Meryl Streep’s family is showing their support for Martin Short amid romance rumors between the pair.
Eagle-eyed fans were quick to spot Streep’s daughter Grace Gummer in the audience of Short’s Saturday Night Live show. (Streep, 75, and Don Gummer share Grace, Henry Gummer, Mamie Gummer and Louisa Jacobson. The duo announced in 2023 that they called it quits more than six years prior.)
“SHUT UP. Grace and Mark (Meryl’s daughter and son in law) WERE AT MARTIN’S SNL SHOW?!?” one user wrote via X on Sunday, December 22. “oh that’s so cute. Martin and Meryl are so cute.”
In the picture, Short, 74, was seen standing near the audience at the NBC variety show while Grace and her husband, Mark Ronson, stood behind him. (The couple recently revealed they are expecting their second child together.)
SHUT UP. Grace and Mark (Meryl’s daughter and son in law) WERE AT MARTIN’S SNL SHOW?!?
oh that’s so cute😭😭♥️
Martin and Meryl are so cute pic.twitter.com/lsDvOdpOfb— tina | lostherhead (@atryinghazyhead) December 22, 2024
Rumors that Streep and Short were more than friends began swirling in December 2023 when Time Out New York theater editor and critic Adam Feldman hinted via social media that there are “two quite surprising celebrity couples” who managed to keep their romance a secret. Many replies pointed to Streep and Short.
The speculation ramped up when they were spotted sitting next to each other at the 2024 Golden Globes the following month. However, a rep for Short denied that he and Streep were dating. “They are just very good friends, nothing more,” the rep shared in a statement to The Messenger in January.
In March, Short admitted that he was nervous about working alongside Streep in Only Murders in the Building. (Short stars as Oliver Putnam in the Hulu series, while Streep plays his love interest, Loretta Durkin.)
“It was one of the great thrills of my life,” Short said at a For Your Consideration event captured by The Hollywood Reporter. “In fact, the first day of shooting — 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.’”
Short and Streep sent fans into a frenzy when they were spotted holding hands at the Only Murders in the Building season 4 premiere afterparty in August. While walking at the Los Angeles party, Streep and Short interlaced fingers, per a clip shared by Deadline.
Days later, Short gushed that he has a lot of “love” for Streep. “I think it’s been a friendship that always grows if you work with someone and love that person,” he told Extra in August.
Streep and Short’s Only Murders in the Building costar Steve Martin hinted at the pair’s romance in an October Instagram photo. In the pic, he posed with Streep and Short but crossed out his face with an emoji.
“Are u confirming this relationship?!” one user wrote in the comments section while another shared, “I don’t know why the thought of Meryl and Martin makes me so happy but it honestly fills my heart with joy.”
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