{"id":117678,"date":"2025-03-14T15:11:58","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T08:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/?p=117678"},"modified":"2025-03-14T15:11:58","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T08:11:58","slug":"meryl-streep-couldnt-help-but-fall-for-martin-short-inside-their-completely-unexpected-romance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/meryl-streep-couldnt-help-but-fall-for-martin-short-inside-their-completely-unexpected-romance\/","title":{"rendered":"Meryl Streep \u2018couldn\u2019t help but fall\u2019 for Martin Short: Inside their \u2018completely unexpected\u2019 romance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Meryl Streep \u2018couldn\u2019t help but fall\u2019 for Martin Short: Inside their \u2018completely unexpected\u2019 romance\n</p><p>Meryl Streep and Martin Short may have been keeping fans in the dark on their relationship, but Page Six has learned that the two have actually been dating for \u201cwell over a year now.\u201d\n</p><p>A source tells us that the romance between the \u201cOnly Murders in the Building\u201d co-stars was \u201ccompletely unexpected\u201d and also \u201ctook them by surprise.\u201d\n</p><p>\u201cMeryl couldn\u2019t help but fall for Martin,\u201d the insider shares. \u201cHe is a gentleman, he keeps her laughing and is an all around positive person. She loves being around him.\u201d\n</p><p><img fetchpriority='\"high\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-117682 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/thefinejournal.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2025%5C/03%5C/meryl-streep-martin-short-81st-9.png%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"683\"' height='\"1024\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/meryl-streep-martin-short-81st-9.png' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>According to the source, neither Streep, 75, nor Short, 74, \u201cwere looking for a relationship when they started dating.\u201d\n</p><p>The pair\u2019s \u201cfriends and family, including their kids, absolutely approve of their relationship and think they\u2019re adorable together.\u201d\n</p><p>Short and the \u201cDevil Wears Prada\u201d star\u2019s romance comes after Page Six revealed in October 2023 that the latter secretly split from her husband, Don Gummer, in 2017.\n</p><p>The exes were married for 40 years. Streep previously dated actor John Cazale, whom she cared for until he died from lung cancer in March 1978.\n</p><p><img decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-117683 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/thefinejournal.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2025%5C/03%5C/valley-dolls-terrified-threat-in.png%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"1024\"' height='\"683\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/valley-dolls-terrified-threat-in.png' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>The Tony Award winner, meanwhile, was wed to wife Nancy Dolman for three decades until she passed away from ovarian cancer in 2010.\n</p><p>\u201cMeryl and Martin have bonded over the loss of their exes,\u201d who both passed away from cancer, the insider says.\n</p><p>Our source tells Page Six that the duo are happy with the status of their relationship and have no plans to wed.\n</p><p>\u201cMeryl is still legally married to Don but even if she were divorced, that\u2019s just not something that she or Martin are interested in,\u201d the insider explains. \u201cThey\u2019re happy dating as boyfriend and girlfriend.\u201d\n</p><p><img decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-117681 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/thefinejournal.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2025%5C/03%5C/meryl-streep-left-martin-short-98675179_d33a97.webp%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"669\"' height='\"1024\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/meryl-streep-left-martin-short-98675179_d33a97.webp' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>\u201cThey\u2019ve been friends for years and have several mutual friends.\u201d\n</p><p>Although the couple has \u201ctraveled in the same social circles, they were never really on one another\u2019s radar in terms of a romantic relationship.\u201d\n</p><p>Reps for Streep and Short did not immediately respond to Page Six\u2019s requests for comment.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"</p><p>Meryl Streep \u2018couldn\u2019t help but fall\u2019 for Martin Short: Inside their \u2018completely unexpected\u2019 romance Meryl Streep and Martin Short may have been keeping fans in the dark on their relationship, but Page Six has learned that the two have actually been dating for \u201cwell over a year now.\u201d A source tells us that the romance\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":117683,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[670],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-117678","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/valley-dolls-terrified-threat-in.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117678"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":117684,"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117678\/revisions\/117684"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}</p>