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Eva Longoria says she and Meryl Streep are cousins
Eva Longoria.
Carlos Alvarez/Getty ImagesOnly murders in the building was a family reunion of sorts for the Season 4 newcomer Eva Longoria.
Longoria said Additional in an interview published on June 27 that she and Only murders costar – and three-time Oscar winner – Meryl Streep are related and even called each other ‘cousin’ on set.
“Meryl and I are cousins. We both watched Dr. DNA show. Gates done and Meryl and I shared a family member,” Longoria said, referring to the 2010 PBS docuseries Faces of America presented by Henry Louis Gates Jr.
“Years later I saw her at an event and my girlfriend said, ‘Go tell her you’re cousins.’ I say, ‘No, I’m not telling Meryl Streep we’re cousins.’ Then I hear: ‘Cousin!’ and I turned around and it’s Meryl,” Longoria continued.
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 Desperate housewives star added: “To do Murders in the building together was a lot of fun, and to call each other ‘cousin’.”
Meryl Streep.
Pascal Le Segretain/Getty ImagesLongoria, 49, also spoke about her surprising Hollywood family connection in an interview with DuJour magazine from last month.
“We actually call each other ‘cousin,’” Longoria said. “We’ll say, ‘How are you, cousin?’ and ‘I’m fine, cousin.’”
In fact, you read aloud during the first table Only murders Season 4, Longoria said Streep, 75, introduced her as her cousin to the bewilderment of the show’s star-studded cast, including Selena Gomez And Zach Galifianakis.
“She tells the story and everyone is so confused because I’m the most Latina person in the industry and she’s Meryl Streep,” Longoria shared DuJour.
Summer is officially here and TV fans can expect exciting content with shows like The Bear and Only Murders in the Building. The Bear, which debuted on Hulu in June 2022, introduced viewers to the restaurant The Beef, which was taken over by Carmy (Jeremy Allen White) after the death of his father. […]
Like Only murders Longoria is currently starring in Apple TV+’s Spanish comedy-drama season 4 Country of women. But this year is also the twentieth anniversary of Desperate housewivesthe show that brought Longoria international fame.
Nicolette Sheridan, Felicity Huffman, Eva Longoria, Marcia Cross, Teri Hatcher in Desperate Housewives
Moshe Brakha/Abc-Tv/Kobal/ShutterstockThe Gabrielle Solis actress recently revealed that she is still close Felicity Huffman (Lynette Scavo), Marcia Cross (Bree Van de Kamp), Ricardo Antonio Chavira (Gabrielle’s husband, Carlos Solis) and Jesse Metcalfe (Gabrielle’s former underage lover, John Rowland).
“I talk to Felicity all the time. I talk to Marcia a lot. But the one I probably talk to the most is Ricardo, my husband. And Jesse,” Longoria told the newspaper Daily email in June.
