Meryl Streep and Martin Short at the 81st Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 7, 2024.Photo:Todd Williamson/CBS via Getty
Todd Williamson/CBS via Getty
Rumors of a romance betweenMeryl StreepandMartin Shorthave been greatly exaggerated.
On Tuesday, a rep for Short confirmed to PEOPLE that the pair “are just very good friends, nothing more.”
Meryl Streep and Martin Short at the 81st Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 7, 2024.Francis Specker/CBS via Getty
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In October, PEOPLE confirmed that theMamma Mia!star, 74, isseparatedfrom husband of 45 years Don Gummer.
While the news broke just recently, the pair had actually quietly endedtheir romantic relationshipsix years ago.
“Don Gummerand Meryl Streep have been separated for more than 6 years, and while they will always care for each other, they have chosen lives apart,” a rep for Streep told PEOPLE in a statement.
The estranged spouses had not been seen publicly together since the 2018 Oscars, but the three-time Oscar winner had been wearing her wedding band just days before the split was confirmed.
She and Gummer, 77 — who wed in 1978 after just six months together — had celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary in September. Theyshare four children together: son Henry and daughters Mamie,Grace, and Louisa.
Meryl Streep and Martin Short at the 81st Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 7, 2024.Todd Williamson/CBS via Getty
Short, 73, lost his wife, actress Nancy Dolman, to ovarian cancer in 2010. The pair had been married for 30 years, andhe called the relationship a “triumph”in a revealing interview withAARP The Magazinein 2019.
“So it’s tough. Shediedin 2010, but I still communicate with her all the time. It’s ‘Hey Nan,’ you know?” he shared. “How would she react to this decision or that, especially regardingour three kids.”
Short and Dolman share daughter Katherine, 40, and sons Oliver, 37, and Henry, 34.
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At Sunday’s Golden Globes, Streep and Short were seated with fellowOMITBstarSelena Gomez. All three actors were nominated for their respective roles in the hit series, whichStreep joined last year. Though Streep didn’t take home a trophy this year, she didbreak her own previous record for the most-nominated actor in Golden Globes historywith this, her 33rd nod. She’s also the actor with the most all-time wins at the Globes, having won nine total.
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