Meryl Streep and Martin Short filming for OMITB in May, 2025. The photo we’re discussing is below
Meryl Streep and Martin Short have been dating for roughly two years. They got together while Meryl was a recurring character on season three of Only Murders in the Building. You may remember when it was widely assumed that Selena Gomez was telling Taylor Swift about them at the 2024 Golden Globes. I love this particularly perfect pairing and am still a Meryl/Marty/Selena Golden Globes Truther.
The next, sixth season of Only Murders in the Building takes place in London. Steve Martin has posted tourist-themed pictures from London. Martin and Meryl are also there, both professionally and personally. In fact, a fan spotted them at a London restaurant and took a picture of them looking cozy and loved up. From Us Weekly:
Meryl Streep and Martin Short enjoyed a meal out together in London recently.
In a fan photo shared via X on Sunday, May 17, the Only Murders in the Building costars were seen seated side by side inside a restaurant. As Short and Streep, both 76, focused their attention on a phone screen, the actress rested her shoulder on the actor’s chest.
“Spending a few days in London, choosing a restaurant at random and ending up eating just a few meters from Meryl Streep and her husband,” the fan’s caption read, mistakenly taking Short to be Streep’s husband. (Streep is currently single following her 2023 split from husband Don Gummer, and Short has been a widower since the 2010 death of wife Nancy Dolman.)
Us Weekly has reached out to representatives for Streep and Short for comment.
The sighting comes amid reports that the Netflix series is currently shooting its sixth season in London, marking the show’s first filming location outside of the U.S. In recent days, Short and Streep’s costar Steve Martin posted multiple Instagram photos of himself exploring local sites, including Trafalgar Square and a gift store selling beanies inscribed with “London.”
That picture is so sweet. Martin and Meryl look very comfortable together. For what it’s worth, the person who took the picture of them out at dinner went on record as saying that they looked like they were having a “great time.” They also shared that there was a lot of laughter and “tender” gestures. Martin has been through so much in his life, yet he’s still able to continually rise about it all in a way that I don’t know that I could do. I’m glad that Meryl is there for him.
I had somehow missed that Only Murders in the Building is filming in London for this upcoming season! That is so exciting. As much as I enjoy The Arconia, we’ve had five seasons of murders in that building. I like that they’re switching it up. I’ve read that Tina Fey is returning as Cinda Canning, but not much else is known about it so far. Until recently, my sister lived in London for several years, so I was lucky enough to visit her and become familiar with the local landmarks and sites. I’m excited to see if I recognize anything on OMITB’s next season.
Passer quelques jours à Londres, choisir un resto au hasard et se retrouver à manger à quelques mètres de Meryl Streep et de son mari ❤️ pic.twitter.com/9fO4z4x2zw
— Boulet De Canon Nucléaire 🇫🇷 (@AudeJavel79) May 17, 2026
Photos credit: Jose Perez/Backgrid, Getty Images and via Twitter
I have nothing to add except to say how cute they are!
What a sweet couple.
I watch the martin short documentary this weekend. At the end, I think there’s a glimpse of meryl in a old clip where they’re together, it feels like this relationship has been going on for longer than 2 years.
I saw that documentary last night. I have to say I refuse to “ship” any couple because I always get disappointed but it’s hard not to love this pairing. What a gem Marty short is! Meryl’s the lucky one here.
Also worth noting that 2023 isn’t when she and her husband actually separated. They’d been separated for six years at that point, it’s just when she announced it (possibly because she was in a new relationship with Marty by then.)
I just listened to his 2014 memoir “I Must Say” yesterday and yes, they’ve been friends for many years.
Awww I love them. I am so glad he’s got someone especially with the heartbreaking passing of his daughter. Also anyone besides me thinking Taylor Swift is doing an OMITB cameo? She’s been in London as well…
Martin Short, who deeply deserves the Order of Canada he holds. And sidenote, Her Excellency the Rt. Hon. Mary Simon was doing some housecleaning at the end of her term and just removed two male Order of Canada members for being a child abuser and a crook. Belated consequences for being completely undeserving of the honour but consequences nonetheless. Let’s welcome more of that energy in 2026 for abusive men in power.
I cried my eyes out during the Marty documentary. Guy has had so much tragic loss in his life but continues to choose joy. I’m sure he makes her laugh all the time.
Wonderful that they are a couple! Have always loved Martin Short’s work.
While I love this for them I feel that the restaurant picture is such an invasion of privacy.