<p class="ingestion featured-caption">Meryl Streep and Martin Short at the season four premiere of "Only Murders in the Building" in August.Kevin Winter/Getty Images</p><ul class="summary-list"><li>Meryl Streep and Martin Short play love interests on Hulu's "Only Murders in the Building."</li><li>The stars have been friends for years but fueled dating rumors in recent months.</li></ul><p><a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/best-and-worst-meryl-streep-movies-ranked-photos">Meryl Streep</a> and <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/celebrities-fans-defend-martin-short-desperately-unfunny-2023-9">Martin Short</a> were friends long before playing love interests on "<a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/martin-short-selena-gomez-pop-princess-nightmare-only-murders-2023-10">Only Murders in the Building</a>," but fans can't stop rooting for them to get together in real life.</p><p>The two stars have been spotted together at a couple of events over the years, from <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4oioJxgbo2/">Broadway shows</a> 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."</p><p>Speculation intensified in October 2023 when it was revealed that Streep and her husband, Don Gummer, had ended their <a target="_blank" class href="https://people.com/meryl-streep-and-husband-don-gummer-separate-8364883">marriage</a> 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.</p><p>Here's a complete breakdown of Streep and Short's friendship.</p>