For a bit of context, at the start of the year, the actors went to the Golden Globes together and they were holding hands, Vulture explained. Around the same time, Streep and Short went viral for photos at the AFI Awards that included the Devil Wears Prada star adorably shoving the Three Amigos actor away by putting her hand in his face.

Streep and Short continue to deny that they're romantically involved in real life, but their characters' chemistry onscreen is undeniable

Meryl Streep and Martin Short falling in love while filming Only Murders in the Building is a plot twist even the show’s co-creator couldn’t have predicted. As the two stars—who sparked dating rumors in January 2024—take the next step in their relationship in the show’s season four finale,

Amid the speculation that seems to have social media in a stronghold, series co-creator and showrunner John Hoffman has shed light on the two stars’ working relationship ahead of the Season 4 finale. While Hoffman did not confirm any rumors, he did share that the famous pair get along famously and have “magic” together.

Kathy Griffin — who is currently on her My Life on the PTSD List tour — opens up to PEOPLE about dating amid her divorce from Randy Bick, joking, “I had my eye on Marty Short, but that trollop Meryl Streep got in my way.

Steve Martin poked fun at the rumors that his “Only Murders in the Building” co-stars Martin Short and Meryl Streep are dating on Instagram Saturday. The actor, 79, posted a photo of the trio from a Glamour article, with a giant red X over Martin’s face. Martin did not add a caption to his post, letting the picture speak for itself.

Martin Short and Meryl Streep are at the center of more than one unsolved mystery. There’s the one on season four of Only Murders In the Building, the Hulu show on which they co-star as love interests, but there’s also the haze of ambiguity around Short and Streep’s relationship in real life, fueled most recently by yet another night out together.

Meryl Streep “had tears in her eyes” while talking with Only Murders in the Building cocreator John Hoffman about her onscreen romance with Martin Short. “It is one of the most unexpected turns,” Hoffman told Decider of Streep’s character,

"We were laughing our heads off and they just delighted in each other on screen, off screen in every way," the creator reminisced.