Meryl Streep breaks silence on Martin Short romance rumors - after the stars held hands on red carpet Have YOU got a story? Email tips@dailymail.com By Ashleigh Gray For Dailymail.Com Published: 02:42 BST, 27 August 2024 | Updated: 02:44 BST, 27 August 2024 e-mail View comments Meryl Streep and Martin Short have insisted their relationship is platonic.
But rumors of a romance between the actors and longtime friends — Meryl, 75, and Martin, 74 — persist. And the Only Murders in the Building co-stars raised eyebrows as they held hands at an event for the Hulu series on August 24. After observing them at the affair, a source told Page Six about their bond, 'It’s gotta be more than a "showmance.
" There is definitely something there.' However, a representative for Streep told the publication: 'They are just friends.' Meryl Streep and Martin Short have insisted their relationship is platonic, but rumors of a romance between the actors and longtime friends - Meryl, 75, and Martin, 74 - persist A representative for Streep told the Page Six about the pair, 'They are just friends'; pictured in 2015 Short gushed about his admiration for Streep when asked by Extra about their off-camera friendship.
'I think it’s been a friendship that always grows if you work with someone and love that person,' he explained. After the pair stoked dating rumors this past January, a rep for the Addams Family star told People they are 'very good friends, nothing more.' It was confirmed last October .