Martin Short clarifies rumors about dating Meryl Streep.
On Sunday’s episode of Club Random with Bill Maher, the 73-year-old actor and comedian, Martin Short, dispelled rumors of dating his 74-year-old Only Murders in the Building costar, Meryl Streep.
When jokingly referred to as a “power couple,” Short clarified, saying, “We’re not a couple, we are just very close friends.”
Maher light-heartedly chimed in, “Well, you should because there’s nothing more powerful in Hollywood than a power couple. It worked for Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, it worked for Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.”
Dating rumors about Short and Streep surfaced following their perceived closeness at this month’s Golden Globes.
At that time, Short’s representative assured PEOPLE that the duo “are just very good friends, nothing more.” Short, previously married to actress Nancy Dolman until her 2010 passing from ovarian cancer, has three children with her: Katherine Elizabeth (40), Oliver Patrick (37), and Henry Hayter (34).
“Our marriage was a triumph, so it’s tough,” he said in 2019. “She died in 2010, but I still communicate with her all the time. It’s, ‘Hey Nan,’ you know? How would she react to this decision or that, especially regarding our three kids.”
“I believe that when people die, they zoom into the people that love them,” he added. “The idea that it just ends, and don’t speak of them — that’s wrong….to me, she’s still here.”
In October, a source verified that Streep had separated from her husband of 45 years, Don Gummer. Streep’s representative stated, “Don Gummer and Meryl Streep have been separated for more than 6 years, and while they will always care for each other, they have chosen lives apart.”
