Meryl Streep and Martin Short hold hands at Only Murders Premiere Party

Meryl Streep And Martijn Kort are again the topic of conversation on the internet.

The Only murders in the building costars sent social media into overdrive on Thursday, August 22, after they were spotted holding hands while attending the Hulu show’s Season 4 premiere afterparty in Los Angeles.

Term shared a clip of Streep, 75, Short, 74 and costar Steve Martin79, arrived at the event via X on Thursday.

“Steve Martin in this video is the definition of the third wheel 😄,” said an X user.

Martin Short and Meryl Streep attend the premiere afterparty #OnlyMurdersInTheBuilding pic.twitter.com/tGJQtiCxEq

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“Let them be real 🥺,” another X user shared.

Related: Everything You Need to Know About Season 4 of Hulu’s ‘Only Murders in the Building’

Only Murders in the Building keeps viewers guessing with surprising twists – including the shocking murder that sets the stage for season 4. The season 3 finale, which aired in October 2023, focused on Mabel (Selena Gomez), Charles (Steve Martin) and Oliver’s (Martin Short) attempts to catch Ben Glenroy’s (Paul Rudd) killer. […]

The sighting comes months after a representative for Short denied that he and Streep are in a relationship. “They’re just really good friends, that’s all,” Short’s rep said in January amid fervent online speculation after the Golden Globes, where the actors sat next to each other. (Short was nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy for his role in Only murderswhile Streep was nominated in the supporting actress category for the show.)

Streep was married to Don Gummer For 45 years before news broke in October 2023 that the couple had quietly called it quits. “Don Gummer and Meryl Streep have been divorced for more than six years, and while they will always care for each other, they have chosen separate lives,” a rep for Streep said. We weekly in a statement.

Short, meanwhile, was married to Nancy Dolman from 1980 until she died of ovarian cancer in 2010.

In March, Short admitted he was nervous about working with Streep, who joined the club Only murders cast in season 3 as Loretta Durkin, the love interest of his character Oliver Putnam.

“It was one of the biggest thrills of my life,” Short said of working with Streep at a For Your Consideration event. “In fact, the first day of shooting – which was rare because I’m not brand new – I was driving to work and I was like, ‘I’m nervous today. I work with Meryl Streep. ”

For Thursday’s afterparty, Streep, Short, Martin and costar Selena Gomez walked the red carpet at the Only murders season 4 premiere on the Paramount Studios lot.