<p id=”par-1_78″>Martin Short and <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/meryl-streep-felt-acting-much-harder-used-younger-actors.html/”>Meryl Streep </a>refuse to confirm or deny that they are in a relationship. They have been spotted out and about together, but when asked directly, they have played coy. Netizens, however, are not interested in letting the rumors go, and their persistence has paid off. A fan spotted Short and Streep looking very cozy together, furthering the narrative that the Hollywood icons have found love later in life. This is what we know so far.</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-martin-short-and-meryl-streep-sparked-romance-rumors-in-2024″>Martin Short and Meryl Streep sparked romance rumors in 2024</h2>
<p id=”par-2_61″>Rumors that Martin Short and Meryl Streep were an item surfaced back in 2024. That year, Streep signed up to portray Oliver’s love interest in <em><a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/only-murders-in-the-building-meryl-streep-melissa-mccarthys-hilarious-responses-fight-scene.html/”>Only Murders in the Building</a></em>. Pictures from the set made it clear that their characters were in love, but their behavior at the Season 4 premiere led to speculation that love had bloomed off set, too.</p>
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<p id=”par-3_70″>They were spotted at the premiere holding hands, and their body language indicated they were very comfortable together. In 2025, <a href=”https://pagesix.com/2025/03/13/celebrity-news/meryl-streep-couldnt-help-but-fall-for-martin-short-inside-their-completely-unexpected-romance/”>Page Six</a> circled back on the speculation, insisting that an insider claimed the pair had been in a relationship for more than a year, and that everyone, including their respective children, was thrilled with the pairing. The insider claimed that she couldn’t help but fall for the gentlemanly Martin Short.</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-rumors-reignited-this-year”>Rumors reignited this year</h2>
<p id=”par-4_41″>Love between Martin Short and Meryl Streep might have bloomed on set, but the alleged couple has been nurturing that relationship in private. While they don’t seem to want to take the romance public, they aren’t against talking about each other.</p>
<p id=”par-5_57″>Streep herself reignited the romance rumors when she name-dropped Martin Short during a chat with Andy Cohen. She told the Bravo executive that she and Short had recently discussed returning to Broadway together. While it wasn’t a relationship-based question, the name drop and the insinuation that they are factoring each other into career plans felt like confirmation.</p>
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<blockquote class=”twitter-tweet” data-width=”550″ data-dnt=”true”><p lang=”fr” dir=”ltr”>Passer quelques jours à Londres, choisir un resto au hasard et se retrouver à manger à quelques mètres de Meryl Streep et de son mari <img src=”https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/14.0.0/72×72/2764.png” alt=”❤” class=”wp-smiley” style=”height: 1em; max-height: 1em;” /> <a href=”https://t.co/9fO4z4x2zw”>pic.twitter.com/9fO4z4x2zw</a></p>— Boulet De Canon Nucléaire <img src=”https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/14.0.0/72×72/1f1eb-1f1f7.png” alt=”🇫🇷” class=”wp-smiley” style=”height: 1em; max-height: 1em;” /> (@AudeJavel79) <a href=”https://twitter.com/AudeJavel79/status/2056133789546328525?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>May 17, 2026</a></blockquote><script async src=”https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″></script>
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<p id=”par-6_71″>More confirmation would come just recently. Fans now believe the romance is all but confirmed after a fan spotted the pair dining in London together. That fan took to <a href=”https://twitter.com/AudeJavel79/status/2056133789546328525″>X (formerly Twitter)</a>to share the shot, and fans went in on it. The fan believed they were so close that they referred to Short as Streep’s husband. The couple has not commented on the photo, but it leaves little to the imagination.</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-who-did-martin-short-and-meryl-streep-date-before”>Who did Martin Short and Meryl Streep date before?</h2>
<p id=”par-7_94″>Meryl Streep and Martin Short, both in their 70s, have had illustrious careers filled with success. Their personal lives have both been dotted with tragedy, though. Still, they both found great loves before. Martin Short married Nancy Dolman in 1980. Together, the two actors raised three children before Dolman died of ovarian cancer in 2010. Short has spoken openly about that grief and how he still keeps her memory alive. Their marriage lasted nearly 30 years before her death. Short suffered a second tragedy in February when his daughter, <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/martin-short-opens-up-about-his-daughters-tragic-death-mental-health.html/”>Katherine Short,</a> died by suicide.</p>
<p id=”par-8_98″>Meryl Streep has had a similarly tragic love story. She dated actor John Cazale until his death from lung cancer. Despite having met Cazale just a year earlier, Streep stepped in to care for him as he underwent treatment. He died in 1978 from the devastating diagnosis. Months later, Streep was introduced to Don Gummer, whom she married that same year. While Gummer and Streep were constants on the red carpet together, they stopped appearing as a pair in 2017. In 2023, a publicist confirmed that Streep and Gummer had split years earlier. The pair share four children.</p>