Meryl Streep and Martin Short like to keep everyone guessing about their reported romance. Fans want to respect their privacy, but at the same time, they want to ship this adorable couple. Well, Short’s Saturday Night Live hosting gig might have just spilled all the tea.
Viewers who were watching the Saturday, Dec. 21 broadcast spotted Streep’s second eldest daughter, Grace Gummer, in the audience to support Short. “SHUT UP. Grace and Mark (Meryl’s daughter and son in law) WERE AT MARTIN’S SNL SHOW?!? oh that’s so cute😭😭♥️,” one account wrote on X. “Martin and Meryl are so cute.” Gummer can be seen in a screenshot in the corner with her husband, Mark Ronson. The duo is expecting their second child together, they already share a daughter, who was born in 2023. That’s some sweet family support — and it makes us wonder if Streep was hiding in his dressing room.
At the Golden Globe Awards in early January, Streep and Short sparked dating rumors because they looked so cozy together at the Only Murders in the Building table. Short’s publicist quickly entered the chat and tried to stop the gossip from spreading. “They are just very good friends, nothing more,” they told the now-defunct site, The Messenger.
Short stayed on message during an appearance on the Club Random With Bill Maherpodcast just weeks after the Golden Globes. Maher was excited for Hollywood’s latest “power couple,” but Short shot him down. “We’re not a couple, we are just very close friends,” he said. Despite their dating denials, the rumors persisted. Their quick hand-holding moment at the Season 4 premiere of Only Murders in the Building fueled the fire even more. They might not want to confirm their romance, but fans are on to them at this point — and everyone loves that they are happy together.
Short was married to Nancy Dolman for 30 years until her death from ovarian cancer in 2010. Streep announced her separation from husband of 45 years, Don Gummer, in October 2023. “Don Gummer and Meryl Streep have been separated for more than six years, and while they will always care for each other, they have chosen lives apart,” a rep for Streep said in a statement to People.
Now, Streep and Short have each other even though they are pretending to only be “very good friends.”
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