to all of us, you know. I have worked with her, I very fortunately had a movie with her and you just, I don’t see her for two years and we get back together, you’re already laughing and talking.”
The “The Only Murders in the Building” co-stars sparked romance rumors months ago. Although they denied being more than friends and colleagues, they added fuel to the fire at their season four premiere by holding hands and taking playful photos.
Martin was previously married to actress Nancy Dolman from 1980 until her death in 2010 at the age of 58 after battling ovarian cancer. They had three children: Katherine, 40, Oliver, 38, and Henry, 35.
Meanwhile, Meryl has been married to Don Gummer since 1978. However, last year, she revealed that the two had actually been separated for six years. They share four children: Henry, 44, Mamie, 41, Grace, 38, and Louisa, 33.