Meryl Streep and Martin Short grab dinner together after denying dating rumors

There’s only platonic love in this building.

Meryl Streep and Martin Short were photographed leaving dinner together Wednesday night after denying speculation that they are dating.

The “Only Murders in the Building” co-stars enjoyed a meal with a group of friends at trendy restaurant Giorgio Baldi in Santa Monica, Calif.

The “Only Murders in the Building” co-stars dined with friends at Giorgio Baldi. The Hollywood Curtain / BACKGRID

Rumors have been swirling for weeks that Streep, 74, and Short, 73, are an item.

However, the “Saturday Night Live” alum shut down the chatter during an episode of the “Club Random with Bill Maher” podcast last month.

“We’re not a couple. We are just very close friends,” he insisted.

Streep and Short sparked dating rumors with their playful behavior at awards shows this year. Getty Images for AFI

He has denied that the two are a couple. REUTERS

Even their “OMITB” co-star Jackie Hoffman recently told Page Six that she does not believe the two are dating.

“I’ve seen platonic chemistry, but I didn’t think for one second,” she shared. “I think they’re both such good actors that everyone believed it because they wanted to believe it.”

Hoffman added with a laugh, “He’s always ‘on,’ and I can’t picture her tolerating it!”

Streep joined the Hulu show last year. ©Hulu/Courtesy Everett Collection

Streep and Short first sparked romance speculation after looking friendly at the 2024 Golden Globe Awards.

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“Meryl Streep & Martin Short allegedly dating is now my Roman Empire,” one viewer wrote on X, while another fan joked, “Sitting with the knowledge that Meryl Streep and Martin Short might be in love but I have no proof.”

Last October, Page Six exclusively reported that the “Mamma Mia!” star and her husband, sculptor Don Gummer, had secretly separated more than six years prior after 40 years of marriage.

The actress secretly separated from her husband, Don Gummer, several years ago. WireImage

The former couple share four children: singer Henry Wolfe, 44, and actresses Mamie Gummer, 40, Grace Gummer, 37, and Louisa Jacobson, 32.

Short, meanwhile, was married to actress Nancy Dolman from 1980 until her death in 2010 from ovarian cancer.

They had three kids together: Katherine Elizabeth Short, 40, Oliver Patrick Short, 37, and Henry Hayter Short, 34.