Meryl Streep and Martin Short have a long friendship. Here’s every time the ‘Only Murders’ costars have denied dating rumors.

• Meryl Streep and Martin Short play love interests on Hulu’s “Only Murders in the Building.”
• The stars have been friends for years but fueled dating rumors in recent months.
• Reps for the actors, as well as Short himself, have said that the actors are just friends.

Meryl Streep and Martin Short were friends long before playing love interests on “Only Murders in the Building,” but fans can’t stop rooting for them to get together in real life.

The two stars have been spotted together at a couple of events over the years, from Broadway shows to the American Film Institute’s 2017 gala. But rumors of an on-screen romance gained traction after Streep was cast as Loretta Durkin, a struggling actor who strikes up a romance with Short’s character Oliver Putnam in season three of “Only Murders in the Building.”

Speculation intensified in October 2023 when it was revealed that Streep and her husband, Don Gummer, had ended their marriage six years prior after more than three decades together. But Short, whose wife Nancy Dolman died in 2010, has repeatedly said that he and his “OMITB” costar are just platonic.

Here’s a complete breakdown of Streep and Short’s friendship.